I had a wonderful chat with @whackochacko.bsky.social on his Fruitful Life podcast. We had a great big natter about all sorts, inc. my early creative life, animation, picture books, and the importance of play. Available on Spotify, Apple podcast & YouTube. open.spotify.com/episode/1mHb...

A must have for anyone wanting to get young children moving their fingers, arms & even whole bodies #FiveLittleFingers Sean Taylor illus. @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social - it’s #RedReadingHub’s book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dk8

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Fiona Woodcock. From Five Little Friends, a collection of finger rhymes for the very young by Sean Taylor. Simple impact using a blow pen to show hand and arm gestures, and the ideas they signify. Walker Books 3 July. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @fionawoodcock.bsky.social

We're publishing an amazing range of beautiful books in July! Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk

Hi Bluesky! TODAY is PUBLICATION DAY for Five Little Friends by Sean Taylor and me. It's a great big interactive collection of finger rhymes and it's a fun one! : ) Published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social (That's me happily painting the window of The Paper Cat Bookshop!)

Let’s have some lovely children’s book suggestions to cheer up a grey day! What’s your feel good read read? What makes you smile? Here are a few to get started…

Publication day for Safe at Last! x

Hello all -my lovely #kidlit friends please please can you help by sharing? 🙏🙏🙏 Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)

📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now! It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot: www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...

Kurt Vonnegut man

🥳 TONIGHT 8pm ET is the 3rd anniversary episode of Gab 'n' Doodle with the amazing @scottlava.bsky.social on Insta Live! 🤯WOW thank u SO much to the well-wishers & thank u @mrshoffy for putting this together(Longer vid on Insta) List of these illustrators in the comments⬇️ #kidlitart #illustration

Yesterday was a good day! Thank you @jennyhawke.bsky.social , the Bromley Libraries team and all the little roaring lions who came along! : ) Always a joy reading Little Lion Girl by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social 🦁💛

There's a tiny secret detail in Little Lion Girl by myself and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social that you might not know. The ever wonderful Fiona added me & my three sons into the story! Happy Mother's Day to all the caring women in our life 💗

Thank you! @fuse8.bsky.social for totally getting FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor and me. : ) This Review of the Day gives such a great insight into what this book is all about and a few sneak peeks too! 👀 Out in the summer with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social

👋 COVER REVEAL! 👋 FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor is unlike any book I’ve worked on before. It’s a great big book of interactive Finger Rhymes. : ) Out in the UK in July with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social And out in US in August with @candlewickpress.bsky.social Available for pre-order! 👍💛

Libraries are so important for ALL children to have access to. Yet Lambeth council are about to cut £1M from the budgets of the libraries in their borough. We need your help to STOP this. I wrote an open letter to the council to try and get them to see the error of their decision. Please repost.

Reading for pleasure has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. And every reader is different, and enjoys reading different things in different ways. So please: let kids read for pleasure and celebrate books EVERY DAY - not just #WorldBookDay!

Super handy tips for transforming into Little Lion Girl this @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social 🦁

It's a real book!! 💪🏼🌸Pre-order here littletiger.co.uk/product/i-am... #KidLit #KidLitUK

A scarf, boots and some DIY lion ears, and hey presto you can be a lion for @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social inspired by the Leonie from Little Lion Girl by myself and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Prepare to ROAR, pounce and get lost in some brilliant books this year!

Up the road from me today - what an amazing expression of unity in the face of a grave threat to our creative industries. 💙 #HandsOffOurCopyright

It’s time to #MakeItFair Today is your last chance to fill in the UK government’s Consultation on AI and Copyright. If you haven't already, please make time to fill it in by the end of today! ALL links up in my bio 👆 Please help the UK government get this right! #MakeItFair #handsoffourcopyright

Seeing scenes like this always gets me a bit teary. @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #LittleLionGirl

Happy US release of Little Lion Girl by me and the ever fantastic @fionawoodcock.bsky.social with @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Here’s to bold girls in cities!* “[A] tale of a metropolitan outing that becomes a wild, mettle-testing adventure.” —Publishers Weekly (*and the power of books ❤️🦁)

I drew the cover for this week's @newyorker.com

What an absolute pleasure for this #playschool baby to meet @floellabenjamin.bsky.social at the fabulous reopening of Beckenham Library and to say a huge thank you for her wonderful reading of my book Hiding Heidi on CBeebies Bedtime stories. 💛 Thank you! @jennyhawke.bsky.social for the invite! : )

I’m supporting the wonderful #ReadItForward campaign! Buy ANY children’s book during February and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social - How brilliant is that!? : ) uk.bookshop.org/contributors...

✏️✏️ Calling UK illustrators! ✏️✏️ A reminder that you can have your say on the UK Government Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation via the AOI survey before 31st Jan! 👉 rb.gy/hzrz6b Also this is a great resource on the subject 👉 shorturl.at/DhJt7

'New life', 1966 by the screenprinting Pop Artist nun Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

Joan Eardley, Snow,1958 #WomensArt

So happy to see Little Lion Girl by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social and me in this round up by authors and illustrators - compiled by the wonderful @booktrust.bsky.social - thank you! : )

Goodbye 2024 and Hello 2025! : ) Here's my #bestnine of a fun-packed year that was dominated by lots of Little Lion Girl fun with @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social If you fancy a more in-depth look at what I've been up to, then do have a snoop at my Woodcock Dispatch - (link in bio) HNY all! 💛

Really enjoyed having a good old Gab 'n' Doodle with @studiohoffmann.bsky.social : )

Some of the artwork from Louise Bourgeois's 'Ode à l'Oubli' - Fabric book, with hand-embroidery and lithographed cover, 2002 #womensart

From @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social 'Did somebody say "preorder?" 👀 Make your 2025 brighter by preordering some of our most anticipated reads! Starting with some incredible titles in January' Little Lion Girl! So excited to bring Leonie Stateide in the Spring with @fionawoodcock.bsky.social

No matter what’s changing for a child, the comfort of a good book is timeless. A £10 donation to our #MagicOfBooks appeal will give a child in need a gift they’ll enjoy now and long after the festive season. Donate here - and thank you ✨👇 donate.booktrust.org.uk/xmas3?utm_so...

Ahead of Little Lion Girl launching in the US next February, delighted to see a review in Publishers Weekly. Love seeing Leonie makes tracks as only a little lion girl can. Hugest admiration of @fionawoodcock.bsky.social's beautiful illustration and thanks to @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

My US publisher #GreenwillowBooks (an imprint of @harperkids.bsky.social ) is celebrating fifty years of making wonderful books! I can’t be in NY for the celebration drinks today, but I had a lot of fun playing around with their iconic logo to say Happy 50th Anniversary! : )

I love being part of the Irish children’s books community, and this is a great feature in the Sunday Times by @childrensbooksireland.ie & the Irish booksellers. Thanks to Joanna at @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social and as always love to @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Playtime meets art history in Kutná Hora, Czechia

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay finally gives in to Christmassy books. This crisp and impactful caricature, part of a spread, is by Kate Hindley from The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland. Santa has to deliver to the princess of hearts. Out in paperback from Macmillan Children’s Books since October.

Ahead of its February release in the US, there's a Kirkus review of Little Lion Girl by me and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social (Bloomsbury) "Perfectly captures a courageous youngster's explorations of an unfamiliar setting." So flipping delighted 🦁 ❤️ www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Here’s a starter pack for picture book and young fiction book creators in the UK - please ask to be added 😄 go.bsky.app/Eopnbgm

A wonderful listen! : )

A little Bluesky intro from me - I'm an author & illustrator of picture books, with a background in animation. 'Little Lion Girl' by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social and 'Silver Linings' are my latest books. I enjoy sending out occasional Substacks in the form of The Woodcock Dispatch (link👆in bio 👀)

Wild fun at Dingle Literary Festival this weekend and delighted to see @fionawoodcock.bsky.social's illustration of Little Lion Girl inspiring little artists to create their own Rousseau jungles.

Hello there Bluesky! : )