Eldest daughter voted for the first time. (Not pictured) #dogsatpollingstations

Come along to 7715 CHATSWORTH for their new Family Festival! I’ll be there on Monday 27th May with the new book by Julia Donaldson, The Tooth Fairy and the Crocodile 🐊 🧚‍♀️

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Bring your students along for an adventure-filled storytelling and live illustration event with Lydia Monks and her new book The Tooth Fairy and the Crocodile, a terrifically toothy tale sure to leave students grinning with glee!

#ILFD4Schools #edchatie
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'I need to stop worrying about what other bookshops are doing. I need to stop worrying that if I say no to publicists about one event, we won’t get offered another.' 👇 thebookseller.com/comment/gettin…

Shutting the door on free movement of young people is a mistake
Axel Scheffler, the German illustrator who gave us the wonderful art work in the much loved Gruffalo books, collaborating with Julia Donaldson may not have happened without #FreedomofMovement theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

That summer feeling is in the air….This fortnight’s core text is “What The Ladybird Heard”. The children love this story, using adorable props to act it out. We hope to find real ladybirds in our beautiful Nursery garden.

So sad to learn of the death of the brilliant C. J. Sansom. It doesn’t seem possible that it was twenty-one years ago that his brilliant lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake swept into my life. I’ve spent immeasurable blissful hours lost in his works. Rest in power, Chris.

Lydia Monks The Gruffalo

Sad news: The great Etienne Delessert passed away from cancer on April 21, 2024.

Illustration lost a giant. May he rest in peace.

Very interesting study of how much illustrators get paid: stateofillustration.com There's a new one happening on the site if any illustrators want to join in.

Great to see this week’s copy of The Bookseller, the one issue each year where illustrators exist in the way business recognises and values.

Amazing that in 2024, illustrator sales data can only be accessed by a journalist doing a manual deep dig 😳

Thank you, Zoe Knowles!

Meet Ruth Mary the tooth fairy, one snappy crocodile and a cast of jungle characters!🧚🐊✨

Flying into bookshops on 6th June, you can pre-order a signed copy of The Tooth Fairy and the Crocodile from your local independent bookshop now.

Fantastic to see Lydia Monks and Paddington (illustrated by R.W. Alley) in The Bookseller's 'Top Illustrators of 2023' spotlight, both making the top 30 list!
Macmillan Children's Books HarperCollins Children's Books
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Fantastic Reception! 👍

This is a really good piece, which touches on why graphic novels are doing well (& has a excellent observation about celebrity books).

This is lovely

With a cast of everyone's favourite farm animals, WHAT THE LADYBIRD HEARD is a brilliant rhyming adventure by JULIA DONALDSON and Lydia Monks! 🐞

Buy now: amzn.in/d/cCrkYYK

#juliadonaldson #lydiamonks #whattheladybirdheard #childrensbooks #letsreadwithpanmac

Dragonflies

Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
(Butterflies and Moths, 1965)

Comfy!

One small ladybird, 15 years of BIG adventures! 🐞 1️⃣5️⃣

It’s the perfect time to join the ladybird on her crime-busting adventures in the much-loved What the Ladybird Heard series! With farmyard fun, holiday high jinks and a Christmas caper to enjoy, have you read them all?