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Laurie Stansfield: illustrating Brenda’s Revenge

Hello Laurie! Tell us a bit about yourself. Hello, hello! I’m Laurie Stansfield, an illustrator living in Bristol in the UK. Brenda’s Revenge will be my 10th published book since joining my wonderful agents at Pickled Ink in 2018. In fact, it was the first book I… Read More

It’s World Book Day week, the best week of the year!

This year World Book Day falls on Thursday 6th March, so there’s plenty of time to get excited about sharing stories, escaping into books and celebrating the crafts that are writing and illustration. The Rocket Bird crew has one mission: to turn children into booklovers before they’re able… Read More

Ruby Wright on invisible inspiration!

Invisible Dogs was really written by my daughter, Ida. I tried to change her name in the story but Ida insisted that it was her story so the main character had to have her name. One day on the walk to school, real-life Ida invented these invisible dogs. I could see her holding… Read More

Well hello Lo!

Q&A with author-illustrator Lo Cole What are your earliest memories of books and reading, for example do you have a favourite or inspirational book? As a very little person I loved Dick Bruna’s books, especially Miffy. Another firm favourite was Harry the Dirty Dog by… Read More

Sam Francisco takes centre stage!

We are delighted to welcome Sam Francisco King of the Disco author Sarah Tagholm to the Rocket Bird Books Blog for a special guest appearance: Throughout my life music has been like a best friend to me. Born in the 70’s I am a child of disco. Thanks to… Read More

Animal Crackers with Ruby Wright

In May 2023 my debut picture book, Animal Crackers, will be published by Rocket Bird Books. Here I’m going to talk about how it came into being. It was early 2020. Like people across the world my partner and I were stuck in a too-small flat, juggling… Read More

It’s finally publication day!

I am so happy that it’s finally here – the first EVER publication day for Rocket Bird Books! We kick off with the hardback of Can I Come Too? by Owen Davey and the paperback of Professor Goose Debunks by Paulette Bourgeois and Alex… Read More