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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Chris Wormell has won the Teacher’s Choice Award for Young Readers at the Children’s Literature Festivals, for his book the Lucky Bottle. A double-threat, Chris both wrote and illustrated the winning book, peppering the pages with dramatic monochromatic moments to bring the journey to life.
We are delighted to announce that Adam Stower has scooped the 2020 Alligators Mouth Award for Illustrated Early Fiction with King Coo and the Curse of the Mummy's Gold (Published by David Fickling Books)
You can see him win the award here awarded by Nick Sharratt and watch his acceptance speech.
A panel of seven experts in children's literature including Illustrators Nick Sharratt and Yasmeen Ismail together selected King Coo and the Curse of the Mummy's Gold as the winner of the 2020 Award. With strong competition from the likes of Ali Pye and Alex Milway, this year's shortlist showcased some of the most exciting illustrated fiction available for avid young readers.
Adam Stower is represented by Arena Illustration, for more information regarding working with him please email info@arenaillustration.com
Rachael Saunders' wonderful new book ‘Go Wild on the River’ published by the lovely team at Nosy Crow is out now. ‘Go Wild on the River’ is the second in the series of adventure handbooks for young explorers.
Drum roll please… Disney Junior will be bringing a new animated TV series to UK screens, based on the much-loved books about a beret-clad dog by Alex T. Smith - Claude will air on 4th June.
Lucy Truman worked with the design team at Nosy Crow on their amazing new Unicorn Academy series, written by Julie Sykes.
We are thrilled to share a behind the scenes look at the making of The Greatest Magician in the World illustrated by Garry Parsons written by Matt Edmondson and published by Macmillan Children's Books.
Kristyna Litten’s charming illustrations for the PIG-TASTIC Gracie Laroo series, written by Marsha Qualey have just been published by Capstone in the US. Gracie is a shooting star on the synchronized swimming team, the Water Sprites.
Angelo Rinaldi's brilliant cover artwork was produced for the second book in the trilogy series entitled: Nights of the Borrowed Dark The Forever Court - written by Irish writer Dave Rudden - published by Puffin Books.
