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25/7/08
At the moment Neal is finishing work on the sequel to The Story of Everything. This new book will will again feature the amazing paper engineering of Corina Fletcher and is due for publication next year.
More details to follow...!
12/6/08
The third book in the Mammoth Academy Series is here! 'Mammoth Academy on Holiday' is published by Hodder Children's Books and is available from all good bookshops and libraries... Click here to see how Neal turns sketches into finished illustrations...
  
12/6/08
Extreme Animals, written by Nicola Davies, Illustrated by Neal Layton and published by Walker Books has won a first prize from the young readers of Nanterre, France! Neal would like to thank everyone involved in the 'Prix du Jeune Lecteur 2008' for selecting it and for the lovely package of books that he received.
3/6/08
Neal would like to say a huge thanks to everyone involved in the Red House Book Awards and an extra special huge thanks to all the children from the Airdale, Aldbourne, Barrowby & Grantham, Brimingham, Dudley, Dundee, Harrogate, Ipswich, Oxted, Plymouth, St Albans, West Wales and York reading groups for the WONDERFUL book of letters and drawings that he received as a prize.
And in answer to the many that asked, yes there will be another Mammoth Academy book coming soon!
 
8/5/08
Books for Keeps magazine have run a feature about Neal's work as part of their Windows into Illustration series. Click the links for more details...
 
23/4/08
Neal's work is featured alongside artists Leo Hillier, Oliver Jeffers and Helen Shoesmith in an article about Children's Illustration for Advanced Photoshop Magazine.
13/2/08
Mammoth Academy in Trouble has been selected for The Red House Children's Book Award! Founded in 1980 the award is judged entirely by children, from shortlist to final overall Winner. Any child in the UK can take part. Click to link for more details and to vote...
 
22/11/07
You can now peek inside some of Neal's Books on the website...
   
...more to follow!
31/10/07
Wooooo hoo hoo - it's Halloween! - and Emily Brown and Stanley are back in a brand new book called Emily Brown and the THING! The story has been written by the extremely talented Cressida Cowell, designed by David Mackintosh, published by Orchard books, and should be available from all good bookshops and libraries...
28/10/07
Neal's work has been included in a new book Pen Play: New Children's Book Illustration. Written by Martin Salisbury and published by Lawrence King Publishing, the book also features the work of Marc Boutavant, Kveta Pacovská, Sara Fanelli and Harriet Russell amongst others.
24/10/07
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown makes it's TV debut! Read by Freema Agyeman of Doctor Who fame on CBeebies Bedtime Stories - the show went out on the 12th July.
01/10/07
A new book from the team that brought you Poo!
Written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Neal Layton What's Eating You? is published by Walker Books and should be available from all good bookshops and libraries...
27/9/07
Work continues on the third of the Mammoth Academy books - Mammoth Academy on Holiday! Click the line drawings below to see how Neal develops the illustrations from sketches to finished artworks...
   
28/8/07
The picture storybook 'That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown' has been short listed for the Early Years Awards! For a list of all the shortlisted titles and more information about the awards click here...
 
19/7/07
The second of the Mammoth Academy books is out now!
Mammoth Academy in Trouble is published by Hodder Children's Books and is available from all good bookshops and libraries...
26/6/07
Neal is now currently working on the third in the series of 'Mammoth Academy' books. As yet untitled this new story will feature the woolly students on a study trip heading for warmer climes...!
25/6/07
The artwork for 'Emily Brown and the THING' is now all finished and currently being designed by David Mackintosh. Once the words are set in place it will go to the printers, and with fair weather and a tail wind the finished books should be in the shops for Christmas...
16/6/07
A couple of little animations have gone up in the STUFF section. More to follow...
9/5/07
DOUBLE WOW! The picture storybook 'That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown' has been shortlisted for the Stockport Childrens Book award! A huge thanks to everyone that works so hard to make this fantastic event happen. For a list of all the selected titles click here and for more information about the award here...
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