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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.
Look Up!
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!
Super Goat Girl
1 month to go until Tracey Baptiste will be releasing Super Goat Girl illustrated by Dapo Adeola. Published by Puffin.
5 days ago
1 month to go until Tracey Baptiste will be releasing Super Goat Girl illustrated by Dapo Adeola. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Look Up! is a great book by Nathan Bryon from Puffin
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My Dad Is A Grizzly Bear is a great book by Swapna Haddow from Macmillan Children's Books
We're Going to Find the Monster is a great book by Malorie Blackman from Penguin Random House Children's UK
We're Going to Find the Monster is a great book by Malorie Blackman from Puffin
My Mum is a Lioness is a great book by Swapna Haddow from Macmillan Children's Books
Rocket Rules is a great book by Nathan Bryon from Puffin
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