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Thomas Flintham’s Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy!

Thomas Flintham’s Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! (Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)

It was the computer games of Thomas Flintham’s childhood in the 90’s that inspired him to go on to write a series of stories called Press Start! The first book in the series, Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! is published this month in the US by Scholastic and will hit the shops in the UK in August. 

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Jonny Duddle’s Cover Illustrations for J.K. Rowling’s Hogwarts Library Books

Jonny Duddle’s Cover Illustrations for J.K. Rowling’s Hogwarts Library Books (Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)

Bloomsbury have released brand-new hardback editions of J.K. Rowling’s Hogwarts Library Books with these irresistible new jacket illustrations by Jonny Duddle. Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard are published this month with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them released in March.  (more…)

Behind the Book with Dave Mottram

Behind the Book with Dave Mottram (Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator)

Dave Mottram lives in Ohio with his wife, daughter and black lab, Gracie. He drew so much as kid, he would occasionally run out of paper. There were paper bags filled with Dave’s art all over the house. Still drawing after all these years, he now enjoys watching his daughter draw all the time. The circle continues! His latest book, Race Car Dreams published with Running Press Kids in September 2016.

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Alex T. Smith’s Santa Claude

Alex T. Smith’s Santa Claude (Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)

What can be a better Christmas present than this super-sparkly Christmas mystery adventure, Santa Claude by Alex T. Smith. This is a the ninth book in the best-selling Claude series and our hero handcuffs a burglar when he whooshes down Claude's chimney on Christmas Eve, only to find that it's Santa Claus himself!
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Neal Layton Illustrates Danny McGee Drinks the Sea by Andy Stanton

Neal Layton Illustrates Danny McGee Drinks the Sea by Andy Stanton (Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)
Teaming Neal Layton's anarchic illustrations with Andy Stanton's absurd text was always going to be a match made in surreal heaven. The hilarious result is their first picture book together, Danny McGee Drinks the Sea, published by Hodder Children's Books.

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