It might look like child's play, but writing picture books is an exact science. Mem Fox — who has just published her 49th book, Meerkat Mayhem — explains how it's done.

On Tuesday, Deadline announced that Warner Bros. Pictures Animation is adapting Meerkat Manor into an animated feature film, hoping to capture a success similar to George Miller’s Happy Feet movies.

Pre-orders for the book beat the autobiography of ex-PM Tony Blair. The new adverts with Robert Webb gently poke fun at Aleksandr, pointing out 'meerkat' and 'market' sound different and are ...

Another is that meerkats are cute and small (adults are a foot tall when standing; pups are 2 inches when they leave the burrow), and must band together to survive. Plenty of frustration ...

It might look like child's play, but writing picture books is an exact science. Mem Fox — who has just published her 49th book, Meerkat Mayhem — explains how it's done.