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Dapo Adeola is an illustrator, author and character designer who was awarded Illustrator of the Year at The British Book Awards in 2022. Dapo rocketed into the picture book world with his greatly acclaimed illustrator debut, Look Up!, written by Nathan Bryon and published by Puffin in 2019, which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2020. Dapo illustrated My Dad is a Grizzly Bear and My Mum Is a Lioness written by award-winning author Swapna Haddow (both published by Macmillan Children's Books), and collaborated with Malorie Blackman on their picture book We're Going to Find the Monster!Dapo made his author debut in 2021 with the Puffin published picture book Hey You!: An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black, featuring 18 talented Black British illustrators, which also went on to win Illustrated book of the year at The British Book Awards in 2022. Dapo was announced as the winner of the inaugural Illustrator of the Year Award for The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (the Lollies), which celebrates the best and funniest children's books in the UK and Ireland, voted for by children in 2023. Born in Britain and of Nigerian heritage, Dapo is an avid believer in the importance of equal representation in the creative arts. He currently lives in Manchester.
Clean Up!
My Dad Is A Grizzly Bear
We're Going to Find the Monster
Hey You!
My Mum is a Lioness
Rocket Rules
Speak Up!
Look Up!
Super Goat Girl
A beary good book My Dad Is A Grizzly Bear by Swapna Haddow from Macmillan Children's Books
2 days ago
A beary good book My Mum is a Lioness by Swapna Haddow from Macmillan Children's Books
7 days to go until Super Goat Girl is released, illustrated by Dapo Adeolaand written by Tracey Baptiste. Published by Puffin.
7 days to go until Super Goat Girl is released, illustrated by Dapo Adeolaand written by Tracey Baptiste. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
A book that will make you all laugh! My Dad Is A Grizzly Bear by Swapna Haddow from Macmillan Children's Books
11 days ago
A book that will make you all laugh! My Mum is a Lioness by Swapna Haddow from Macmillan Children's Books
Look Up! by Nathan Bryon from Puffin is a picture perfect read
13 days ago
Look Up! by Nathan Bryon from Penguin Random House Children's UK is a picture perfect read
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