Chris Haughton | BeoVERDE

Irish picture-book maker Chris Haughton does deadpan like nobody else — flat, saturated colour, comic timing, endings that land. Shh! We Have a Plan and Oh No, George! are the famous ones; prizes follow nearly everything he makes.

Board-book editions mean the two-year-old gets the joke as often as the five-year-old; Goodnight Everyone is the one for bedtime.