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Lanisha Butterfield

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About Lanisha Butterfield

Lanisha is a lifelong book junkie, whose quiet ambition of becoming an author – long-held and nurtured with lunchtime trips to the local bookshop – were realised during lockdown, with a serendipitous, snap decision to join an online Penguin Children’s Book Workshop.

A woman of Black mixed race heritage, born and raised on a council estate in Oxford, to a hardworking single mother, she is very proud of her working class roots and hopes to challenge misconceptions of council estate life and remind readers – that, no matter where they are from, or what their family might look like, they are just as worthy of fairy-tale and magic, as anyone else. Her debut children’s picture book, Flower Block, publishes in 2024.

Recent updates about Lanisha Butterfield

Seed Gathering Season

It's time to gather seeds! Read Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

19 days ago

Universal One Voice Day

Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield from Penguin Random House Children's UK

2 months ago

International Rock Day

A book to explore and enjoy - Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield from Penguin Random House Children's UK

3 months ago

Bees' Needs Week

Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield from Penguin Random House Children's UK - a book to explore!

3 months ago

Refugee Week

There’s no place like it... Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield from Penguin Random House Children's UK

3 months ago

Lanisha Butterfield and Hoang Giang

Out now! Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield, illustrated by Hoang Giang. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

4 months ago

Lanisha Butterfield and Hoang Giang

Out now! Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield, illustrated by Hoang Giang. Published by Puffin.

4 months ago

World Environment Day

Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield from Penguin Random House Children's UK

4 months ago

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