A short trailer I made for my forthcoming picture story book ‘The Tree’ (It’s actually meant to loop which is why it’s so short…!) ‘The Tree’ will be published in May by Walker Children’s Books.    

Each spring, the children’s publishing world converges on the historic Italian city of Bologna for a huge trade fair. It’s been running for over 50 years now and is unique because it is the only book fair exclusively for children’s books. I’ll be visiting the show again this year soaking up the atmosphere and meeting my […]

  I was SO excited about this package arriving today that I decided to do a nerdy un-boxing video… The bit not shown is me jumping around the studio afterwards whooping! THANK YOU WALKER BOOKS – I’m so happy with it!!!   Un-boxing the first copy of my new book ‘The Tree’ from Neal Layton […]

  All six of the ‘Animal Science’ series of books by Nicola Davies have been re-published in a new larger format! Hats off to the design team at Walker Books for not only creating their new look , but also changing the format from landscape to portrait…  

That’s right! New bigger editions of ‘Poo’, ‘Talk, Talk, Squawk!’ and Deadly will be published by Walker Books this November, with the other three books in the series to follow in 2015. ‘Poo: A Natural History of the Unmentionable’, ‘Talk, Talk, Squawk!’ and ‘Deadly’ are written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Neal Layton.

A short film of my 1 year old daughter helping with the development of my ‘This is me‘ baby book series, published by Walker Books. If she didn’t like a drawing, it didn’t pass ‘quality control’. As you can see there was much excitement and finger pointing!

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]