Neal Layton’s A Climate in Chaos

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Dino-Doodle mayhem with Duddle

Time to sharpen those pencils and get your best crayons out as we get a unique insight into how Jonny Duddle doodles the incredible dinosaurs as featured in his best-selling picture book Gigantosaurus published by Templar Publishing.

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Pencils at the ready for Alex T Smith’s Story Starter project – The Insider: Steph Laberis and Little Golden Books (Agency Interviews, Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator)

Calling all mini writers and home school heroes! Claude creator Alex T. Smith has been keeping the grey cells sharpened during lock down with a host of tantalizing story ideas to help budding young authors get their creative juices flowing.

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Adam Stower and King Coo nominated for the Alligators Mouth Awards – Behind the Book: With Marta Kissi illustrator of Mo Farah’s picture book ‘Ready Steady Mo!’ (Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator)

It has been a thrilling time for awards nominations and the excitement continues with the announcement of the Alligators Mouth Awards for Highly Illustrated Fiction. This year we are delighted that Adam Stower's King Coo: The Curse of the Mummy’s Gold, published by David Fickling Books is on the long-list for this exciting new award.

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Levi Pinfold shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal – Behind the Book: With Marta Kissi illustrator of Mo Farah’s picture book ‘Ready Steady Mo!’ (Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator)

The CILIP Kate Greenaway shortlist has been announced, we always await the listings with baited breath hoping to see some of our supremely talented illustrators recognised for this prestigious award. This year Levi Pinfold has made this prestigious shortlist for his stunning collaboration with author David Almond in The Dam, published by Walker Studio.

Celebrating the best in children’s writing and illustration respectively, the Medals are unique in being judged by children’s librarians, while the Shadowers’ Choice Award, recently added to the Awards ceremony celebrations, is voted for by children and young people who shadow the Medals. The 40-strong list of titles for the 2020 Medals (20 on each longlist) was selected from a total of 162 nominations, read by an expert volunteer team of 14 children's and youth librarians from across the UK.

Levi Pinfold is represented by Arena Illustration. You can view his portfolio here.

Fabio Flamingo illustrated by Emily Fox is back in his third adventure!

Laura James and Emily Fox have come up trumps with a 3rd brand new crime-fighting adventure, Fabio the Worlds Greatest Flamingo Detective; Peril at Lizard Lake published by Bloomsbury Publishing .

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Anna Gain and the same 60 Seconds Illustrated by Steve May

With a gaggle of illustrated fiction titles under their belts Guy Bass and Steve May go from strength to strength.

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Ori’s Stars, a breath-taking new picture book by Kristyna Litten

We are thrilled to showcase a breath-taking stand-out new picture book by Arena illustrator Kristyna Litten, so for those seeking a little magic and wonderment, Ori’s Stars written and illustrated by Kristyna Litten and published by Simon and Schuster.

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Tomislav Tomic creates stunning cover illustration for Explorer’s on Black Ice Bridge

This month sees the publication of the final instalment of Alex Bell’s Polar Bears Explorers Trilogy with stunning cover illustrations by Tomislav Tomic Published by Faber and Faber

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Happy Christmas from us all at Arena Illustration