Book now through Authors Aloud UK for school visits and library events live or online for next school year! Tropical author-illustrator delighted to do interactive readings, assemblies and creative workshops to inspire children and families. Empathy, belonging and live drawing.

What'd does HOME mean to you? Come and explore this question next Saturday 17th on a creative family workshop at 1pm on Edinburgh International Book Festival Some of your favourite authors have kindly shared their thoughts on this subject already. Elki is Not My Dog illus by Tonka Uzu Scallywag Press

📚 Our books are taking flight! Representing Scallywag Press at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024, we have authors Simon Lamb (Simon Lamb) and Elena Arévalo Melville (Elena Arévalo Melville)! 📖 Edinburgh International Book Festival #EdBookFest 📷 Studio image with thanks to Roberto Ricciuti

Evento En Español! Estos ilustradores dibujaran criaturas de la naturaleza, EN VIVO! Watch this illustrators draw creatures from nature, LIVE! latinxkidlitbookfestival.com/2024-festival/… #DRAWOFF #latinxart #latinxartist Jorge Lacera THE WILD ONES/LOS BRAVOS are out now! Elena Arévalo Melville

Que animal te gustaría que dibujáramos? Puedes pedirnos cualquiera! Nos encantaría ver tus dibujos también! Por favor, compártelos!

One of my favourite things is judging the Teach Early Years awards picture book category. The quality is always so high which makes picking a winner very difficult! Teach Early Years

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Yuval Zommer. Rich, decorative, allegorical treatment of nature in a spread from his inspiring picturebook The Wild. Out in paperback from Oxford Children's Books on 5 Sept. Yuval Zommer

Dragon news! I LOVE picture books, I had shelves full even before I had kids I always imagined how glorious Flicker,Tomas & Lolli could be in full colour So I can’t tell you how thrilled & delighted I am that #TheBoyWhoGrewDragons-A Christmas Delivery is flying out in 2025 1/4

We're in Frankfurt! We couldn't resist a before and after photo of our stand to show how books can bring a whole world of colour and magic✨📚 If you're at Frankfurt FrankfurterBuchmesse, do come and see us and Cicada Books in Hall 6.1, C114! #fbm24 #bookfair #kidsbooks

If you're struggling with the loss of a loved one, you might want to watch this, and then make a video or a bit of writing like it. It might help you to lay it all down as I did here: youtube.com/watch?v=4Hl543…

We are so thrilled for Elki is not my dog to be in such awesome company! Thank you #TEACHers #ukedchat #teachersofx #kidlit #teachersoftwitter #classroom

#DíaDeLosMuertos #DayOfTheDead As a Latinx author I love shedding a light on this very special tradition, how we adapt traditions as migrants and why we remember our dead as a family. elenaarevalomelville.com/resources #TEACHers #ukedchat #teachersofx #kidlit #teachersoftwitter

A horrifying cartoon for Halloween (originally for Guardian Books)

Congratulations on your nomination Tonka Uzu ♥️♥️♥️

My poster (proposed) for IBBY, one of those happy finds when tidying up my files from last year, whilst making room for the new... #ReadingForPleasure #Library #posterdesign IBBY IBBY UK Cambs Libraries Edinburgh NE Libraries Kirklees Libraries

Hip hip, hooray!

Please share this with anyone you know who might be interested in it - especially TEACHERS & LIBRARIANS looking for free resources to inspire children to read!

On 29th November I will be reading from my memoir My Name is Why at Saïd Business School in Oxford. It is right outside Oxford Station. Please come . University of Oxford Mansfield College, University of Oxford @OldBankHotel @OxYouth oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/my-name-…

We are all so very happy that our book is being shared and that it can open up conversations about belonging, about family, about home in the classrooms!

We shape the world with every choice.