Still stunned, excited and exhausted about last night at the British Book Awards, and winning both Best Illustrated Children’s Book and Best Illustrator. Here’s my speech for the latter if you’re interested, but my other (longer) speech is on my Instagram: instagram.com/jamiefumboo

Crickhowell’s Book-ish 📚 has been announced as the overall winner of the £5,000 Independent Bookshop of the Year Award at The #BritishBookAwards 2024, held in London last night (13th May) 👇 thebookseller.com/news/book-ish-…

Our Illustrator of the Year (sponsored by @sweetcherrypub) is Jamie Smart. Congratulations!

'By any measure, Smart has had a remarkable 12 months!'

#Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

So well deserved! 🥳

Join Julia Donaldson for her world premier reading of The Tooth Fairy and the Crocodile! ✨🧚‍♀️

Don’t miss out on this incredible event on 1st June! Grab your tickets and find out more information through the link below -

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📸 : © Steve Ullathorne

The Sheffield to Manchester train line through the Vale of Edale this evening, a really beautiful train journey.

Watch a slightly longer version of this in sharper detail here youtu.be/ryX-ElD-YG4?si…

More stock signing today. Ask your local independent bookshop about signed copies. Also available to pre-order signed copies from Waterstones 🧚‍♀️🐊

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A busy day signing stock with Julia Donaldson at Macmillan Children's Books. A few more to do tomorrow…

Our new book is out in June. You can pre-order here: 🧚‍♀️🐊

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This Saturday, May 11th at 11am, Sarah The Makaton Tutor shares Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks's What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday in the latest of her brilliant Makaton signed storytimes!🐞
Free event. No need to book, just come along and join in the fun! #Wolverhampton Mandercentre

A short clip from the Titanic director's commentary in which James Cameron talks about the quiet brilliance of Bernard Hill.

What fantastic work Hartley class! 🐞

This will be lovely and a chance to get your hands on Lydia's new book before anybody else!

Eldest daughter voted for the first time. (Not pictured) #dogsatpollingstations

Come along to 7715 CHATSWORTH for their new Family Festival! I’ll be there on Monday 27th May with the new book by Julia Donaldson, The Tooth Fairy and the Crocodile 🐊 🧚‍♀️

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Bring your students along for an adventure-filled storytelling and live illustration event with Lydia Monks and her new book The Tooth Fairy and the Crocodile, a terrifically toothy tale sure to leave students grinning with glee!

#ILFD4Schools #edchatie
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'I need to stop worrying about what other bookshops are doing. I need to stop worrying that if I say no to publicists about one event, we won’t get offered another.' 👇 thebookseller.com/comment/gettin…

Shutting the door on free movement of young people is a mistake
Axel Scheffler, the German illustrator who gave us the wonderful art work in the much loved Gruffalo books, collaborating with Julia Donaldson may not have happened without #FreedomofMovement theguardian.com/politics/2024/…