Stanley’s Stick is featured in the Sunday Times summer reads for children – 26/6/11.
‘The twig in Stanley’s Stick (Hodder £10.99, 3-6) is ordinary but can be anything from rocket to dinosaur. John Hegley’s understatedly funny text is often arresting, and Neal Layton’s evocative illustrations, set on Stockport station and Blackpool Beach, use snippets of collage and a joyous line, as if the pencil has gone a bit wild on holiday. The book should guarantee hours of imaginative play.’
If you subscribe to the Times online you can read the whole article here.
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More photos from Monsterville by Tim Mitchell of the Discover Centre.
Thanks Tim!
Welcome to Monsterville is on till March 2012 with lots of readings and events happening in between. Check out the Discover Centre’s website, or their Summer Brochure for more details.
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John Hegley is doing a special Stanley’s Stick Event at the Discover Centre on Saturday 11th June!
Book your tickets here or click the flyer image for more details.
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Some photos from the grand opening of Welcome to Monsterville at the Discover Centre, London.
The show is on till March 2012 with lots of readings and events happening in between. Check out the Discover Centre’s website, or their Summer Brochure for more details.
The Monster Draw Off with Sarah McIntyre, Ed Vere and Neal Layton – with Rebecca Twydell of the Discover Centre MC-ing the event!
The audience/judges!
Draw off Drawings – from Sarah, Neal and Ed
More draw off drawings – from Ed, Neal and Sarah
Even more draw off drawings – by Neal and Ed
(it’s amazing how quickly you can draw when the clock is ticking!)
The audience join in
Neal signing books
Inside the Monster Gallery
The Monster Bandstand
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To celebrate the publication of Stanley’s Stick John Hegley and Neal Layton dropped into Poetry on the Water at the Greenwich Yacht Club.
John reading from Stanley’s Stick…
John and Neal signing copies of the book (thirsty work!)
John Hegley, Anne McNeil and Neal Layton celebrating!
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Another sneeky peek at the forthcoming Welcome to Monsterville show at the Discover Centre.
Not long to go now, it opens on Saturday 28th May!
Book your tickets for the Monsterville Family Open Day here.
And for more info on this and other events at the Discover Centre check out their Summer Brochure here.
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Work continues on the forthcoming Monsterville show at the Discover Centre in London…
Book your tickets for the Monsterville Family Open Day here!
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A first review of Stanley’s Stick from the March issue of The Bookseller.
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The first copy of Stanley’s Stick has just arrived through the post…!
Written by John Hegley, illustrated by Neal Layton and published by Hodder Children’s Books, it will be available from all good bookshops and libraries from June 2011.
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Neal’s agent Arena has made an online brochure highlighting their children’s book artists…
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