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For those that missed out… just signed some more of these for the lovely . I may be a bit biased but books make the best Christmas presents
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Dial Lane is an Aladdin’s cave for books (and there will be more authors signing tomorrow evening including own ) so if children’s books are not your thing you’re bound to find other gift gems for your loved ones!
Also excited to meet artist and avid picturebook collector so bookshops are great not just for presents but for connecting with people too!

Massive thanks to the amazing for inviting us (the lovely and me) and welcoming us into their magical shop of books last night. So much passion and enthusiasm for books is hard to match! Wonderful and uplifting to meet new people and be part of such a special day. A honour to be asked to sign books, so huge thank you also to those lovely people that now have copies with my scruffy writing and doodles! Thank you again Dial Lane Books!❤️😘📚

And just look at how wonderful this book shop is! Pictures reposted from and .

What a fabulous shop window!
Today I and awesome authors Julia Groves] will be signing books today at Dial Lane Books in Ipswich at various times of the day! Very excited!

Do come and say hello! Julia Groves] and I will be there from 5pm!!
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What a window eh 😍

I think it’s a given that I’ll be leaving this up for the entirety of January to try and combat the January blues. Hell … I may leave the tree and the decorations up too 👊🏼

Anyway, in today’s window you’ll find books by those coming into the shop today to sign some books, quaff some mulled wine/Prosecco, chat to some customers and to add add extra body heat👊🏼

So looking forward to this! Will be at Dial Lane Bookshop in Ipswich this coming Thursday, signing books and more! Come and say hello and check out the wonderful books that Dial Lane stock, they make excellent Xmas presents! 📚🎁🎄

The books and their endpapers.
Dart and Dive Across the Reef.
Hoot and Howl Across the Desert.
Published by Thames and Hudson.
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I think they could pretty skirts too? 🤔

Post 3 for the weekend: The remote reefs of the Galápagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador. The mammals, reptiles and birds that live there have developed special mechanisms that allow them hunt for food in sea. From Dart and Dive Across the Reef published by Thames & Hudson] for
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Welcome to the Maldives. Who else would like to be swimming with these beauties, right about now? Find out more about them in Dart and Dive Across the Reef published by
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Reefs are home to 25% of the world’s marine life even though they cover less than 1% of the ocean floor. They are amazing.
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Some posts for from Dart and Dive Across the Reef published by last year. Where has the time gone!
Here some species found in the tropical reefs of the Solomon Islands. Can you name them all without reading on? Answer to follow on stories 😉
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Reefs are home to 25% of the world’s marine life even though they cover less than 1% of the ocean floor. They are amazing.
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Yesterday Rob and I got to catch up with picturebook expert and our tutor when we studied picturebook illustration, Martin Salisbury!Thank you for visiting Martin! ❤️
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What a treat - a trip to Ipswich to visit the ‘Picturebooks for All’ exhibition at The Hold, showing works from the great Ipswich printers, W S Cowell & Co, many from . Lovely to catch up with my former students, and , co-curators of this marvellous exhibition, along with Thoroughly recommended!

Presenting Dial Lane Books, Ipswich’s only independent bookshop proudly owned by Andrew and supported by Jonsey The two of them pictured here at their pop up shop for the Private View of the exhibition last night which was just fabulous! Thank you both for being part of this! ❤️🖼📚

Dial Lane Books is a gem of a store and as well as all selling a seemingly endless number of marvellous books they will have copies of all the picture books exhibited in ‘The Picture Book Today’ section of the exhibition.
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This is The Hold, one of Suffolk Archive’s three branches that look after 900 years worth of Suffolk’s archival heritage.
Their current exhibition from today and until 8th January 2023, aptly named Picture Books For All, is dedicated to the Ipswich printers W.S. Cowell, who amongst other things were key in the launch of the Puffin Picture Book series.
If you are interested in history, printing, books, design, and illustration don’t miss the opportunity to visit!
I will be posting some highlights over the days to come as I imagine will be and who spent the last three years working on this with passion and enthusiasm.
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If you are into picture books, design and/or printing you don’t want to miss this!
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Chuffed to join the research journey about a year ago. Have learnt so much, thank you and . The discussions, debates and hunts for material has been great fun.
Many more thanks to come for those that have supported this and contributed, so watch this space and plan your visit! 😘

Always good to see where the books get to. Spotted recently at bookshop, Cambridge, U.K. and in a bookshop all the way in Portland, USA!
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Thank you and for snapping away and documenting the book’s journey! ❤️❤️

Microplastics, such as copolymers, can be found in sunscreens and many other beauty products, they have many names and acronyms so knowing what is safe can be hard work 😖🤯
If you are unsure about what is safe and what isn’t, download the free app from www.beatthemicrobead.org and start checking what you are using. Without doubt you will face some disappointment but there are other safer products out there… and who doesn’t like to discover new and better things?😘
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Floating.

From ‘Hoot and Howl Across the Desert’: The antelope squirrel uses its tail to create shade for itself. Cacti create shade with their thorns.

I have a very big hat for when I am outside. What do you do to keep cool? 👒🧊👙

Hot hot hot everywhere! Careful but also enjoy! ☀️😘 🏖

Hot like a desert in the U.K.? 🏜
From ‘Hoot and Howl Across the Desert’ one of my favourite desert animals is the jackrabbit. It can build up a speed of 60km/h and uses its large ears to cool down from the heat. Stay cool everyone! 😎☀️🌵🐰

The Ionian Sea

A fine day for a planning a degree show…

For World Ocean Day 2022 the Red Sea from Dart and Dive Across the Reef. Celebrating marine life and highlighting once more the urgency of doing more to protect all aquatic environments.

For World Ocean Day 2022 the Red Sea from Dart and Dive Across the Reef. Celebrating marine life and highlighting once more the urgency of doing more to protect all aquatic environments.

It was great to see ‘Hoot and Howl Across the Desert’ on the UN Sustainability Development Goals Book Club list for SDG15: Life on Land this month. Thank you for sharing this image. Hoot and Howl l here in the good company of ‘You’re Strong with Me’ by and

The SDG Book Club was set up to help children across the globe learn about the framework of 17 goals. Books are recommended through the collaboration of the International Publishers Association, .international &

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Dog walk view 🌿

Happy Earth day! Celebrating our amazing planet by sharing some of the brilliant designs created by the young readers that came along to my recent events with to learn all about wildlife on the driest places of our planet!
If you are inspired, check out my first book “Hoot and Howl across the Desert” published by .
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It was great fun to have the opportunity to discuss nonfiction picturebooks with fabulous and so talented and the brilliant Daniel Hahn at this week.

Thank you so much to for organising this with our publishers

So many beautiful books were on display and it was good to see old friends again and meet new people. Inspired and excited for the future which is quite something during these troubled times.
Scroll for a few snaps from inside Aina’s fantastic book ‘How life on Earth Began’. I cannot recommend this or her other books enough. They are full of exciting layers, packed with information and the turning of every page is simply a joy. 🦕🔍💙

The London Book Fair is back on this year and very excited to be participating. Especially excited that I will be meeting the amazing author/illustrator and writer/translator Daniel Hahn and that I will have the opportunity to discuss with them my favourite subject… nonfiction picturebooks!!

🎉Thrilled to find out that “Dart and Dive Across the Reef” has won a gold🥇award for the “Book for 5-8 year olds” category of the 2022 Made for Mums Awards.🎉

So chuffed with the incredibly lovely comments from the parents and children that voted. Thank you so very, very much. 💛🙏💛

Congratulations to all the other winners of a great selection of amazing books. And especially to my super publishers that are behind quite a few of these. 👏👏👏👌👌👌

Was looking through some files and came across this little illustration of a Caribbean reef octopus. It didn’t make it into the Reefs books because we ran out of space. If seek out an octopus enough times, they can get to know you and trust you and even start to hang out with you. And that’s amazing. And yes I may be missing the sea a little… 🤔
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Just been sent these pictures from my World Book Day workshop with Year 3 at St Mary’s School Colchester. I think their designs are brilliant! Loved spending time with these girls, a very special day. Thanks again for having me 🐠🐟🎨📚

Love the way my Romanian publishers promote my book Dart and Dive Across the Reef and great to see the title in another language. Thank you 💙💙

Angelfish… nearly all 88 species can be found in the Coral Triangle.

Beautiful, peaceful French angelfish, mates for life…
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🎊Happy Lunar New Year to all those celebrating! 🎊🐯🏮🧧

This cross section diagram is from part of a very small but very important animal. I made it for one of the books but it didn’t get used in the end so probably needs a little more work and some labels. Can you guess which animal it is from? 🤔🤓

How well do you know how long things take to decompose? Some basic infographics to build on from Dart and Dive Across the Reef. Note the size of that plastic bottle! 🥺😱😔

The small but spectacular Anna’s hummingbird for 💖 No bigger than your phone screen. From Hoot and Howl Across the Desert published by Thames and Hudson.

The obligatory new year cake pic. It’s a Greek thing.😋💙Happy new year to everyone! Shooting stars for wishes. 💫💫

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Merry Christmas everyone! 😘