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Kim is an award-winning author/illustrator of children's picture books. Her debut picture book, Mabel and the Mountain, won the 2020 Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and in 2023 her book Gretel the Wonder Mammoth won the Best Illustrated Book in the Waterstones Children's Prize.After completing a degree in Drama at the University of Exeter, Kim Hillyard spent nine years working as a music journalist for various publications, including NME, Time Out and the BBC. She has also worked as a drama and arts facilitator, delivering assemblies, storytelling and workshops in schools, bookshops and community spaces on everything from phonics to creative writing.
Mabel and the Mountain
Ned and the Great Garden Hamster Race: a story about kindness
Gretel the Wonder Mammoth
Flora and Nora Hunt for Treasure
Frida the Rock-and-Roll Moth
7 days to go until Frida the Rock-and-Roll Moth is released, illustrated by Kim Hillyardand written by Kim Hillyard. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
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7 days to go until Frida the Rock-and-Roll Moth is released, illustrated by Kim Hillyardand written by Kim Hillyard. Published by Ladybird.
Out now! Flora and Nora Hunt for Treasure by Kim Hillyard, illustrated by Kim Hillyard. Published by Ladybird.
10 months ago
Out now! Gretel the Wonder Mammoth by Kim Hillyard, illustrated by Kim Hillyard. Published by Ladybird.
2 years ago
Seeing as it #RandomActsOfKindnessDay why not read Ned and the Great Garden Hamster Race: a story about kindness by Kim Hillyard. From Ladybird.
Why not try Mabel and the Mountain by Kim Hillyard. Published by Ladybird.
Out now! Ned and the Great Garden Hamster Race: a story about kindness by Kim Hillyard,. Published by Ladybird.
3 years ago
Out now! Mabel and the Mountain by Kim Hillyard,. Published by Ladybird.
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