David O’Doherty's kids' books are dangerously funny

The author and illustrator of ‘Danger is Everywhere’ series have kids rolling in the aisles with laughter, writes Ellie O’Byrne

David O’Doherty stands on a chair in the middle of a library, his hair tousled, shouting into a microphone. Children are going berserk all around him.

At the top of the room, illustrator Chris Judge, armed with a flip-chart and a sharpie, is frenziedly live-drawing at O’Doherty’s command.