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Marta Altés

Author & Illustrator

About Marta Altés

Marta Altés is the award-winning creator of My Grandpa, I am an Artist!, My New Home, The King Cat, Little Monkey and Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories. She loves to tell stories and her love of illustration saw her study for a degree in Graphic Design in Barcelona. Marta moved to the UK to study for an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art and graduated in 2011. Since then she has won the Read It Again! Award and the Nottingham Children's Book Award and her first book No! was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Picture Book Prize, and Little Monkey was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award 2018. Marta lives in London.

Recent updates about Marta Altés

International Friendship Month

End #InternationalFriendshipMonth by reading The King Cat by Marta Altés. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

12 days ago

Wilhelm Grimm (Birthday)

Wilhelm Grimm, one of the Brothers Grimm, was born on this day 1786. A good time to read Grimms' Fairy Tales, Retold by Elli Woollard, Illustrated by Marta Altes by Elli Woollard and Marta Altés. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

16 days ago

International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day

Amazing!!! New In Town by Marta Altés. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

17 days ago

International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day

No! 8x8 edition is a wonderful book for your children. Published by Child's Play (International) Ltd.

17 days ago

International Book Giving Day

It's #InternationalBookGivingDay! You'll love Draw With Marta Altés: You Are an Artist! by Marta Altés. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

26 days ago

International Book Giving Day

It's #InternationalBookGivingDay! You'll love Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, retold by Elli Woollard by Elli Woollard and Marta Altés. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

26 days ago

International Book Giving Day

It's #InternationalBookGivingDay! You'll love Aesop's Fables, Retold by Elli Woollard by Elli Woollard and Marta Altés. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

26 days ago

International Book Giving Day

It's #InternationalBookGivingDay! You'll love Grimms' Fairy Tales, Retold by Elli Woollard, Illustrated by Marta Altes by Elli Woollard and Marta Altés. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

26 days ago

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