Thank you, BookTrust! 😊 Nikki Dyson’s farmyard characters really are a delight.
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It’s publication day for Daddy’s Footsteps! Written by Michelle Robinson and illustrated by me.

By following in his daddy’s footsteps, will baby dinosaur find his own feet? A perfect story for Father’s Day!

Published by Andersen Press and available in your local bookshop now! 🦕

TODAY! ❤️🦕🦕

A very worthy winner! The Storytime initiative goes from strength to strength. Bravo to BookTrust and the brilliant librarians who selected and shared the books on this year’s shortlist. Libraries are the best! ❤️

Down on the farm, it’s time to sleep.
So sheepdog, Sam, rounds up the sheep… 🐑🐑

“This farmyard picture book is an entertaining read and the colourful illustrations are full of amusing details.” BookTrust Nikki Dyson Michelle Robinson

Shropshire School Library Service is being cut because the council can no longer afford it. The cabinet member in charge of education said 'the SLS did not have to be provided by law.' This must change. change.org/p/save-shropsh…

🧵2/2:   We know that reading can be both magical and transformative for the lives of children, and is something that every child in the UK should experience, no matter their background.

🧵1/2: We support the new research from Fawcett Society and Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It's vital that there is urgent investment in childcare provisions that place child development at the heart of the system. We must also learn from international perspectives on what works and what is important.

FUN TREAT TO START THE WEEK: full reading of 'Isabelle and the Crooks', featuring glorious art by Chris Mould, published by Walker Picture Books. Watch at home, in the classroom, or, if you're as unlucky as Isabelle, locked up in the Tower of London. youtu.be/RbP5kbz5Rc8

Funny books are the best!

Coming soon — LOBSTER’S VACATION is a CBC children’s book pick for spring! Illustrated by Paul G. Hammond and publishing with Nimbus Publishing 🦞

Thank you, BookTrust 🐑🐑🐑

Don't you just love how the Creative Roots Studio Studio website is coming together? Cannot wait to get all of our business info in there (all in good time. Because *waves hand at everything else there is to do*)

🐰Tomorrow 30/3/24
🐰Hull City Council’s FREE Easter Event 10am-3pm
🐰Queen Victoria Square
🐰Hull Libraries Pop Up Tent
🐰Live Storytime Sessions:
10.30am “Skunk! Skedaddle!”
12.00pm “Mavis the Bravest”
1.30pm “When Cookie Crumbled”

Plenty of free fun in here, including a lovely TRAINS, BOATS AND PLANES colouring sheet for little vehicle enthusiasts…

.Andersen Press has scooped a two-book deal with Michelle Robinson and illustrator Paddy Donnelly for picture books celebrating parents' bonds with their children 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/anderse…

This looks GLORIOUS! 🐸

OH MY CRIKEYS!

WE ARE THE WIBBLY publishes today!

I am hopeful Jane McGuinness 🦔🌳🦡 adorable illustrations will inspire a new generation of pond dippers 🐸💚🐸
#PictureBooks #newpicturebooks #publicationday

Some exciting book news. I'm making two picture books with the amazingly talented Michelle Robinson! The first one, Daddy's Footsteps, will be published by Andersen Press on 2nd May. x.com/BookBrunch/sta…

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