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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
Bert and the Bubble
Mabel and the Mountain by Kim Hillyard from Ladybird - a book perfect for today!
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Mabel and the Mountain by Kim Hillyard from Penguin Random House Children's UK - a book perfect for today!
Flora and Nora Hunt for Treasure by Kim Hillyard from Ladybird - a book perfect for today!
Flora and Nora Hunt for Treasure by Kim Hillyard from Penguin Random House Children's UK - a book perfect for today!
Bert and the Bubble by Kim Hillyard from Penguin Random House Children's UK - a book perfect for today!
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Frida the Rock-and-Roll Moth by Kim Hillyard from Penguin Random House Children's UK is a rocking read!
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