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Marta Altés

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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

World Orangutan Day

Read about some brilliant monkeys and apes in Little Monkey by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books

2 days ago

World Humanitarian Day

Why not read about some humans in New In Town by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books

2 days ago

Relaxation Day

How do you and your kids relax? Why not read Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, retold by Elli Woollard by Elli Woollard from Macmillan Children's Books

6 days ago

World Elephant Day

An real elephant-tastic story Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, retold by Elli Woollard by Elli Woollard from Macmillan Children's Books 

9 days ago

International Cat Day

A book all about cats! Whats not to love....The King Cat by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books

13 days ago

Edinburgh Art Festival

Draw With Marta Altés: You Are an Artist! by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books is a real arty read!

22 days ago

Edinburgh Art Festival

I Am An Artist by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books is a real arty read!

22 days ago

International Day of Friendship

My New Home by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books - a book perfect for today!

22 days ago

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