Peter Bently

|birth_place=Tidworth, Hampshire, England |occupation=Writer |nationality=British |genre=Children's literature |spouse=Lucy Curtin }} Peter Bently (born 1960) is a British children's writer. He is best known for his rhyming picture books including ''The Great Dog Bottom Swap'' (with Mei Matsuoka), ''Meet the Parents'' (with Sara Ogilvie), ''The Shark in the Dark'' (with Ben Cort) and Potion Commotion (with Sernur Isik). ''Cats Ahoy!'', his first picture book with Jim Field, won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011 and ''King Jack and the Dragon'' (with Helen Oxenbury) was named as an American Library Association Notable Book of the year. Provided by Wikipedia