Emily Brown and the Thing are back on stage this Christmas! You can catch them at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot 6-24 December… After which the show will move on to Australia, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates and the USA!   Here’s a poster about it…   And here’s a fab trailer!  

A new book means new badges! #dannymcgeedrinksthesea #andystanton #neallayton #hodderchildrensbooks #kidsbookstagram #childrensbooks #badges #kidslit #picturestorybook #childrensbookillustration A photo posted by @neal_layton on Nov 7, 2016 at 10:44pm PST

#Repost @hachettekids with @repostapp ・・・ We're at @thebookpeople's Bedtime Story competition ceremony! @neal_layton is doing a live Emily Brown! ❤️ A photo posted by @neal_layton on Nov 3, 2016 at 8:55am PDT

A #Repost from @gatopezlibreria – a bookshop specialising in illustration, based in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 ・・・ “ÓSCAR Y ARABELLA” de Neal Layton, se une a nuestras #novedadesGATOPEZ #libroilustrado #libroalbum #neallayton #oscaryarabella #illustrations #mamut #mamuts #extinto #mani #elefantes #prehistoricos #ilustracion #illustration A photo posted by @neal_layton on Oct 26, 2016 at 11:01pm PDT

  The Tree has just gone up on my website… click HERE to read more about the book and have a peep inside!  

The studio is filling up with roughs for the new Tony Spears book… There’s going to be LOTS of illustrations in it! 🚀✨ #tonyspears #roughs #newbook #neallayton #hodderchildrensbooks #kidslit #kidslitart #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration #booksofinstagram #theinvincibletonyspears #thebrillianttonyspears A photo posted by @neal_layton on Oct 23, 2016 at 10:12pm PDT

A lovely response to my book The Invincible Tony Spears from #thebooksniffer !!!! 😊 Thank you! Repost @thebooksniffer with @repostapp ・・・ Blasting into my top ten illustrated fiction faves #TonySpears by @neal_layton published by Hodder Children’s Books 🚀🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰 A photo posted by @neal_layton on Oct 13, 2016 at 7:41am PDT

    TONIGHT in Portsmouth there will be a fundraising auction held at St Jude’s School with some Tony Spears goodies as Lot 44, and lots of other lovely *ahem* lots… Get down there and help a local school!  

Enjoying the ink I bought from #atlantisartmaterials drawing the cover of the new Tony Spears book… ✏️🚀✨😄 #inkdrawing #TonySpears #artwork #bookcover #neallayton #hodderchildrensbooks @hodderbooks #kidslit #youngfiction #bookstagram #childrensbooks A photo posted by @neal_layton on Oct 6, 2016 at 9:24pm PDT

Much excitement in the Layton household with the arrival of the 1st copy of ‘Danny McGee Drinks the Sea!’ A new picture book made with the amazing, and very silly Andy Stanton… 😄 #dannymcgeedrinksthesea #andystanton #neallayton #hodderchildrensbooks @hodderbooks #picturestorybook #kidslit #new A photo posted by @neal_layton on Oct 6, 2016 at 2:11am PDT