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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

National Storytelling Week

Listening to a story and the rhythm of the words can be a great way to engage small children. Why not try My New Home by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books

3 days ago

National Storytelling Week

Listening to a story and the rhythm of the words can be a great way to engage small children. Why not try The King Cat by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books

3 days ago

National Storytelling Week

Listening to a story and the rhythm of the words can be a great way to engage small children. Why not try Five More Minutes by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books

3 days ago

National Storytelling Week

Listening to a story and the rhythm of the words can be a great way to engage small children. Why not try New In Town by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books

3 days ago

Sticker Day

Draw With Marta Altés: You Are an Artist! by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books is a great sticker book for older kids! Everyone loves a sticker book!

18 days ago

National Mutt Day (US)

You'll love No! 8x8 edition by Marta Altés. Published by Child's Play (International) Ltd.

2 months ago

National Mutt Day (US)

Why not try No! by Marta Altés. Published by Childs Play.

2 months ago

National Mutt Day (US)

Loving The King Cat by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books.

2 months ago

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