Danny McGee Drinks the Sea by Andy Stanton (and me) has been short listed for the Portsmouth Book Award! Children will vote for their favourite books later in the year. Other books shortlisted include ‘The Treasure Of Pirate Frank’ by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, ‘There Is No Dragon In This Story’ by Lou Carter and Debbie Allwright, […]

Shutting up shop for the holidays… Wishing a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all! 🎄🎄👍👍🎅🏽🎅🏽🎁🎁 A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Dec 22, 2017 at 12:21pm PST

‘Just 51 words elevate our thinking and leave us with a sense of hope.’ Lovely review of my book The Tree from Where the Books Are…  

  Wakey, wakey! This week’s #colour_collective is #midnightgreen Have a good weekend y’all… @Clr_Collective #illustration #halloween #spooky #witchy #illo #childrensbookillustration #kidsbookstagram #kidslitart #neallayton #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustrator A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Oct 20, 2017 at 11:32am PDT

Hope the first week back at school is going well for everyone… (!!!) . . . . #firstweekofschool #michaelrosen #monster #bloomsburychildrensbooks #neallayton #kidslit #kidsbookstagram #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Sep 6, 2017 at 2:05am PDT

Just spotted one of my books in the newspaper under our cats litter tray… #betterlatethannever #bestnewkidsbooks2017 #dannymcgeedrinksthesea #andystanton #childrensbooks #hodderchildrensbooks #hachettepublishing #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #neallayton #catlitter #tray #fizzytiger A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Aug 29, 2017 at 11:41pm PDT

Oh my, ANOTHER exciting package alert… 1st author copy of #friendsforaday !! . . . #hodderchildrensbooks #neallayton #hachettepublishing @hodderbooks #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #childrensbook #childrensbooks #childrensbookauthor #childrensbookillustration #childrensbooks A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Aug 4, 2017 at 12:08am PDT

‪Looking forward to visiting Tangmere, Kingsham +Jessie YoungHusband #Primary #Schools in #Chichester tomorrow.🚀✨✏️‬ ‪#theinvincibletonyspears‬ #hodderchildrensbooks #hachettepublishing #neallayton A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jul 12, 2017 at 6:41am PDT

Arrived in the post- the FIRST copy of the NEW Tony Soears book! 📕🚀✨👀 . . . . #theinvincibletonyspears #author #copy #hodderchildrensbooks #hachettepublishing #neallayton #space #adventure #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #childrensbook #choldrensbooks #childrensbookauthor #childrensbookillustration A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jul 16, 2017 at 11:01pm PDT

Danny McGee Drinks the Sea publishing in paperback soon! . ☀️🌊📕 . . #andystanton #hodderchildrensbooks #neallayton #dannymcgeedrinksthesea #picturestorybook #kidsbooks #fun #summer #lollies17 #kidsbookstagram #kidslit #childrensbooks #childrensbook #lollies2017 A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jun 22, 2017 at 11:05pm PDT