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Most Promising New Talent 2011
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 01/06/2011 10:09:32
*Winner*Foxly's Feast by Owen Davey (Templar, £10.99), 2+Read our Q&A with Owen Davey
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Most Promising New Talent Winner 2012 - Hans & Matilda by Yokococo
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 12:00:00
Meet the winner of our prestigious award for emerging talent, Yokococo
them as an animation. Yokococo has a strong graphic style, and she uses a mix of colour to portray meek and mild Matilda, contrasted with mostly black and grey tones – accented with a cheeky red scarf – for naughty Hans.Read our conversation with author
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Highly Commended Most Promising New Talent 2012: A Zeal Of Zebras by Woop Studios
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 12:10:45
A poetic collection of creatures, playfully presented in words and pictures
host of whimsical descriptive terms in rich, evocative language. Coming from the artistic talents of Woop Studios, the pictures aren’t bad, either. With a cool, retro charm that pays homage to the mid-century modernist aesthetic, the images have strong
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Highly Commended Most Promising New Talent 2012: Where Is Fred by Edward Hardy and Ali Pye
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 12:10:45
A ravenous crow is on the look-out for a white fluffy caterpillar for his supper. Funny how he's nowhere to be found…
butterfly!Where Is Fred by Edward Hardy and Ali Pye (Egmont, £10.99)Don't miss... Our exclusive chat with Where Is Fred? illustrator Ali PyePlus find out which book won Most Promising New Talent 2012
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Shortlisted Most Promising New Talent 2012 - My Bear Griz by Suzanne McGinnes
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:47:17
It's bear hugs all round with a giant bear who's a boy's best friend
Ginness (Frances Lincoln, £11.99)Who won the award for Most Promising New Talent in the Junior Design Awards 2012?
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Shortlisted Most Promising New Talent 2012: This Book Is Totally Rubbish by Maggie & Rose
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:22:50
This brilliantly inventive and creative craft book is Shortlisted in the Junior Design Awards 2012
A cheeky crew – Maggie, Rose, Oscar and their little dog Bentley – are getting creative in this fun activity book. Even better, they are learning their 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – as they repurpose rubbish to make fun new things and become Eco
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A conversation with Yokococo, author of Hans & Matilda
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/05/2012 13:19:47
Meet the winner of the Most Promising New Talent in our Junior Design Awards 2012
Why did you choose cats (and they are very cute!) as your characters?Unfortunately I have a cat allergy. When I was trying to think about a new idea, a stray cat was visiting my house very often. He was very sweet and beautiful. I couldn't let him
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Too Many Girls (surely not!)
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 17/06/2011 15:39:30
Jonty Lees battle-of-the-sexes tale was highly-commended in our category for Most Promising New Talent
and eating pies, was frowned upon. “Being a dad in a house full of girls is brilliant most of the time,” concedes Jonty. “But sometimes everything just gets too pink and too high-pitched!” It’s this predicament that prompted Jonty’s first foray into picture
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Junior meets Where Is Fred? Illustrator, Ali Pye
By Fiona McKim on 28/05/2012 10:10:32
After being Highly Commended in our Most Promising New Talent category, the illustrator talks children, caravans and crafty foxes
excited. The books were published in the Seventies and I think are now out of print. If you can get hold of a Danny Fox story do, you won’t regret it!What were your other hobbies as a child?I grew up in the countryside, in Herefordsire, and spent most
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The Golden Nit Has Landed...
By Ciara Munnelly on 01/07/2011 13:19:12
David Walliams, Catherine Tate and other luminaries team up with some of Britain’s most promising talents for a new animation, set to air this weekend
When Tate Movie Project launched an exciting online competition to create a new animation, thousands of children from across the UK took up the challenge and the entries came flooding in. The best drawings were then selected to become part of a
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