Share Some Secrets - supporting Barnardos

The book I illustrated for Christina Gabbitas (www.poemsandpictures.co.uk) Share Some Secrets (www.sharesomesecrets.com) which deals with the delicate subject of child abuse is supporting Barnardo's in their 150th Anniversary year. A new version has been printed especially to coincide with this. The book has been praised by the NSPCC and is also available in their library.

Christina will be signing the book at various locations in the coming weeks along with the Felicity Fly series and children's poetry books.

If you can get along to any of her events please do! Also please check out her websites for the poetry initiative which is currently running where children have chance to be published in an actual book.

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New poetry book - cover illustration

Here's the final cover artwork for Christina Gabbitas poetry initiative volume 3.
This years topic is Exercise and Healthy Food and all the poems were written by children.

For more information regarding the annual children's initiative please visit www.poemsandpictures.co.uk

Children's Poems book wins TPBP Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author

The book Ric Lumb illustrated for Christina Gabbitas, Poems and Pictures Has won the TPBP Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author from The-Peoples-Book-Prize. Christina set up the children's poems initiative and invited school children to submit their own poems to appear in the book. The initiative creates around 50 new young authors every year who are thrilled to see their poems in print. Now in it's third year with a new book being released in the autumn.

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Felicity Fly meets the Dragon Fruit and Friends - Book launch today!

The new book I illustrated is out today! "Felicity Fly meets the Dragon Fruit and Friends" Launching at WHSmiths, Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield. Go along and meet the author Christina Gabbitas and grab a copy of the book! For more information about the book and Christina's other works visit her websites: www.felicityfly.co.uk and www.poemsandpictures.co.uk

Please check out the schools poetry competition too: www.poemsandpictures.co.uk/competition