Illustrator and author Neal Layton introduces his event at the Isle of Wight Story Festival 2025. Everyone’s talking about artificial intelligence but what exactly is it? This fun and accessible picture book helps tech savvy kids aged 6+ make sense of AI and understand why their human brain is so very special.

Artworking is now FINISHED for the NEW Tony Spears Book! 🚀✨🚀✨🚀✨📕 (If you live anywhere near my studio, you probably heard the whoops of joy!) #theinvincibletonyspears #lostinspace It publishes 4.10.18 I can’t wait. A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jul 28, 2018 at 12:56am PDT

Some characters that didn’t make it into the new #InvincibleTonySpears book… Hodder Children's #hodderchildrensbooks #neallayton #sketches A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jul 15, 2018 at 11:18pm PDT

Signed PRIZES for west end centre Short Story Competition! #HodderChildrensBooks #HampshireCulturalTrust A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jul 10, 2018 at 11:35pm PDT

Big Thanks to #haylingislandbookshop for the pop-up shop in #Romsey today…📕📚📕📚✍️ A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jul 9, 2018 at 9:00am PDT

‪Huge thanks to @ChiHighSchool for hosting today in your lovely theatre, and to all the schools who came! weAREjys #centralschool and more…📕📚📕📚‬ A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jul 5, 2018 at 2:05pm PDT

5,4,3,2,1… we have LIFT OFF… The Invincible Tony Spears and the Brilliant Blob is published… 🚀✨📚 And I’m just a little bit mega excited about it…whooop! Big thanks to all @hodderchildrens -> sneak peeks to follow… . . . #new #book #theinvincibletonyspears #kidsbooks #kidslit #neallayton #exciting #space #adventure #childrensbook #childrensbooks #childrensbookauthor #childrensbookillustration #hodderchildrensbooks #hachettepublishing A […]

‪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

Thanks to @chichesterhighsch for hosting yesterday, and to all the #primary #schools that visited. It was great to meet you all! 🚀✨ A post shared by Neal Layton (@neal_layton) on Jul 14, 2017 at 2:08am 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