Penguin has been included in the Bookbug bag along with the brilliant You Choose by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt. This bag will be gifted to every three year old in Scotland.
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It was an honour to celebrate the work of John Birmingham and Helen Oxenbury at the Imagine Festival, they are double winners of Book Trust's life time achievement awards.
Here's what I said.. John Burningham’s paintings glow like happy, hazy childhood days… They make me want to run barefoot, outside, after dark. Helen Oxenbury’s people are so alive and so fresh, I want to hold their hands and dance with them cheek to rosy cheek. There’s a rare "otherness" to both Helen and John’s work, it’s the best kind of magic…. Hooray for the King and Queen of picture books! In picture above-Chris Riddell, David Melling, David Roberts, Sophie Henn and me. To celebrate 10 years of the book Penguin our Long Nose Puppet show is back on the road.Tour dates here.
Penguin is 10 years old this year, to celebrate Walker Books have published a special anniversary edition with gold shiny bits on the cover. Long Nose Puppets will be bringing back the puppet show this autumn to mark the occasion. Happy Birthday Dear Penguin!! x
We had a lovely launch at The Book Hive in Norwich.
From left to right: Henry Layte, Me, Mum, Janetta Otter-Barry Published by Otter-Barry Books May 2016
Written by my Mum, Joyce Dunbar and illustrated by me. Dedicated to Charlie and Monty pictured above. |