The SAA are very pleased to be supporting the World Illustration Awards by sponsoring The SAA Agents Award for New Talent.
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Our favourite superhero duck with the supersonic quack and his zebra sidekick are back with a tasty new adventure: Adventure Duck VS The Armadillo Army. Aleksei Bitskoff’s illustrations explode of the page in this quacking tale written by Steve Cole and published this month by Orchard Books.
We took a trip to Brighton to meet up with King Coo creator Adam Stower in his studio to talk about his new book, The Curse of The Mummy’s Gold, published by David Fickling Books.
Neal Layton, eco-warrior and award winning author and illustrator, is back with another superb picture book that educates us about plastic, it’s uses and environmental impact in a fun and approachable way.
Printmaker and illustrator Graham Carter’s intricate and beautifully patterned work is influenced by the natural world and all of it’s textures and hues. When the conservation writer Benedict Macdonald got in touch about Graham illustrating his latest book, Rebirding, it seemed like the perfect fit.
Aleksei Bitskoff was commissioned by Discover Children’s Story Centre in Stratford, East London, to create concept work and large scale illustrations for wall vinyls for their magical Story World zone. The space is at the very heart of the centre and is designed to inspire children’s curiosity and imagination as they are encouraged to create their own stories, read, draw and play.
Stagdale Part 1, written and illustrated by Frances Castle, is the first instalment of an original story about two children - both outsiders, from different cultures and times, whose lives become entwined by a dark mystery.
Celebrating this month’s World Book Day, our favourite beret wearing dog returns with this perfect, pocket sized adventure - Claude: Best in Show by Alex T. Smith.
It’s always GAME ON with Super Rabbit Boy who is back in his sixth adventure in the best-selling Press Start Series, published by Scholastic Branches imprint. This fully illustrated early chapter book series has gained a huge following in the United States, particularly encouraging reluctant readers.
Written and illustrated by Thomas Flintham, The Super Side Quest Test! finds our hero in quite a fix - how can he win against meanie King Viking who has a new giant robot that’s more powerful than Super Rabbit Boy. Luckily, there’s a Mega Wand that can help, but Super Rabbit Boy needs to search for gold, capture slimy Slimes, and solve a few puzzles to use the Mega Wand. This quest is sure to put him to the TEST!
