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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 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 days ago

Make A Friend Day

A story all about friendship and friends. My New Home by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books.

7 days ago

Make A Friend Day

The King Cat by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books is the perfect friendship story.

7 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 My New Home by Marta Altés from Macmillan Children's Books

21 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

21 days ago

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