Rochelle Falconer, illustrator of How to Tame a Mummy Monster- Rochelle’s debut authored title🧻

Let's get writing! 🤩 Here's how to get involved with #BBC500Words 👇

#BBC500Words the UK's largest writing competition for 5-11 year-olds is back! 🎉

Kickstart story writing with your class by attending the @BBC_Teach Live Lesson at 11am on Wed 24 Sept to encourage children to write a story they would love to read. 📝

🔗 bbc.co.uk/500words

Are sibling rivalries getting in the way of holiday fun?
Check out How to Tame the Mummy Monster @RochelleF, a brilliant #picturebook about how arguments can affect everyone in the family.
Here's more:
readingzone.com/books/how-to-t… @OxfordChildrens

✨ In How to Tame a Mummy Monster, two siblings get a taste of their own medicine in this relatable story about family life, sibling rivalry, and mischievous mums.

🔗 Tap the link in our bio to read an interview with author @RochelleF.

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@OxfordChildrens

Brilliant Picture books and fabulous young fiction publishing this month!
Check out ReadingZone's August highlights to read extracts from these new books, and hear from their authors and illustrators:
readingzone.com/booklist/

Great to see the first in our new fiction series for ages 7+, Cosmic Cadets and the Universal Uni-korn, written by Ryan Crawford and illustrated by @RochelleF featured here - out this Thursday from @OxfordChildrens 🪐

Hold on tight for #CosmicCadets & the Universal Uni-korn first of a new all-action comedy sci-fi universe series from #RyanCrawford & @RochelleF @OxfordChildrens @aashannon
lep.co.uk/arts-and-cultu…

"Fun is guaranteed in this out of the world new illustrated series." @ReeceAndrea, Expert Reviewer

Cosmic Cadets and the Universal Uni-Korn (7+/9+) by Ryan Crawford, Illustrated by @RochelleF, @OxfordChildrens

Click to read an extract and order now:
lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/978138205…

How lovely is this! Voted for by the kids makes it even better! 👏👏👏👏👏

.@OxfordChildrens has signed How to Tame a Mummy Monster, a 'laugh-out-loud' picture book by debut author and illustrator @RochelleF

bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

🙌Year 5 - what a transitional year for reading identities!💥

📚There are 50 books to choose from on our Y5 book list, but keep a special eye out for houses with legs, moon miners, boarding schools for criminals & an exciting polar bear rescue…

➡️LINK: booksfortopics.com/booklists/reco…

I don’t think people are really understanding this cover.

As a child, stickers were such an important part of my life. SHOCKED that adulthood has almost ZERO STICKERS.

This article about the Caribbean's "crime" problem came out in the @guardian recently. It was full of inaccuracies. I wrote a letter to the editor but they didn't publish it. Which means I have something to do a long (only 10 tweets this time) thread on.
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If this film makes you angry, good. Now share it with every parent you know.

Hope everyone's had a fab World Book Day!

♥️New Character Art♥️ I'm so happy with how this little lovely has turned out. Our girl is becoming more real by the day.

Any who, hope everyone's costumes made it back in one piece! Peace out xx

Cooking up new characters for a little something, something of my own 😉

#characterart #illustrator #kidlit #picturebook

A shout-out to those who have helped raise their younger siblings. I was 10yo, holding my new sister, and my mum said, 'you finally have a sister to play with'. I looked at her like she was crazy. But eventually, we did play. She had 4 more after that. It was quite a journey.

My parents or school never read stories with two dads to me.

I never saw pride flags as a kid.

I didn’t learn the word gay until I was in secondary school.

I didn’t see any gay role models on tv.

But I’m gay, and always have been.

Straight representation didn’t make me straight. Gay representation won’t make kids gay.

But not having a variety of representation will make some kids feel like they don’t belong, or are wrong.

If people won’t allow children to see the diversity of families, they’re failing them and putting their own prejudice above the wellbeing of their children.

Section 28 banned the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools and is still having effects today, despite being repealed 20 years ago.

Ignorance or bigotry can no longer be used as an excuse and all children should see versions of themselves in our schools and in their lives.