
welcome!
the Plughole Boy was the first character I created when I started writing, for my three sons back in the 1980s. The trouble was, my O Level English (O Level exams will be familiar to historians and archeologists). Many thousands of words later – in longer stories, chapter books and novels – my grandson arrived, then my granddaughter. So I extracted the ‘phb’ originals from long-extinct word processing files. I read them and re-read them, out loud, hundreds of times, to make them sound right. Pure chance then connected me with the brilliant illustrator Emily Taylor
and bingo! Here is the first Plughole Boy story. Really a dream come true. Do enjoy it. There are many more to come


the plughole boy books

At the bottom he ended up diving into a large drain.

meet the author: awfullywobbly
At university, unfairly I thought, I acquired the nickname awfullywobbly. In my working life in the medical device industry I was plain old Aubrey Waddy – medical devices are too serious to be silly
words for little children on the other hand can be silly. And funny. And fun. Perhaps writers’ names, too. Hence the pretend name, awfullywobbly. Why not?
And semantic antics? Yes! Onomato… oh for heaven’s sake, YES! Stories with a beginning and an end? Definitely!

meet the illustrator: emily taylor
Emily Taylor has been drawing for as long as she can remember. She graduated with a Distinction in Animation at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, and spent the next few years as a freelance artist working in the animation industry. She moved away from film and television to concentrate on bringing characters to life through illustration and mural art, and now runs her own art consultancy
Emily provided a vital trained artist’s eye to the look of the Plughole Boy and supporting characters. Her contribution has been the making of the project, with joyful illustrations that are central to the stories
other books by aubrey waddy
news and updates and other stuff
books delayed
I've been trying to extract from the publisher a delivery date for 'The Plughole Boy's Very First Story'. There's been a muck up. The books won't be arriving until later on in July. Hands up who agrees with the Plughole Boy!
first books due to ARRIVE!
lots of copies of '1. The Plughole Boy’s Very First Story' are due to arrive at the beginning of June (2025), all the way from India, land of spices and excellent children’s story printing
Plughole Boy logo
the difficult trick was to curve ‘The Plughole Boy’ script for the logo. Emily did it!
another story for Christmas?
I’m thinking of publishing the next Plughole Boy book in time for Christmas 2025. What do you think? The book is called, '2. The Plughole Boy’s Second Ever Story - The Plughole Boy’s Big Adventure’. It’s the first time he ventures out of the drains
The Plughole Girl
the Plughole Girl is secretly THERE in all the Plughole Boy stories. She appears randomly in two of the illustrations in each book. Children quickly learn to spot the small figure lurking somewhere on the page. See her here, peeping out of a pipe. And she appears at...

You know who it was, don’t you? It was the Plughole Boy!
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the second Plughole Boy story, ‘2. The Plughole Boy’s Second Ever Story – The Plughole Boy’s Big Adventure’ is likely to arrive in time for Christmas 2025, see News above. Sign up here for updates on this, for news of competitions and fresh merch

“How do you get so grubby?” she said. The boy just grinned.
free downloads
Click on the DOWNLOAD button to access decoloured A4 versions of Plughole Boy images, for printing and colouring in

His voice came slowly and clearly out of the plughole. “I’m not going to come out!”
shop
in the iProSports website, for children, XS = 3/4, S = 5/6, M = 7/8, L = 9/11, XL = 12/14
several colours are available for children: White, Light Blue, Navy Blue, Royal Blue, Daisy, Green, Pink and Orange
and a choice of four different chest images
the adult polo shirts are available in White
contact
let me know what you think!
book readings and visits

Can you believe it! Because he was so thin… he squeezed straight down the pipe!