It was fantastic to be back visiting schools in person again. Here’s a run down of the week’s excitement!
Continue readingWORLD BOOK DAY 2022!
Laura Barrett
Scissorella Storytime and Crafts
It’s always a pleasure visiting libraries for storytime and crafts. Recently I paid a visit to Newton Abbot and Torquay Library where we read Scissorella and took part in some themed crafts. Here are some snaps of our silhouette light jars, chalk silhouettes and Lotte Reinger-inspired puppets, which we made into animations using the app Stop Motion.
Can you spot the spider in a tutu and Titanic- themed jar?
Continue readingSCISSORELLA: PICKED AS BEST BOOK OF 2021
The Guardian picks ‘Scissorella’ as a Best Book of 2021
The team behind Scissorella: The Paper Princess are absolutely bursting with pride to share that our story has been picked by Imogen Russell-Williams as one of the Best Books for Children and Teens, 2021!
Continue readingInstagram takeover
To celebrate the publication of Scissorella, illustrator extraordinaire – Laura Barrett – has taken over the Andersen Press Instagram account to share a little bit about her process.
In case you missed it, here’s a recap!
Continue readingScissorella schools tour
To celebrate the publication of Scissorella; The Paper Princess, I’ve been busy reading, creating and sharing the story with lots of children.
Laura Barrett – the magical illustrator of Scissorella – and I got together via the power of Zoom with Reading Rocks to deliver a virtual story session. The schools, which were all over the country from Liverpool to Cornwall, listened to Laura and I reading the story and were quizzed on their fairy tale knowledge. Then Laura showed the children how to make a Lotte Reiniger-inspired puppet.
If you missed that here’s a clickable link to Laura’s HOW TO guide.
Continue readingSCISSORELLA ✨PICTURE BOOK COVER REVEAL✨
I’m so, so pleased to finally be able to shout about these gorgeous illustrations and this fantastic cover from Laura Barrett.
SCISSORELLA: The Paper Princess, will be published by Andersen Press on 4th November, just in time for Christmas. It’s a reworking of the classic Cinderella tale, inspired by the life and work of German animator Lotte Reiniger, whose techniques & inventions inspired the early work of Disney & countless animators & CGI artists since.
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