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+Greenling by Levi Pinfold wins English Association Award
Levi Pinfold has done it again and won the prize for the 7-11 category English Association picture book award with Greenling....
UP FOR THE CUP! We have the Perfect Football book for you!
If you love the glorious game of football, then you will absolutely love Up for the Cup by Simon Bartram. A unique book for all footy fans!...
Outta This World: 3 Space Stories You'll Love
To continue on our intergalactic adventure, our next stop is the wonderful world of Space Stories...
Neffy and the Feathered Dinosaurs is published!
The first picture book to draw on the evidence recently discovered that some dinosaurs had feathers, Joe Lillington's second picture...
Outta This World: Space! - The Facts
Our next stop in our out of this world space series is non-fiction, that's right the FACTS about space!...
Neal Layton, The Tree
Children's illustrator Neal Layton's newest picture book is here, The tree. Home to a family of birds in their nest, but what happens...
Arena News- What's Happened and What's Happening at HQ
April is a very busy month for us at Arena! Check out all our news and what's been happening over the past few weeks, there's so much...
Shakespeare's 400th Birthday- Illustrator's Modern Interpretations
Euan Cook has reinvented Shakespeare's classic plays and brought them into the present, Take a look at his illustrations to......
NEW ARTIST ALERT: Say Hello to Joe!
Introducing another new illustrator to Arena, please welcome Joe Lillington! A graduate from Falmouth and one of It's Nice That's 2014...
NEW ARTIST ALERT! Graham Carter joins Arena!
We are absolutely thrilled to show off our two new illustrators, firstly we can introduce Graham Carter!...
Arena Spring Portfolio 2016
Arena's new illustrations for the Spring portfolio are here! ...
Outta This World Aliens, We Are Not Alone!
In our second space adventure, our mission is to uncover the mystery that has puzzled and bemused earthlings for thousands of years......
Arena's Doncaster Book Award Nominees...
Neal Layton, Thomas Flintham and Aleksei Bitskoff have all illustrated book which have been nominated for the Doncaster Book Award! ...
Spring is Here! Happy Easter
We thought we would give you a small collection of some spring inspired illustration to get you in the mood for Easter....
Outta This World: Space Adventure
That's right folks, buckle up for a galactic adventure around the cosmos, because here at Arena control centre, we've found some astronomically...
Maps Maps Maps! Part Four- All About Black and White
For the last installment in our Map series, we're ending with good old traditional black and white maps, mostly from the insides of...
Neal Layton's Updated Portfolio!
Neal Layton's portfolio has been updated with some of his latest work (and some that you can't even buy yet!) Watch out for two titles...
Claude Going for Gold, The Latest Alex T. Smith Book
Claude is no ordinary dog, and this time he can't wait to take part in a very exciting sports competition. He has his sights set on...
Maps Maps Maps! Part Three - Contemporary Maps
In part three of our Map blogs, we take a look at our more contemporary illustrations from a variety of Arena artists....
Aleksei Bitskoff Illustrates Long Arm Vs The Evil Supply Teacher
The BAFTA winning Children's TV presenters Sam and Mark are back, with their next installment of Long Arm's adventures! Aleksei Bitskoff...
The Shadow Keeper illustrated by Thomas Flintham- Just Published
Tom Flintham's newly illustrated cover for Abi Elphinstone's second book, The Shadow Keeper, is on the shelves!...
World Book Day and The Big Write are Coming! Thursday 3rd of March
We can't wait for World Book Day! See how you can dress up as Claude, accompanied by Sir Bobblysock from the Alex T. Smith series,...
Emily Fox's Debut Picture Book, Elephant's Pyjamas
We are very proud to announce that Emily Fox's debut picture book Elephant's Pyjamas, written by Michelle Robinson, is published today...
Maps Maps Maps! Part Two- All About Detail
In our second installment in our map series we have taken two of our talented artists, who are notorious for detail, Jonny Duddle and...
Sketching with Susan Hellard
Susan Hellard creates exquisite pen and ink drawings with beautiful colour washes. All ages can admire her charismatic illustrations...
Calling all Teachers! Jonny Duddle Shortlisted for the Lollies!
We are excited to announce that Jonny's Cave of Doom has been shortlisted for the 6-8 Best Laugh Out Loud Book in the Lollies Book...