Frances Tosdevin

I am un-scientifically excited to share my next picture book: 𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒 illustrated by #RhianWright and published by @publishinguclan on March 6th! But please, do NOT say certain words...or we'll all be doomed... 💩

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And the winner is.... Witch Cat by @lucymayrowland , illustrated by Laura Hughes @BloomsburyBooks Best Picture Book 2025 #SKBookAwards25

The news is out! After 400 years of skulking around I can now share the cover of Mandy is Still a Banana, my debut picture book, illustrated by Amy Evans! It’s an offbeat and heartwarming story about celebrating who you are! It comes out with @HachetteKids in September.

This Dementia Action Week, author @FrancesTosdevin shares the story behind her moving picture book Grandad's Star. Click to read more about how this touching story evolved: l8r.it/GZio

This week's #StaffPicks feature books about family and friends of all kinds, for all ages. Browse the selection now: l8r.it/bTQd @books_rocket @AndersenPress @BarringtonStoke @guppybooks @HachetteKids @AbramsChronicle @QuartoKids @LittleIslandBks

✨️ WriteMentor Summer Programme 2025 Picture Book Mentor/Mentee Pairings ✨️ 🎉 Congratulations to the following writers who have been selected by our mentors. 🧡 Thank you to everyone who applied and shared their writing with us Read the full list: shorturl.at/Zs08C

It’s my birthday, and I’m going to give away one of the four copies I currently have of The Woman Who Met Herself. Want to read it a month early? Follow, retweet and comment on this post. UK only. Closes on Friday (25th).

I'm in this week's Words & Pictures! Celebrations April 25 🥳

New #review: Do Not Say These Words by @FrancesTosdevin @frances_tosdevin @rhian_wright_illustration #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #picturebook #childrensbook #Minishine #Babybows #words #giggles #funny #humour #DoNotSayTheseWords bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/do-…

Looking for a FREE children’s writing mentor this summer? The @writementor Summer Mentoring Programme is open for applications! Mentors available for #picturebooks right up to #YA 📖 #KidLit #AmWriting #SpringFlingKidLit #ChildrensBooks

And we are OPEN! Written a dystopian, sci-fi, or fantasy novel for YA readers and up? Fancy a FREE summer of writing mentoring, followed by an agent showcase? Want a mentor with experience mentoring over 100 mentees, many now with agent representation and publishing deals? 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Applications for this FREE mentoring programme open April 7 and close April 11th! I’m looking for a fab PICTURE BOOK writer to work with this summer! 📝Details on @writementor website. #PictureBooks #kidlit #amwriting #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #Writing

COVER REVEAL! So excited to reveal the cover of The Laughing Book. Written by me, illustrated by Daniel Wiseman, and published by @QuartoKids. It’s a book all about one of my favourite things: laughing. Publishing June 24th in North America and June 26th in the UK.

Congratulations Tamsin! 🎉🥳👏@MoriTamsin @publishinguclan

A5: Friendly, flexible and thorough! With the emphasis on friendly ;)

A4 It feels right to give back to the writing community and help someone on their journey.  I hope we both gain an enduring friendship, but also that my mentee gains confidence— and a  boost— to take their nexts steps.

A3: Ava and the Acorn by Lu Fraser and Paddy Donnelly; Trick or Treat? by Catherine Emmett and Laura Brenlla; Jenny Peckles Lays Eggs with Speckles by Rachel Emily and Paul Delaney 📚

A1: Someone passionate, accomplished — and a bit stuck!I want to feel I can add value to your texts! I love lyrical, funny, poignant, anarchic… I have a wide range in tastes— as long as a story makes me FEEL something, so that I can connect with it and with the author! 📚

A2: Patience, experience, PB know-how. I'm strong on scansion and rhyme, story heart and logic. I love adding shine to stories so they are submission-ready.

Ask away! Here's your chance to chat to the PB and CB Summer Mentors! ☺️@writementor