Thursday 14 August 2008

My New Children's Picture Book!


Well, I certainly picked the right time to start this blog - everything is happening at once! I have just received the advance copy of my brand new picture book The ABC of Nursery Rhymes, published by Chicken House.

It's always very exciting when the very first copy arrives in the post. This book is a little different to usual though, as the illustrations have been published before, in 2002, in a very different format. The Children's Book of Alphabets brought together the work of four different illustrators, four books in one really. We each illustrated the alphabet in a different way. As you can see, mine used nursery rhymes as a theme. There is a traditional rhyme beginning with each letter of the alphabet in turn. Great fun to do and a bit different for me, as there are more people in it than usual (as opposed to animals).

The editor at Chicken House was really pleased, and she said that she would like to turn my section into a stand-alone picture book. It's been such a long time, I thought she had changed her mind, but here it is!

If you would like to see some of the illustrations from the book, take a look at my website http://www.lynnechapman.co.uk/. For the moment they are only listed under the original anthology title, but the pictures are the same.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oooooh! I like it when you get a new book published, as it always means that you present me with a copy of it to add my ever growing library of family writings (mostly yours). You've certainly started your blogsite off with a bang, but now we will all have to wait with baited breath, till you get time to do more. Don't leave it too long.

Lynne the Pencil said...

I'm working on new books all the time (so far any way!) and there are generally a couple at least in the pipeline, but it routinely takes at least a year after I finish my bit before they are ready for publication. The next one out will probably be 'Stinky' about a very smelly baby warthog, due early next year I believe.

Croom said...

ooh how exciting Lynne. Lucky anonymous to get a copy straight from you :O)

Can't wait to read all your blogs, well done you :O) Tina