The lady circled in the photo was Lucy Higgs Nichols. She was born into slavery in Tennessee, but during the Civil War she managed to escape and found her way to 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment which was encamped nearby.

She stayed with the regiment and worked as a nurse…

So this very cool thing happened! That’s Never Teach a Stegosaurus To Do Sums on a GIANT board where the new Thamesmead library is coming up! Can’t believe it! Diane Ewen Illustrator PuffinBooks

Fabulous lists from BooksForTopics as always! Delighted to see Never Let a Diplodocus Draw (Reception) and Dadaji’s Paintbrush (Year 1) in there too! 🎉📚 Diane Ewen Illustrator PuffinBooks Andersen Press

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK Andersen Press It's our pleasure to announce Rashmi Sirdeshpande as the HOST of Empathy Day Live!

Rashmi will chair all 3 of our live, interactive #EmpathyDay events, bringing all the fun and empathy alongside lots of author & illustrator friends 🎙️⚡️

Quarto Kids

empathylab.uk/empathy-day

It is 1 year since we began legal proceedings against the Home Office after they dropped 3 recommendations from the Williams Windrush Lessons Learned Review. We continue to fight for justice alongside Garden Court Chambers & Public Law Project with the case due to be heard on 23rd April.

It's #kidlit artpostcard day! 🤩
Thalamus Plank here, author/illustrator interested in picture books, non-fiction and black and white illustrations. Rep'd by Mona Kanin/ Lit Agent of Great Dog Literary 🐶
Look forward to working with you! 🤗thalamusplank.co.uk
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Proud to see my buddy Rikin Parekh🇪🇺💙☮️ get a shoutout on the actual TV! And more generally very happy to see illustrators being given the credit they deserve (nice one, Greg Jenner!). #PicturesMeanBusiness

Christopher Harrison Definitely 'Coming to England' by Floella Benjamin and 'The Proudest Blue'. I'd also recommend 'Stonewall' by Rob Sanders and 'The Tunnel' by Anthony Browne.

Please bookmark our auction site & put May 6th in your diary when our 2024 #BookmarkProject auction starts then remember to bid help us to raise as much money as possible for Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe These are just some of our bookmarks jumblebee.co.uk/bookmarkprojec… Please RT

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Emily Wilson Fr😻nki I read Is That Your Mama? by Patrice Lawrence (she/her) and Diane Ewen Illustrator to our y2s

And I read Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o to them the other week to keep reminding them of how their skin is special no matter what it looks like in comparison to others.

Beautiful discussions with both books.

Black-British writers & illustrators! The Jericho Prize is back with a difference! Stay tuned as we unveil a host of exciting picture book courses, workshops & events for you. Watch this space for updates & get ready to start your Jericho Prize journey! lnkfi.re/JerichoPrizeTW

Exciting news on a very exciting day - I can’t wait to share what we’ve been up to - A young fiction series coming soon ! The Plum Agency Scholastic UK #georgewebster Rob Webster 💙 Rachel

Urgent action required to support and help The Foundling Museum stay open

Inspired by Teresa Cremin and Mrs Handley during last weekend’s #OURfPConf I purchased these 3 top books on the theme of reading for pleasure. Can’t wait to share them widely Mariajo Ilustrajo Rashmi Sirdeshpande Daisy Hirst Diane Ewen Illustrator

In #Clerkenwell , #Islington .

😔Sometimes this mercurial creative world throws up curve balls that affect your day in a negative way. Lets hope tomorrow yields better fruit.🤞🏾

On my way to London for my last event until May! Sharing the Never picture books at the brilliant Deptford Literature Festival from 10-10.45am.

Look at this beauty that arrived yesterday. Congratulations all the team Scholastic UK George, Claire and especially to the superstar illustrator that is Tim Budgen ✐ 😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🙌🏾

Happy #RedNoseDay ! To celebrate we're thrilled to share this special video from Diane Ewen Illustrator sharing the behind the scenes of illustrating much-loved comedian & activist Lenny Henry's Little People Big Dreams book for Comic Relief!

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