Picture books take centre stage on the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration Shortlist! Congratulations to the phenomenal illustrators, showcasing a rich tapestry of artistic styles. 🎨✨ #YotoCarnegies24 Explore the shortlisted books: yotocarnegies.co.uk/medals/

Huge congrats to everyone shortlisted! ✨✨ And a big shout out to Erika Meza – To The Other Side is such a beautiful, poignant and important book and I will happily never shut up about it!!

Yet ANOTHER opportunity for me to shout about To The Other Side…! Huge congrats Erika Meza and to everyone on the longlist ✨✨✨

"Once you actually take the mask off them... they're just children. And that's all they have to be to deserve safety" Erika Meza shares the inspiration behind her #YotoCarnegies24 shortlisted book To the Other Side. Hachette Children's Group Watch the full video: yotocarnegies.co.uk/books/to-the-o…

The Jericho Prize is back for 2024, and we are proud to support the important work they do to showcase new Black-British children’s writers Head over to their page to hear more about exciting plans for their picture book writer development programme #JerichoPrize #LetsCreate

If you are an aspiring publisher based in the North/Scotland, please do check out Children’s Books North mentorship scheme. Deadline 14th April. No prior experience needed. 👇👇👇

An amazing opportunity here for Black-British writers! Fabia has put together a really exciting programme of picture book events and initiatives this year – starting with this brilliant course ⬇️

A trip to the Big Smoke to raise a glass to Emma Blackburn picture book extraordinaire whose energy and passion is infectious, to Maria Green a rising star in the industry, and to Nicola Goode the best sales director out there. ❤️❤️❤️

Something REALLY fun has been bubbling with Man vs Baby 💨⬇️

All aboard the Butt Force One…! 🚁 This is a HILARIOUS round-the-world rhyming romp that Richard Merritt has filled with hysterical details that really did have the whole office laughing. Written by – but I’m told not inspired by – Man vs Baby 💨💨💨

Beyond brilliant to see To The Other Side on this shortlist Erika Meza 🧡

So pleased to be working with Jericho Prize to support on their amazing programme this year!

Join us at Waterstones Edinburgh West End on Saturday 27th of April as Alison Murray, author of Sharky McShark, joins us in-store for story time. whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/136667-s…

Calling all shark lovers! Dive into Alison Murray’s Sharky McShark & the Shiny Shell Squabble a fintastic undersea picture book celebrating friendship Karis Pearson Hachette Children's Group lep.co.uk/arts-and-cultu…

We Guillains have teamed up with Gareth Conway Katie Sass Hachette Children's Group to create a series of fun-to-read-aloud picture books where young readers get to meet unusual characters in very unusual scenarios and try to come up with ideas as to what to say to them. June 6th!

Be sure to grab a copy of this HILARIOUS book for the dinosaur lovers in your life ⬇️⬇️

Excited to see Wee Unicorn Hachette Children's Group shortlisted with so many excellent authors and illustrators.

If we’re not getting a summer (☔️☔️☔️) then let’s just jump to Christmas so we can all cosy up with this one!? What a gorg cover ✨🤩

Here’s a little bit about One Day At A Time! It’s illustrated by Natelle Quek (Na-TELL Kwek) | s/h 🩷💜💙 and is out now! Thank you Waterstones Kids for sharing 🌻 Hachette Children's Group

So brilliant to see Until You Find the Sun by Maryam Hassan & Anna Wilson featured here 🌞 A “bright, empathetic picture book about adapting to change and maintaining connections with loved ones far away.”