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Award-winning freelance writer and children's author. Easily distracted by wildlife, music, books, football, tea, dogs etc.
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A huge thank you to @goodhousekeeping in the US for selecting 🌱WONDER WORLD EARTH🌱 as one of the winners of the Kids' Book Awards 2026! 🎉
They (and their child/parent testers) said:
'A roll-up-your-sleeves investigation into what lives in soil—from rabbits to worms—led by two children carrying magnifying glasses engrossed our kid testers. A perfect amount of enthusiastic prose dispenses facts (some earthworms are so small they can fit on a freckle) and engages curiosity. Ages 4 to 8
TESTER NOTES: Families enjoyed the format: “The page setup keeps kids interested by presenting the information in different but consistent formats,” said one parent. “For example, a page will be split into thirds to explain three different facts, but then the next page will be singular. There is a lot of information on the pages, but it's not overwhelming at all.”
@nosycrow @xuanle.txl
16 Oct 2026
I'm late posting this (social media being one of my many shortcomings) but delighted to be shortlisted for this year's Travel Media Awards.
I'm up for 'Specialist Travel Writer of the Year - UK & Ireland', alongside some very talented folk. I love writing about close-to-home adventures so this means a lot 🙏
Thanks very much to the judges and good luck to nominees across all categories. Ceremony at The Savoy on 26 Oct!
@travelmediaawards
05 Oct 2026
Dig it! It’s publication week for THE WORLD UNDERGROUND, stunningly illustrated by @paulabossio and published by the team at @buster_books
The book covers all things subterranean (see a few examples on other slides), from fossils, train tunnels, pipes and buried treasure to soil life, geology, animal burrows and archaeological digs – and Paula’s colourful illustrations are totally brilliant.
The book packs a lot into its 94 pages. I’m really proud of how it’s turned out.
Shout out to the wonderful @garypanton for being a joy to work with as editor!
#newchildrensbooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #bookstagram #kidsbookstagram
25 Sep 2026
Coming to the end of a week in Oban and Inner Hebrides, mainly spent in the company of the brilliant @baskingsharkscotland. Wildlife aplenty above and below the waves. 57 varieties of weather. Great people. Unforgettable trip. Read about it in @countryfilemagazine next year.
@visitscotland
20 Sep 2026
'Let's travel back more than a quarter of a billion years, to a time before the dinosaurs...'
It's been a privilege to work with @gavillustrator on this glorious-looking natural history book, which is sinking its prehistoric jaws into the world for the first time today.
Permian Period high-fives all round to ace editor Nancy Dickmann and the great team at @quartokids - and just look at those illustrations!!! (Flick through to see two more examples)
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20 Aug 2026
OUT TODAY!!! 😎⚽🇪🇸
@scholastic @stan_chow
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13 Aug 2026
Last weekend was spent in @visitmanchester and @peakdistrictnationalpark researching an article for the next edition of @yhaofficial The Journey magazine. With @benlerwill, we’ve been working with this remarkable organisation for a decade. Researching the story of the Kinder Trespass and the fight for access to the outdoors shows that for many that battle is not yet over. We have the ‘right to roam’, but now it’s about getting young people out there. YHA’s mission is to ‘enable everyone, especially young people, to connect with people, nature and heritage through hostels in amazing places’. It does this by offering space to young people of limited means to visit the countryside and towns. Our stays help fund that mission. The finished piece will be out in October. Pick your copy up at a youth hostel or online.
Public footpaths were not really formalised until the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. The Sheffield ramblers came up Jacob’s Ladder to meet the Manchester group on Kinder Scout, but by then the police had stopped them.
@manchestercentrallibrary
Listening to an audio archive of Benny Rothman, one of the leaders of the Kinder mass trespass @manchestercentrallibrary
@yhamanchester
Amazing story here @yhamanchester - definitely read the note.
Busy bees @yhamanchester
05 Aug 2026
Nosy Crow Spotlight!
Supa Nova by @hey.chante is a humerous, clever, fun, and delightful read! Think superhero, scientist, and spunky girl then you've got Supa Nova! She is such a fun character. This book is full of mishaps and the cutest monster. I hope this comic book/graphic novel becomes a series!
The Strange Disappearance Of Imogen Good by @kirstyapplebaum is a thrilling, mysterious, engrossing, and chilling middle grade! I love how determined Fran is to search for her missing cousin and how she doesn't let anyone convince her Imogen never existed. She goes to great lengths and on a truly daring adventure!
Wonder World Earth by @benlerwill @xuanle.txl is an educational, fascinating, and vibrant read! I am so amazed by the amount of information in this picture book. It is incredibly factal highlighting the layers of the earth, soil, nature cycles, microbes, and so much more!
#gifted #partner Thank you to @nosycrow @nosycrowus for the gifted copies!
10 Jul 2026
Cats of all shapes, colours and sizes star in this playful picture book, but which of them is the biggest?
Written by @benlerwill, illustrated by @markachambers and published by @dkbooks, The Biggest Cat In The Book is out now!
#TheBiggestCatInTheBook #BrightArtist #PictureBook #Cats #ChildrensIllustration
10 Jun 2026
Is THE BIGGEST CAT IN THE BOOK pictured here? Or could it be one of the 12 other characters padding through the pages?
Find out inside this book, beautifully illustrated by @markachambers and out TODAY! 🐈
Very proud to see this out in the world. With massive thanks to the brilliant people involved: @chris.in.books @zoe_tucker_design @cessieyoung_ and the whole paw-some @dkbooks team 🙌🙌
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04 Jun 2026
Great news! 💧WONDER WORLD: WATER💧 has been selected as a BooksForTopics Recommended Read for Reception on the new 2026-2027 Year Group lists, alongside all sorts of other brilliant titles.
They say...
"We love this series, which also includes Wonder World: Earth."
"...a great foray into non-fiction for early years children. The illustrations are bright and bold (who wouldn’t want to dive into that cover?!) and the technical vocabulary is reinforced at an age appropriate level."
Thank you @booksfortopics !
03 Jun 2026
What's that peeking out from behind Arlo? It's only THE BIGGEST CAT IN THE BOOK, which is padding its way into bookshops this Thursday!
It's been massively enjoyable working on this with editor extraordinaire @chris.in.books and the brilliant @dkbooks team - and the illustrations of @markachambers are, as ever, purr-fection. 🐈
It's the follow-up title to THE BIGGEST DOG IN THE BOOK and features all sorts of fabulous felines. But which is the biggest?
(With many thanks to Arlo for publication-week modelling duties)
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02 Jun 2026
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