Behind the scenes of Happy, Sad, Feeling Glad – with giveaway

I am thrilled to have a guest post from award winning illustrator Yasmeen Ismail as part of the blog tour for her Draw & Discover series of activity books. Yasmeen is the bestselling author/illustrator of Time for Bed Fred and I'm a Girl. The books in the Draw & Discover series are her first activity...

Animal Rescue – with app giveaway

PatrickGeorge create clever, bright and fun interactive books. I have raved about their books before and now I have something new to shout about. They have produced their first app - Animal Rescue - and I have a promo code to give away so the lucky winner can download the app for free. Animal Rescue is...

Let’s Find Fred by Steven Lenton – giveaway

I've been a fan of Steven Lenton's work since I first came across his illustrations for the Shifty McGifty books. I love that there's always so much going on in his illustrations, and the way he uses soft lines to create a pastel texture look that makes his art look so strokeable. It's a beautiful...

The Knight Who Wouldn’t Fight – and giveaway

I loved The Snatchabook and am a huge fan of Helen and Thomas Docherty's work. So when I heard about The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight I knew I was in for a treat. And wow, this book is a treat! 'Leo the mouse isn't like the other knights. While they like fighting, he'd rather read a...

Through the Woods – Giveaway

(Competition now closed. The winner was Damyanti!) Happy New Year! I've decided not to give anything up for New Year- January can be gloomy enough as it is. Instead, I am going to continue. To carry forward. I had such a delicious warm and scrummy Christmas and I want to bring as much of that...

Nicola Davies’ Top Ten Nature Picture Books – with giveaway

The 2014 Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour (in association with the Scottish Book Trust) takes the very best UK and international authors directly into schools across Scotland and the UK to inspire a love of reading, writing and illustration. This is an idea that fills me with joy. It's so important for children to be...

Signed Margaret Atwood giveaway – Reading my rainbow

Today I challenged myself to spend the summer holidays sorting out my teetering piles of books; getting reacquainted with the ones at the back and trying to have a bit of a (gentle) cull by releasing a book a day. It hasn't entirely worked yet, as hunting through the piles has just made me realise...

And the winner is……

The moment you've all been waiting for! The winner of the beautiful signed Jane Hissey print... So many entries! I was so thrilled with the response, but also a bit nervous. How would I pick a winner? How could I make it as fair as possible? Should I look into the technical widgets that draw...

Win a signed Jane Hissey print with Salariya

It's nearly Christmas! Hurrah! To celebrate I am joining the happy crew at Salariya for their Twelve Days of Christmas festivities. I have the pleasure of giving away a SIGNED print featuring Blue Rabbit and Blanket the horse from Jane Hissey's latest book Ruby, Blue and Blanket. (Please excuse the photo quality- but this print...

Pink Lining Bedtime Stories Competition with Ladybird Books

In partnership with Ladybird, Pink Lining has launched its first ever Bedtime Stories competition to win one of their Pink Lining Picture Satchels and a Ladybird book to carry in it. They would like to know your favourite bedtime story to read to your child. All you have to do to enter is go to...