Authors, Illustrators and silliness all squished together in one brilliant Bookhut by Nikalas Catlow (ably assisted by Des Hegarty). Here is a taster of the pilot show… If you whizz to 8 minutes in, you can see Neal Layton draw the whole Mammoth Academy story in 60 seconds- also Featuring Sarah McIntyre and Andy Stanton!

  NEWFLASH for all Mammoth Academy fans… Sardine Productions partners with TVO to develop a MAMMOTH children’s series. “Montreal-based Sardine Productions has signed a development deal with TVO, Ontario’s public educational media organization, to take The Mammoth Academy from a book series to a children’s television series.   “Woolly mammoths Oscar and Arabella, along with their […]

Thanks to Somers Park Primary School for your beautiful letters and drawings. It was a pleasure to help launch your new library!

Neal Layton will be appearing alongside Cressida Cowell on next weeks Big Book Babble! The show airs LIVE at 11am on Tuesday 28th Feb and can be watched on demand afterwards.

Roger la Borde’s design-led kids’ imprint, Petit la Borde is launching a new range of cards featuring Oscar and Arabella. Expect some massively fun cards featuring their hair raising, but not too scary adventures! Available in stores January/February 2011.

Mammoth Academy, the first book in the Mammoth Academy Series, has been published in the USA in paperback. This new edition also features an interview with Neal, and a preview excerpt from the second book in the series, Mammoth Academy in Trouble! Published by Square Fish it should be available from all good bookshops and libraries.