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leicester , england 10 december 1965 children 's _ author_jonathan_emmett . jpg jonathan emmett
 jonathan emmett author , paper-engineer
jonathan emmett

jonathan emmett -lrb- born 1965 -rrb- is a british children 's author and paper engineer .
he is best known for his picture books including `` bringing down the moon '' , `` someone bigger '' and `` the princess and the pig '' .
his books have won several awards including the red house children 's book award for `` pigs might fly '' and the sheffield children 's book award for `` the pig 's knickers '' .
emmett has also written and paper-engineered several pop-up books including , `` emergency rescue '' and `` tyrannosaurus rocks ''
