Why hello, only A House for Mouse in The Daily Telegraph's "50 BOOKS THAT BLEW US AWAY..."

“A House for Mouse (Thames & Hudson, £10.95) by Gabby Dawnay, in jaunty rhyming couplets, depicts a grey mouse who sets out to discover the world: ‘I was born in this tree - now it’s time to explore/ All the nooks and the crannies from forest to shore!’ ”

Thank you #thedailytelegraph 

"50 books that blew us away"

(The Daily Telegraph, Saturday 30th November 2018)

A HOUSE FOR MOUSE - online blog review by Read it, Daddy!

This is a lovely review 

by

READ IT DADDY! 

(click on the link to visit site!)

#ahouseformouse #bookreviews #readitdaddy #childrensbookreviews

Secret Charter

Spot Alex and my postcards in the Secret Charter event...

This was a truly magnificent and fantastically successful idea to raise money for Charter School's art department. Artists and celebrities were asked to draw on a postcard which would then go on sale online on a given date. All postcards were purchased as a 'Lucky Dip', so you could end up winning a Tracey Emin or an Antony Gormley - or just a lovely piece of artwork by a slightly less well-known artist!

Click on the link for more...

SECRET CHARTER

The event raised over £50,000

I wonder who won my contribution...?!

#secretcharter #charterschool #cutstothearts #schoolcuts #stopschoolcuts

MESSY GOES TO OKIDO SEASON 2 HAS BEGUN...

...and here's my first episode from the new series! 

Click on the link below to watch: 

*MESSY MIGRATION*

Messy, Zoe and Felix discover some eggs on the beach - but they don't belong to chickens...

Zim, Zam & Zoom are relaxing, err, on hand to help...

Some unexpected underwater pals!

Messy tries to sing 'whale'...

Helping Shelly the tiny turtle on her way...

...with a bit of help from a very large friend!

#messygoestookido #MGTOS2 #okidomagazine #artsandscience #cbeebies #doodleproductions #childrensanimation #childrenstelevision

PSSSST! MESSY GOES TO OKIDO SEASON 2 IS COMING TO YOUR CBEEBIES SCREENS ON MONDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2018...!

I've written several more episodes for season 2 of the ever-excellent, totally original, early arts and science learning Okido magazine spin-off show for CBeebies,  Messy Goes to Okido 

Watch my episode Cheesy Feet from series one here to get in the mood for 26 BRAND NEW EPISODES coming Monday 22nd October 2018!

Messy Goes to Okido - ballaballaboomboom-pooooo!

Cheesy Feet written by me

#messygoestookido #okidomagazine #artsandscience #cbeebies #messygoestookidoS2 #doodleproductions #kidstv

AND HERE'S THE COMPLETE SHEET OF MINI-BEASTS....

Visit all the mini-beasts and creepy-crawlies together, along with all the other brilliant mini-drawings for the September 2018 House of Illustration #drawingaday #JohnVernonLord challenge....
(Click link above!)

What a great challenge - I loved every minute of it. I'm missing drawing these critters...

Dung beetle

Luna moth

Bumble bee

Garden snail

Ladybird

Daddy long legs

Hummingbird hawk moth

Garden ant

Earthworm

Tiger moth

Centipede

Long-horned beetle

Common blue butterfly

Stagbeetle

Green housefly

Garden spider

Woodlouse

Grasshopper

Green stinkbug

Blue dragonfly

Evil vine weevil

Wasp

Spanish slug

Peacock butterfly

Green dock beetle

Cardinal spider

Millipede 

Rose aphid

Earwig

Elephant hawk moth

IT'S #WORLDPOETRYDAY ... AND A HOUSE FOR MOUSE IS OUT!

WHOOP-A-DOOOOO!

 #worldpoetryday #ahouseformouse #thamesandhudson #rhymingbooks #childrensillustration #literacymatters #ilovebooks