The Little Match Girl by Shobhna Patel
represented by Artist Partners has been working away on this stunning book. It’s a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl in a stunning papercut accordion fold book.
Our noisiest Storytime Sunday yet, with David Litchfield!
On Sunday 18th October we had a super noisy, bear themed Storytime Sunday hosted by the fabulous David Litchfield, who’s recently celebrated the release of his beautiful, debut author-illustrated book, The Bear and The Piano (Frances Lincoln).
Adam Stower Illustrates Richmal Compton’s William Again
Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back with a new edition of Just William covers by contemporary illustrators, published by Macmillan.
The Look Book – Claire Rollet
Claire Rollet helps toddlers learn vocabulary with 'The Look Book - At Home'.
Garry Parsons Pooptastic Triple Book Release!
It’s been a pooptastic week for Garry Parsons – with the release of not one but three pooping books!
Paul Thurlby – L is for London
Paul Thurlby has recently finished his latest book and we’re delighted to bring you a sneak preview.
Adam Stower’s Troll and the Oliver at Cartoon Forum 2015
Arena is very excited that another of our talented artist's, Adam Stower, was also at this year's Cartoon Forum. The trailer forTroll and the Oliver, based on Adam's picture book was pitched to the group of broadcasters as a special, one-off 26 minute animation by Grid Animation in Belgium, in collaboration with Zooper Film and Tinker Labs. Aimed at 6 to 8 year old children, the TV special will be a 3D computer animation.
‘Supertato: Hap-pea ever after’ chosen for World Book Day 2016!
It’s official – Supertato: Hap-pea ever after has been named one of The Big 11 for 2016 and is an official World Book Day 2016 choice!
Miguel Ordóñez and Jimmy Fallon present ‘Dada’
Miguel Ordóñez recently worked with American talk show host Jimmy Fallon on a children’s book for US publisher Macmillan. The tongue-in-cheek book encourages babies to utter ‘Dada’ as their first word. We think Miguel did a great job with the fun illustrations!
Jonny Duddle & Cyber Group Studios Present Gigantosaurus at Cartoon Forum
Bestselling author/illustrator, Jonny Duddle and Cyber Group Studios, presented the Gigantosaurus trailer based on Jonny's picture book at Cartoon Forum 2015 in Toulouse this month. The forum is an event where all the great and the good of the European animation world gather together to pitch their projects to broadcasters and investors.