Inspired by rhymes with @Edinburghzoo and the kangaroo in a shoe, we enjoyed #kesgray and @_jimfield before coming up with our own rhyming animals! Show us your animal rhymes...

Our most popular Picture Books from the school library. Some great choices here!
#EmilySutton #EmilyGravett #KesGray #JuliaDonaldson #LaneSmith

Today is National Food Day!

Betty is dressed as Daisy in honour of kids book 'Eat Your Peas' by Kes Gray.

What are your favourite foods?

#alphabettydoodles #nationalfoodday #eatyourpeas #kesgray #nicksharratt

You’re Called What?! Has published today!!! 🎉🎉🎉Written by the brilliantly funny #KesGray & silly pictures by me! Big thanks go to all the team @macmillankidsuk especially to my editor at the time @editorjangles for always being amazing & my lovely designer Kerrie Lockyer! 💛x

Yay! The postman just delivered my copies of Oi Goat created by the wonderful Jim Field and #KesGray for #WorldBookDay2018 The best £1 you'll ever spend, go buy!... just look at those canaries!!😍😅

This bonkers dino book by #kesgray and published by Hachette Children's Group, is out in hardback today. To celebrate I'm giving away two signed copies #Giveaways like & RT to win a copy. Goodluck! Oh BTW, pictures are by me :-)

Oi Print! I love it. Thx Jim Field and #kesgray . Suitable frame and wall space awaits! #oifrog #oicat #oidog #oiduckbilledplatypus Hachette Children's Group Waterstones @waterstonesex

With 'Oi Aardvark!' publishing in less than a month I thought I'd share a sneaky peek. 'Crocs will sit on clocks' Hachette Children's Group #KesGray

I’m so happy and excited to finally announce that ‘You're called what?!' written by the brilliant #KesGray and illustrated by me has only won the #HantsSLSHPBA2019 picture book award!! 🎉🎉It was voted for by 5871 pupils accross Hampshire! Hooray!💛Hampshire SLS #picturebookaward2019

Fun proofs have arrived! Thanks Hachette Children's Group
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Proofs for a new #kesgray collaboration, out next year with Hachette Children's Group

So excited to announce at assembly today that we have Kes Gray coming to visit later this month! He is a HUGE favourite in school and lives 500 miles away! He’ll be with us for a two day mini author in residence event! We can’t wait to see the children’s faces! #KesGray #oifrog

Everyday after tidy up time nursery gather and grab a book. Look at their engagement! Reading for pleasure starts early. “Eat your peas” a definite favourite here. #kesgray International Literacy Centre EYTalking Reading at LLP CLPE @OUPChildrens @NickSharratt1 Nicky Cox MBE 🌍 Phonic Fairy (AKA Michelle Larbey)

Facebook reminded me that it will be 2 yrs since 'Diddle' came out!! I had a great time working with #KesGray and Jenny Stephenson on this and chuffed that it won 3 library awards voted for by the kids, yay!

‘Oi Frog!’ Published 10 years ago today.
To celebrate Hachette Children's Group are publishing a special 10th anniversary edition in April. Here’s a flash back to the animated trailer I made back in 2014…
#oifrog #KesGray

Brilliant event #RoehamptonReads Heathmere Primary School. Saw the legendary #KesGray and the hugely talented Ross Montgomery - both great writers and lovely guys. Will definitely return next year- very well organised 😀

We’re still unpacking 📦 but found a box suitable for a puppet theatre and my 7yo put on a production of Oi Frog!!! 🐸🐱🐶 Here’s the opening, with some creative additions by the puppet master!!! #KesGray Jim Field Hachette Children's Group Int'l Research Society for Children's Literature Children’s Lit Studies: News and Events Maureen Farrell💙 Matthew Creasy

June 2018… ⁦Waterstones Durham⁩ ⁦Jennifer Killick⁩ ⁦Chris Callaghan⁩ ⁦Dan Smith⁩ #KesGray #BookEvents #ThePlaceToBe

We had a lovely story with our headteacher Mrs Lawton today and we all love our #talk4reading book this week ‘Oi Frog by Jim Field and @kesgray Oi Frog & Friends! Live missmorgan Ainthorpe EYFS@DRET

Over the last year, I’ve had the pleasure to illustrate a three book series written by #kesgray and published by the fab @hachettekids Here is the Nelly The Monster Sitter trilogy, expertly designed by Samuel Perrett #brightreads #kidlit #kidlit art #childrensbook #books