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April 2006

NEW 64 Zoo Lane DVD

The Story of Boris the Bear Region 2 encoding (Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East including Egypt)

 

64 Zoo Lane DVD 2

Features the following episodes:
Boris the Bear
Herbert's Birthday Surprise
Reginald's Big Sleep
Phoebe the Koala
Hercule Moustache
The Dawn Chorus
Kevin's Magic Trick
Isabel the Flamingo

Buy the Boris the Bear DVD from Amazon.uk


February 2006

Cori Chertoff sent me some lovely hippo collage artwork made by the children at the Dream Jam Book Club in New York. Click on the image below to see all the artwork.

Henrietta the Hairy Hippo: Crazy hairdo Art Activity

January 2006

And here are the winners of the Dragon Drawing Competition:

Angus from Northwood wins 1st prize, a signed Dear Dragon hardback. Three runners up, Karan from Pinner, Tomas from Hove and Glen from North Harrow, each win a signed paperback. Congratulations!

Click here to see more great dragon drawings!



December 2005

'FROM LLUSTRATION TO ANIMATION' Exhibition 10 December 05 to 4 March 06

Artwork from my books and films will be exhibited in the 'Illustration to animation' exhibition, part of the Animated Exeter festival. The exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter will feature pictures from '64 Zoo Lane' and 'Tiger!' alongside work from other artists including Raymond Briggs, John Burningham, Posy Simmonds, Helen Craig, Lauren Child and Mike Brownlow.

October 2005

My website is now moving and grooving thanks to Flash animator Polly Holt. Hunt through this site to discover 5 animated mice!

animations by Polly

September 2005

I just had to display these lovely pictures of 64 Zoo Lane murals sent to me by Falguni in Kenton!


July 2005

Some pictures of the successful Dear Dragon event at Uxbridge Central Library. Many thanks to Cathy Ranson of Sunshine Magazine who organised the event and to Sali Splat who puts kids inside bubbles!

And below is a picture of a booksigning at the Children's Bookshop in Pinner.

 



July 2005

The 2nd 64 Zoo Lane DVD is now available. It features 9 episodes:

64 Zoo Lane DVD 2 Georgina the Giraffe
Pauline the Pelican
The Juicy Fruit Tree
The Elephant Bird
Ronald and the Tic Tic Bird
Audrey's Egg
Molly and Nathalie
Wally the Wombat

The Jungle Clearing

Region 2 encoding (Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East including Egypt)

Buy the Georgina the Giraffe DVD from Amazon.co.uk

June 2005

Dear Dragon is published!


Hodder Children's Books

It's Princess Florrie's birthday and she wants something a little out-of-the-ordinary for her party. She is not interested in jugglers, jesters and acrobats. She fancies something dreadful - like a dragon. So Florrie decides to write a letter to the dragon in the nearby woods and ask him.


A sumptuously illustrated picture book with lots of bubble fun!


Colouring pages to print out

Website Update

I have added two new pages to the 'All about An' section of my website, including this holiday snap of a family visit to Egypt. To see pictures of myself aged six in a stripy jumper, a bouncing sheep, guinea pigs past and present, editions of my books in Chinese and Dutch, and MUCH, MUCH more visit
ALL ABOUT AN
(well almost all).


January 2005

The 64 Zoo Lane TV series is now showing in the US on Noggin, a commercial-free educational channel dedicated to preschoolers, available on digital cable and satellite.

October 2004

The Lost Acorns is published!

The Lost Acorns

Oxford University Press

Squirrel always forgets where he buries his winter store of acorns. So this year he marks the spot with a special signpost. But Squirrel forgets to tell his friends, and they have other uses for his signpost...

 

 

May 2004

The first 64 Zoo Lane video/DVD is now available. It features 8 episodes:

 

64 Zoo Lane DVD 1


Nelson the Elephant
Kevin the Crocodile
Joey the Kangaroo
Snowbert the Polar Bear
Henrietta the Hairy Hippo
Giggles and Tickles
Zed the Zebra
Adam the Armadillo

Region 2 encoding (Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East including Egypt)

 

Buy the 64 Zoo Lane DVD from Amazon.uk

March 2004

Smile, Crocodile, Smile has won the Nottingham Children's Book Award. An Vrombaut visited Nottingham on 31st March for the Award Day.

award ceremony

Accepting my award from Keith Valentine of Experian.

award ceremony

Brushing the teeth of the Mayor of Nottingham with a crocodile toothbrush!

With the children of Merrivale Nursery School
Check out the wonderful
crocodile drawings the children made!

January 2004

'Little Wolf', An Vrombaut's award winning first film, has been included in 'Starting Stories', a film and literacy resource for three to seven year olds. The VHS compilation, featuring five delightful short films, is accompanied by teaching notes and is available from bfi education.
'Little Wolf ' is also part of the Animation Session performed by An at school visits.

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