Gabby Dawnay - writing and artwork

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Rolling back into town...

BUS KING THEATRE arrives at Spitalfields to present their fabulous puppet adaptation of London Calls!

Roll-up, roll-up and book your tickets by calling Athena on: 07935462605 or email: buskingtheatre@gmail.com

And you can now follow the Bus King Theatre on Facebook

#LondonCalls

#BusKingTheatre

#tatepublishing

Monday, 5 October 2015

SOUTH KEN KIDS FESTIVAL 2015

We're back! BOOK HERE…

South Ken Kids Festival 2015

#SOUTHKENKIDSFESTIVAL

#APOSSUMSTAIL

#LONDONCALLS

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Another London Calls review...

From the fabulous, the fantastical, the one and only Instagram sensation: @thereadingninja

Very much like that ninja picks up on London Calling/the Clash/punk vibe of the book. Nice one ninja.

#thereadingninja

Monday, 28 September 2015

WILL MESSY GET KIDS TO LOVE SCIENCE?

* "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about"

A super review of "Messy Goes to Okido" by Lucy Gill for the Huff Post parenting section!

I'm pretty chuffed that the Balloons episode gets a specific mention - and thrilled that it's in an albeit slightly contentious context.

(See my mum's similar comments in an earlier post…)

"The legendary: Valley of the Lost Balloons"

The Okido magazine/Doodle production team should be delighted - reviews don't get much better than this!

Read the full review here: Will Messy Get Kids to Love Science?

This little monster has come a long way...

*Oscar Wilde

#OKIDO

#MESSYGOESTOOKIDO

#ART&SCIENCE

#STEM

OKIDO - the TV issue!

To celebrate Messy & the gang getting their own 52-part series on CBeebies the 37th issue of OKIDO magazine is all about…
...TV!

Messy blasts out of the cover of the TV issue!

1. Messy, Zoe & Felix watching the moon

2. Make a TV set & star in your very own TV show!

3. Cut out & make Messy goes to Okido characters!

4. Make a flip-o-rama?

SO MANY THINGS TO MAKE AND DO IN EVERY ISSUE!

#OKIDO

#MESSYGOESTOOKIDO

#ART&SCIENCE

#STEM

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Autumn

#colour

Jay feathers, sloes, oak leaves, lichen, acorns and blackberries

Friday, 18 September 2015

From Eden

Hooked.

BACKGROUND information...

My first picture book - called A Possum's Tail - is a collaboration with brilliant illustrator Alex Barrow and came out 6th February 2014. A second book called London Calls! is a whistle-stop tour of London, led by a Pearly grandma and her granddaughter. London Calls! came out on 4th September 2014 and is my second book with Alex Barrow. A Possum's Tail was nominated for the 2015 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.

Both books are by Tate Publishing.

Please see my AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE or CURRICULUM VITAE for more details & updates.

As well as writing children's books, for children's television and two award-winning children's magazines, I do both private and commercial art commissions, a selection of which you can see here.

The children's shoes are part of an ongoing series of "first shoes", including several cards commissioned by the Almanac Gallery.

Hand-drawn, bespoke invitations, announcements, portraits and menus, such as the examples here are also available upon request..

Any enquiries please email: gabbydawnay@gmail.com

OKIDO MAGAZINE AND TV

I've been a regular contributor to children's art and science magazine OKIDO since 2007. HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY (WOW) beautiful Okido!

An Okido animated kids tv show, based on characters from the magazine is currently in production with Doodle/Squintopera http://www.doodle-productions.com. The original adaptation of the show (co-created/adapted by myself, producer Ceri Barnes and Doodle Productions) was acquired by CBeebies. 52 x 11 minute episodes will be coming to a screen near you soon in 2015.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............................

MESSY GOES TO OKIDO Series ONE & TWO is now available to stream on Netflix & most episodes are available to watch on YouTube. Series THREE is currently in production.