FT Review of Bauhaus Ballet book...

FT review of Bauhaus Ballet 6 September 2019

Gabby Dawnay - writing and artwork: LONDON CALLS! Read for OKIDO by Brilliant Becky!

Gabby Dawnay - writing and artwork: LONDON CALLS! Read for OKIDO by Brilliant Becky!: Just a little reminder that there are lots of my poems and stories on the YouTube Okido site!

LONDON CALLS! Read for OKIDO by Brilliant Becky!

Just a little reminder that there are lots of my poems and stories on the YouTube Okido site!

Gabby Dawnay - writing and artwork: If I had a sleepy sloth...

Gabby Dawnay - writing and artwork: If I had a sleepy sloth...: OUT 27th February 2020 Spotted on Amazon !

If I had a sleepy sloth...

OUT 27th February 2020

Spotted on Amazon! 

Gabby Dawnay - writing and artwork: Oooooh look what's been published...

Gabby Dawnay - writing and artwork: Oooooh look what's been published...: The third and final book of this year: THE BAUHAUS BALLET BOOK, A POP-UP PERFORMANCE was published by Laurence King at the end of August. ...

Gabby Dawnay - writing and artwork: THE LIBRARY

Gabby Dawnay - writing and artwork: THE LIBRARY: And SO thrilled to have worked with a hugely talented young illustrator called Ian Morris on my poem for the latest issue of OKIDO magazin...

THE LIBRARY

And SO thrilled to have worked with a hugely talented young illustrator called Ian Morris on my poem for the latest issue of OKIDO magazine...

WATCH THIS SPACE!!

Oooooh look what's been published...

The third and final book of this year: THE BAUHAUS BALLET BOOK, A POP-UP PERFORMANCE was published by Laurence King at the end of August.

It was a collaboration with the brilliant illustrator Lesley Barnes 
I feel honoured to have written the words for this stunning paper-engineered triumph.

Lesley made beautiful, painted wooden models of some of the dancers and even animated the Balloon Lady above!

And 'here come the stripes...'

'WOW' indeed.

Lots of great reviews but this one by James Lovegrove in the FT is really smashing...

Available 'from all good bookshops' and also here: BAUHAUS BALLET BOOK

Little elephant on Eco Kids Planet page...

So pleased to see EKP magazine has featured one of my illustrations on their website!

This award-winning magazine keeps going from strength to strength... And now it's more relevant than ever!

Loads of resources for schools and teachers, eco-ideas, fun facts and engaging, accessible articles for kids aged 8-12 who love animals and are interested in the world around them.

Check it out: ECO KIDS PLANET MAGAZINE

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LOVELY 'SAMUEL DREW HASN'T A CLUE' POST HERE FROM 'BELLIS DOES BOOKS' BLOG!

Read the whole review here: https://bellisdoesbooks.wordpress.com/2019/06/18/peapods-picks-kltr-new-picture-books/

WHALE EVOLUTION ILLUSTRATIONS FOR ECO KIDS PLANET MAGAZINE

The astonishing evolution of whales, from

Eco Kids Planet magazine

POEMS... POEMS... & more POEMS, FROM OKIDO MAGAZINE issues 65 - 73

The moth and the moon, Okido 73 Moon Landing illustration © Alex Barrow

A song for our planet, Okido 72 My Planet illustration © Alex Barrow

The COCK-A-DOODLE-CHOIR! Okido 71 On the Farm, illustration © Alex Barrow

We're going on a journey, Okido 69 Journeys, illustration © Alex Barrow

SENSES at the seaside, Okido 68 SENSES, illustration © Alex Barrow

Where's your habitat? Okido 67 Habitat, illustration © Daisy Hirst

Roller-coaster Round the Heart (from Roller-coaster Round the Body book, courtesy of Franklin Watts/Hachette)
Okido 66 BLOOD, illustration © Alex Barrow

THE DATA BUS for Okido 65 CODING, illustration © Alex Barrow

It's been a long, long time coming...but here's a new post at last!

Too much to catch-up on in detail, so in a nutshell:
TWO new books & two new paperback editions out between the last post and now!

• Roller-coaster Ride Around the Body (published by franklin Watts/Hachette) out in paperback

A Song for Bear, published by Thames & Hudson AND...

• Samuel Drew Hasn't a Clue, (prequel to A Possum's Tail) published by Tate Publishing

• 8 new issues of Okido Magazine & Eco Kids Planet magazine, so 8 new poems plus over 30 new Eco articles... (SEE NEXT POST...)

• BOOK WEEK March 2019 events in schools

• The Big Dog Children's Literature Festival in Dumfries

• Stoke Newington Literary Festival

• Several shop events and WINDOWS

Tales on Moon Lane

 

Children's PRESS SHOWCASE (Thames & Hudson)

 

• A New Book Series commissioned...whoop-a-do!

• A NEW pop-up book collaboration completed: Book Launched August 2019

• AND new departure and another collaboration underway...

Cover illustration and toys © Lesley Barnes

(Oh, and I finally got a TATTOO by beautiful Boshka (at Good Times Tattoos in Shoreditch).