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Fiona French

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About Fiona French

Fiona French studied Art Education at Croydon College of Art and went on to work as Bridget Riley's assistant. In 1986 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Snow White in New York. In 1992 her first book for Frances Lincoln, Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and chosen as a Children's Book of the Year. Pepi and the Secret Names (written by Jill Paton Walsh), was one of Child Education's Best Story Books of 1994 and shortlisted for the 1995 Children's Book Award. She is renowned for her distinctively sharp and colourful illustrations. Her other books for Frances Lincoln are Paradise, Bethlehem and Canticle of the Sun; The Smallest Samurai, Glass Garden, Jamil's Clever Cat, Lord of the Animals and Pepi and the Secret Names.

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National Tell A Story Day

Books can be so much fun, why not share this one Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh from Frances Lincoln Children's Books

1 month ago

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone Big Book by Fiona French from Frances Lincoln Children's Books

1 month ago

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone by Fiona French from Frances Lincoln Children's Books

1 month ago

Plastic Free July

Learn and read about the creatures that live alongside us in Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone Big Book by Fiona French from Frances Lincoln Children's Books

5 months ago

Plastic Free July

Learn and read about the creatures that live alongside us in Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone by Fiona French from Frances Lincoln Children's Books

5 months ago

Howard Carter and Tutankhamun

On this day 1923, Howard Carter opened the inner burial chamber of Tutankhamun's tomb, a good time to read Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh and Fiona French.

2 years ago

World Storytelling Day

Loving Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh and Fiona French from Frances Lincoln Children's Books.

4 years ago

World Storytelling Day

Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone Big Book by Fiona French from Frances Lincoln Children's Books is brilliant!

4 years ago

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