Chris Wormell – First Prize in Red House Children’s book award

Huge congratulations to the ultra talented Chris Wormell who was awarded first prize in the ’books for younger children’ category in the Red House Children’s Book Award 2012 for ‘Scruffy Bear and the Six White Mice’. The award was decided by the harshest critics of all, the children themselves. Well done Chris!

Chris Wormell is represented by The Artworks

Blackbear The Pirate

Ruth Palmer has completed some very pleasant covers and spreads for Blackbear the Pirate.  Commissioned by the author Steve Buckley, Ruth is now working on her third book in the series. The books follow a pirate bear and crew who are 'named after actual pirates from what historians call the Golden Age of Piracy' with Blackbear based on the famous Blackbeard. Ruth's warm painterly illustrations give the books a traditional classic feel.

Ruth Palmer is represented by Illustration Ltd

The Bizzy Bear on the Farm

The Bizzy Bear On the Farm app, illustrated by Benji Davies, has won an Editor’s Choice award from the Children’s Technology review.

Some rather amazing news! The Bizzy Bear On the Farm app, illustrated by Benji Davies and created by Nosy Crow, has won an Editor’s Choice award from the Children’s Technology review.

Follow the link to read the Children’s Technology review and the app view and see how highly he scores it against other big name competition, such as Sesame Street, Charlie Brown and Dr Seuss:

Children’s Technology review <https://childrenstech.com/files/2012/01/CTRJanuary2012.pdf>

If you have a moment too, do have a look at the other reviews Nosy Crow have been getting for Bizzy Bear, both on the app store, and by bloggers:
Nosy Crow Website <https://nosycrow.com/apps/bizzy-bear-on-the-farm> .

Adam Stower Sketchbooks

Adam Stower's sketchbook work is featured in the Summer issue of Illustration magazine. He explains his fascination with sketchbooks and the role they play in helping him to develop story ideas and characters:

"I love using sketchbooks. They allow me to draw freely, un-fettered by any specific purpose or the parameters of a brief. I will often begin a doodle without a clear idea of what it is I’m drawing. They take on a life of their own and I’m frequently surprised by what they become. It’s one of the many delights that make me a fervent fan of sketchbooks."

Adam Stower is represented by Arena