Charlie Sutcliffe’s Wonderful New Characterisations
Just back from Bologna Book Fair and Charlie Sutcliffe has produced a lovely series of dinosaurs! Rendering them in gouache paint, these are in a very different style to Charlie's digital artworks.
Lucy Truman Illustrates the ‘Trebizon’ Series
Lucy Truman worked with the design team at Egmont to create a brand new look for the ‘Trebizon’ series.
We Are Giants Cover Illustration by Kristyna Litten
Debut author Amber Lee Dodd's recently published book, We Are Giants, is beautifully illustrated by Arena illustrator Kristyna Litten, whose gorgeously subtle colour palette really compliments the heartwarming story of Sydney and her mum Amy.
Thomas Flintham illustrates To Wee or Not to Wee
The winners of the Blue Peter Best Story Award, author Pamela Butchart and Arena illustrator Thomas Flintham are back with their fifth book in the series, To Wee or Not to Wee. Our heroine, Izzy can't wait to tell her friends what happens in Shakespeare's exciting, scary and humorous plays, full of battles, loads of gore, witches, ghosts and even talking trees - they are the best stories ever.
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The Bear and the Piano wins illustrated book category for the Waterstones Book Prize 2016!
What an extraordinary day it was yesterday, March 17th 2016, the date of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize - now in its twelfth year and selecting the very, very best in new and emerging talent for children’s writing and illustration. Uniquely, it’s a prize argued over and voted for by the most books-passionate of people; Waterstones’ own experienced booksellers.
Garry Parsons – The Dragonsitter To The Rescue
‘The Dragonsitter To The Rescue’ hit the shelves earlier this month. In the sixth instalment of this much-loved series, Eddie takes the Dragons on his half term trip to London, but it’s not long before disaster strikes and both Dragons go missing.
Maddie Frost Takes Us Into Her Magical World of “Scanned Textures”
To look at one of Maddie Frost’s illustrations is to immediately wonder, “How did she make something so texturally complex look so gorgeously simple and accessible?” Her work is a triumph of composition, of thoughtfulness, of ingenuity.
Alex T. Smith’s Latest Claude: Going for Gold is Published
Award-winning author and illustrator, Alex T. Smith's eighth book in his bestselling Claude series, is published this month by Hodder Children's Books.
Aleksei Bitskoff Illustrations for Long Arm Vs The Evil Supply Teacher
Aleksei Bitskoff is back with more fantastic illustrations for BAFTA winning children's TV presenters Sam & Mark's second children's fiction title.