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A Christmas Cracker from Neal Layton and Kate Saunders

Christmas has come early and it’s not like any Christmas you have known before…. Nestling in your stocking this year like the gift you’ve always wished for, a copy of The Great Reindeer Disaster written by Kate Saunders and illustrated by our very own Neal Layton, published by Faber Children’s Books. So buckle up and get ready for some slightly uncouth seasonal Yuletide mayhem

Neal Layton – Look! I Wrote a Book!

We are all big book worms at Arena HQ and what could be better than a book about a book? Written by New York Times best-selling author Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by our very own Neal Layton ‘Look! I Wrote a Book'(and you can too!) is a handy and hilarious step-by-step guide to writing your own best-seller.

A Planet Full of Plastic by Neal Layton

Neal Layton’s A Planet Full of Plastic, an approachable honest look at recycling, it’s uses, environmental impact and it’s invention, this brilliant educational book will get young readers excited about how they can make a difference to keep Planet Earth happy.

Neal Layton hits the Big Apple with Emily Brown

It’s time to take centre stage with Emily Brown and the Thing in Tall Stories Broadway adaptation of Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton’s much loved picture book

News from Neal Layton

Neal Layton attends the Drawing the Future awards ceremony and launches the South Kensington Lit Festival with Drawing Europe Together.

Drawing Europe Together including work by Neal Layton

Drawing Europe Together is a heartfelt exploration of Europe, bringing together 45 illustrators who share their vision of Europe in this timely collection.

Emily Brown and Father Christmas Illustrated by Neal Layton

In Emily Brown and Father Christmas, written by Cressida Cowell and illustrated by Neal Layton we join the dynamic duo in a bid to save Christmas as Father Christmas takes embraces some very modern non-conventional time saving devises on Christmas Eve with chaotic results.

The Invincible Tony Spears Lost in Space by Neal Layton

Buckle up and get ready to blast off with the third bonkers Tony Spears adventure… presenting The Invincible Tony Spears Lost in Space, written and illustrated by Neal Layton

The Plot Thickens in The Third Uncle Gobb Adventure

The plot thickens in the third Uncle Gobb adventure, Uncle Gobb and the Plot Plot written by Michael Rosen and Illustrated by Neal Layton

NEW Spring 2018 Illustration Brochure

We are bringing a little sunshine to London Book Fair this week with our brand new Spring 2018 brochure. This seasons extended portfolio showcases some of the incredible talent represented by Arena in the illustrated fiction and non-fiction field.

Arena Illustration Calendar 2018

To all of our smashing clients thank you so much for such a wonderful range of interesting projects over the last year and for your trust in our illustrators to deliver great work. To all of our incredible illustrators we are so proud of what you do.

We wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Fulfilling New Year.

The Invincible Tony Spears and The Brilliant Blob

Tony Spears sets out on his second exciting adventure through the button in his kitchen which takes him to the flight deck of the Invincible spaceship

Shortlisted for the LOLLIES 2017

Congratulations to Neal Layton and Andy Stanton for their inclusion on the shortlist for this year’s Scholastic Laugh Out Loud Book Awards.

Arena June Calendar by Neal Layton

Summer is here! The sun is out and what better image to celebrate June than this magnificent piece by Neal Layton, taken from Danny McGee Drinks the Sea

Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed Wins Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2016

Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed, written by Michael Rosen with riotous illustrations by Neal Layton was the overall winner of the Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2016

Neal Layton: Danny McGee Drinks the Sea

Neal Layton has teamed up with Andy Stanton, author of Mr Gum, for this hilarious new book, Danny McGee Drinks The Sea, published by Hodder Children’s Books

Picture Books are Important!

Why are picture books so important? The main difference between picture books and other books is that picture books are highly illustrated, they are a collaboration of words and pictures, both are as important as each other in telling the story, directly communicating with children.

3 Arena Artists Nominated for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards – update

Neal Layton, Alex T. Smith and Thomas Flintham have been nominated in the Coventry Inspiration 2017 Book Awards.