We’re rosy cheeked, smiling and our glasses need refilling please!
Celebrating a fantastic collaboration with Kellyanne Thorne. Last week we signed a 6 book #publishingdeal . It’s a deeply personal project for us both and we look forward to sharing more details soon. #kidlit

Join me for a #FrogsBog reading at the stunning #NationalTrust #LeithHill for a fun reading and activities PLUS you can enjoy beautiful views towards London and the coast.
May 25th at 11am.
The reading is free but usual National Trust entree fee applies #AuthorsOfTwitter #kidlit

One Week of History Poems is out now! With mammoth-hunters, pyramid-builders, Romans & Tudors, the poems are a mix of funny and fact-packed - perfect for educators. The Wives of Henry VIII is on my website if you’d like a sneak peek #ChildrensPoetry #KidsPoetry #OneWeekOfPoems

It's #SavetheFrogsDay Amphibians need #terrestrial AND #aquatic #habitats to live and breed, so are particularly at risk from extinction. #Habitatloss , #climatechange , disease and introduced predatory species all take their toll.
Illustration by Mariela Malova from Frog's Bog

It's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day! Hmmm...here's what happens when I take the girls to readings. I call it 'Instant Limpet Mode'.
Pictures taken last year at DRAKE The Bookshop & Tolworth Library Kingston Libraries #kidlit #authorlife

Frog is fully onboard for #EarthDay The theme, Planet vs Plastics, calls to rapidly phase out single use plastics and raise awareness of health risks to all living creatures on the planet.
Frog thinks #plastic is not so fantastic. #plastic pollution

A request; if you see me out and about in this headband, please take me aside for a quiet word? It means I’ve been to an #authorreading and forgotten to take them off! This happens on more occasions than I dare admit. #authorlife #kidlit #frog

HERE IT IS! My first list of children’s nonfiction book recommendations for @booktrust! Happy reading! 📚

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Just keep planning, planning, planning. Most of this week is reserved for #writing (yeah!) but today I'm #workshop planning (also yeah!)
More news on RIBBITTING workshops and TOADALLY awesome #newbooks , coming soon

There are just five days left to apply for the Children's Books North Mentoring Scheme! If you are based in the North of England or Scotland and interested in a career in publishing and would benefit from advice from industry professionals, you should apply!

Thank you Busy Busy Learning for including Frog's Bog in your amphibianTASTIC collection of frog books 🐸 #frogs bog #frogs #kidlit #AuthorsOfTwitter #graffeg

I've had my head down working on projects since March, after some much needed family time, I can just see the light peeping over the horizon. AND a new #frogsbog #book too!
Gorgeous illustration by Mariela Malova #newbook #Graffeg #kidlit #AuthorsOfTwitter

WE SMASHED IT!
This easter 2 North East girls Naomi & Ally launched a book-raising campaign in partnership with Tees Valley Education & DRAKE to put books in the hands of children with less.
We smashed our target! 114 books are going to kids who need them.
Thanks to all who contributed

Noah et les fleurs du printemps is out today! So grateful to Éditions Circonflexe for adopting our little fox and creating this beautiful edition. Happy travels Fletcher (or Noah) 🦊🌸 #FletchersFourSeasons #FletcherAndTheSpringtimeBlossom #NoahEtLesFleursDuPrintemps

1000 Tudor People is out today!
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Three years of arduous research and meticulous referencing has culminated in the most beautiful and complete reference book of the Tudors.⁠

If you want to impress your friends with your Tudor knowledge, head over to graffeg.com
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It's #gopurpleforepilepsyday What better way to remind ourselves to be kind to our minds than these beautiful purple tulips #epilepsy #purple #EpilepsyAwareness

To celebrate the The Yoto Carnegies shortlisting for ‘Choose Love’ I’m offering free one hour virtual school visits for any ‘shadowing’ schools. Just contact me here with #chooseloveoutloud Jake Hope 💙 CLPE The Poetry Society School Library Association (SLA) BookTrust Scottish Book Trust

Yay for #worldfrogday Here's a weird and wonderful fact to help celebrate; #frogs use their eyeballs to swallow food! They pull down their eyes into the roof of their mouth to literally push the food down their throats!
Photo of #frogs bog taken at #KingstonLibrary

Here's a preview from the next book in the #frogsbog series to mark The International Day of Action for Rivers. Illustration by Mariela Malova says it all. #rivers #waterways #kidlit #AuthorsOfTwitter

This is Kaiden on his 5th birthday, donating a copy of #frogsbog to Grand Avenue Primary School. What a kind and thoughtful gesture and what a gorgeous school #library with lots of cosy reading spots!
Thank you Kaiden and Victoria #graffeg #kidlit #childrenspicturebooks #EYFS