The End Is Just The Beginning/Diana Mayo
Last year was a very busy year for the artist Diana Mayo, with three books on the go -one of the books which is about to be published next month, is a lovely picture book published by Random House Books US.
The Long Way Home Illustrated by Kristyna Litten
For those keen on adventure and excited to start taking steps to reading independently these early readers are perfect. The Long Way Home, written by Corrinne Averiss and illustrated by Kristyna Litten is published by Little Tiger Press this month.
Steve May illustrates Two Terrible Vikings, a new Francesca Simon story.
Steve May has illustrated a new book for middle grade readers, set in the rambunctious world of Vikings.
Katie Ponder reimagines Greek Myths for DK.
Katie Ponder has illustrated “Greek Myths”, a new collection of the classic tales written by Jean Menzies and published by DK.
The Mouse’s Apples Illustrated by Kristyna Litten
There's always room on the bookshelf for a new beautiful picture book and this sweet offering from author Frances Stickley and illustrator Kristyna Litten is a delight from start to finish.
Adam Stower scoops the Alligators Mouth Award for Illustrated Early Fiction
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
Clare Elsom – The Great Dodo Comeback – sneak preview
Clare Elsom has a new book out with the lovely publisher Usborne. "Dodos have been extinct for over 300 years. But what if they could be given another chance at life? Just imagine that!
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.
ucy Rose Cartwright’s latest book trailer shows the cities we live in and who we share them with!
The trailer for Lucy Rose Cartwright’s new book “Wild City” starts off with a city townhouse, revealed to be surrounded by all kinds of flora and fauna, some expected, but some… definitely unexpected! Flamingoes?!
These are the kind of reveals and unexpected communities we can expect to find in “Wild City”, an exploration of cities round the world and the creatures we share them with. Illustrated by Lucy Rose Cartwright and written by the award winning natural history author Ben Hoare, the book takes the reader from London to Singapore to Rio de Janeiro.
Initially approached to create the cover and a few sample spreads, Lucy’s illustrative approach was then used throughout the full book. Lucy worked closely with designer Laura Hall to make sure that all the correct animals and feature of each city were included before working up her sketches into full colour illustrations!
The danger with working on images like these however, is enjoying getting lost in the details a little too much, “I had to be strict on how much time I could spend on each page, it was very easy to get caught up in adding too much detail.” But being strict didn’t mean that Lucy didn’t enjoy the brief, “I really enjoyed this project and felt so grateful to be part of it. The most exciting time for me is when you first receive the brief and you sit down and sketch out all your ideas, I still sketch all of my roughs by hand rather than using my iPad as I love the physicality of drawing on paper. ”
Wild City is out via Macmillan Kids Publishing in Autumn 2020.
See the full trailer here.
Adam Stower and King Coo nominated for the Alligators Mouth Awards
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.