Humbled to be shortlisted for the Ruth Rendell Award 2026, in partnership with the National Literacy Trust and The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society. “The Ruth Rendell Award seeks to celebrate authors who go above and beyond to champion literacy, and to support children, young people or adults to develop their literacy skills and to
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Parents, educators and teachers have asked for Maya and Marley, outfit ideas for World Book Day. Maya and Marley are all about sustainability. Ideas where to source: Charity Shops, Car Boot Sales, ‘Hand Me Downs’, etc Maya and Marley clothing doesn’t need to match, i.e Maya’s headband could be an old scarf and their boots,
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Popular children’s content creator Laura Henry-Allain has created My Words, My Book, in Partnership with Tapestry-Childhood Education Platform and The Quick Brown Fox Video Production an original children’s podcast aimed at supporting children’s love of books and reading, the first episode will launch on World Book Day. This comes at a time of national decline
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Gather around! Gather around! Book cover reveal, for the first book in the Maya and Marley book series: The Great Big Tidy Up! Two cheeky goats, Lou and Chou, getting up to mischief! Illustrated by the outstanding Yabaewah Scott. Big thank you to team Ladybird Books! Pre-order via this link, to hit your letterbox on
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Laura, How Do I? Is back for 2024! Every day I receive either an email or a direct message on one of my socials asking a ‘How Do I?’ question. These are usually accompanied by a request to either meet in person or have a virtual coffee. How do you get a book published? How
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Delighted to share that I have written a set of FREE resources to support my new book; My Family, Your Family, illustrated by Givovana Medeiors. Please click on the link here to access: Order your copy of My Family, Your Family via this link: #MyFamilyYourFamily #MFYF Follow the conversation on the socials: Instagram | Twitter/X
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My new children’s book series, Maya and Marley, will be with you in July 2024! I have worked on this for two years! From researching the images to share with the super talented, illustrator, Yabaewah Scott, I knew how I wanted Maya and Marley & Co to look – from their hair, clothes, shoes (check
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Delighted to be doing an author’s story session at this years Stepping into Stories festival. My session is on Sunday 5th February at 15:00, venue Station Hall, Herne Hill. Book via this link:
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Looking forward to this FREE panel event: No imagination without representation, in children’s books. With my esteemed colleagues, Dapo Adeola and Marcus Ryder. Tuesday 29th November 2022. 19:00 GMT. Brixton Library. Book via this link:
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