To accompany the stage play of Emily Brown and the Thing, Tall Stories have put together an education Pack, with lots of great games and activities related to the themes of the book that you can do at home or with your class. Just click the link here to download it!

Prima Baby and Pregnancy Magazine reviews ‘This is me, Eating’. ‘This is me, Eating’ and it’s accompanying title ‘This is me, Dressing Up’ are both published by Walker Books as part of their Baby Walker series.  

Proofs arrive for ‘Where the Bugaboo lives’! What is it?  A new book written by Sean Taylor, illustrated by Neal Layton. Why is it different from other picture books? Because with this book you choose your own adventure! Yes, that’s right. Each time you read it it’s different. Who is the Bugaboo? THE SCARIEST THING […]

The Story of Stars in Spanish!  

The Story of Stars has been longlisted for the 2014 INFORMATION BOOK AWARD! The Information Book Award is an annual event, in its fourth year and is a major development for information books, designed to support school libraries and to reinforce the importance of non-fiction whilst highlighting the high standard of resources available. The Story […]

‘Meet Your Mighty Microbes’ is a article I’ve just illustrated for Ask magazine. It’s written by Nicola Davies, who also wrote ‘Poo: A Natural History of the Unmentionable’, and all the other animal books I illustrated for Walker Books, so as you can imagine it’s super informative AND super funny! Ask magazine is published monthly in […]

Saturday 8th February is National Libraries Day! To help support our local library I’ll be running an Illustration Workshop. There’ll be pens and paper to draw with and I’ll also be doing few drawings and reading a few books… It’s Free but places are limited and need to be booked on 023 9268 8999.

There was much excitment in the Layton household today with the arrival of the first copies of ‘This is me, DRESSING UP!‘ and ‘This is me, EATING!‘ ‘This is me, DRESSING UP!’ and ‘This is me, EATING!’ are due to be published in March by Walker Books as part of their ‘Baby Walker’ series. Other artists […]

Children’s theatre company Tall Stories are creating a stage production of ‘Emily Brown and the Thing!’ The show will tour later in the year, click the link here more details… ‘Emily Brown and the Thing’ is written by Cressida Cowell, illustrated by Neal Layton, and published by Orchard Children’s Books.  

‘Rover’ by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Neal layton, has been published in a new paperback format by Bloomsbury Childrens’ Books. A reprint of the sequel ‘Howler’ is due to follow soon, with a third book in the series currently being artworked by Neal!