Fiona Woodcock
@fionawoodcock.bsky.social
Author & illustrator of Hiding Heidi, Poppy and the Blooms, Look, Hello and Silver Linings.
Little Lion Girl written by Olivia Hope out now!
Represented by The Bright Agency.
London
https://linktr.ee/FionaWoodcock
Little Lion Girl written by Olivia Hope out now!
Represented by The Bright Agency.
London
https://linktr.ee/FionaWoodcock
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Fiona Woodcock
@fionawoodcock.bsky.social
· Nov 17
A little Bluesky intro from me - I'm an author & illustrator of picture books, with a background in animation.
'Little Lion Girl' by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social and 'Silver Linings' are my latest books.
I enjoy sending out occasional Substacks in the form of The Woodcock Dispatch (link👆in bio 👀)
'Little Lion Girl' by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social and 'Silver Linings' are my latest books.
I enjoy sending out occasional Substacks in the form of The Woodcock Dispatch (link👆in bio 👀)
I’m happy and honoured to share the news that Five Little Friends written by Sean Taylor has been nominated for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Illustration! : )
A huge thank you to the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social judges and brilliant @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social and to Sean for his unique vision! : )
A huge thank you to the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social judges and brilliant @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social and to Sean for his unique vision! : )
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I’m happy and honoured to share the news that Five Little Friends written by Sean Taylor has been nominated for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Illustration! : )
A huge thank you to the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social judges and brilliant @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social and to Sean for his unique vision! : )
A huge thank you to the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social judges and brilliant @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social and to Sean for his unique vision! : )
Such a playful celebration of #NationalPoetryDay at Bromley Central library! Sharing Five Little Friends! (Written by Sean Taylor) @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Two brilliant author events over the past couple of days. Yesterday with @fionawoodcock.bsky.social who ran a wonderful Storytime & today with Christopher Edge who was amazing with Years 5 & 6!
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Such a playful celebration of #NationalPoetryDay at Bromley Central library! Sharing Five Little Friends! (Written by Sean Taylor) @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Thank you to @booktrust.org.uk for including Five Little Friends! : )
We're so excited to share the Books We Love this October!
Every month, we pick out our favourite new reads to support families and practitioners to choose great books for children.
Find October's selection here 👇
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recommendations/best-new-books/
Every month, we pick out our favourite new reads to support families and practitioners to choose great books for children.
Find October's selection here 👇
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recommendations/best-new-books/
October 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Thank you to @booktrust.org.uk for including Five Little Friends! : )
I had a wonderful chat with @whackochacko.bsky.social
on his Fruitful Life podcast.
We had a great big natter about all sorts, inc. my early creative life, animation, picture books, and the importance of play.
Available on Spotify, Apple podcast & YouTube.
open.spotify.com/episode/1mHb...
on his Fruitful Life podcast.
We had a great big natter about all sorts, inc. my early creative life, animation, picture books, and the importance of play.
Available on Spotify, Apple podcast & YouTube.
open.spotify.com/episode/1mHb...
August 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I had a wonderful chat with @whackochacko.bsky.social
on his Fruitful Life podcast.
We had a great big natter about all sorts, inc. my early creative life, animation, picture books, and the importance of play.
Available on Spotify, Apple podcast & YouTube.
open.spotify.com/episode/1mHb...
on his Fruitful Life podcast.
We had a great big natter about all sorts, inc. my early creative life, animation, picture books, and the importance of play.
Available on Spotify, Apple podcast & YouTube.
open.spotify.com/episode/1mHb...
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A must have for anyone wanting to get young children moving their fingers, arms & even whole bodies #FiveLittleFingers Sean Taylor illus. @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social - it’s #RedReadingHub’s book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dk8
Five Little Friends
Five Little FriendsSean Taylor and Fiona WoodcockWalker Books What a treat for anybody who wants to get young children moving their hands, arms and sometimes their whole bodies, and using their ima…
redreadinghub.blog
July 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A must have for anyone wanting to get young children moving their fingers, arms & even whole bodies #FiveLittleFingers Sean Taylor illus. @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social - it’s #RedReadingHub’s book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dk8
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Fiona Woodcock. From Five Little Friends, a collection of finger rhymes for the very young by Sean Taylor. Simple impact using a blow pen to show hand and arm gestures, and the ideas they signify. Walker Books 3 July. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @fionawoodcock.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Fiona Woodcock. From Five Little Friends, a collection of finger rhymes for the very young by Sean Taylor. Simple impact using a blow pen to show hand and arm gestures, and the ideas they signify. Walker Books 3 July. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @fionawoodcock.bsky.social
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We're publishing an amazing range of beautiful books in July!
Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk
Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We're publishing an amazing range of beautiful books in July!
Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk
Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk
Hi Bluesky!
TODAY is PUBLICATION DAY for Five Little Friends by Sean Taylor and me.
It's a great big interactive collection of finger rhymes and it's a fun one! : )
Published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
(That's me happily painting the window of The Paper Cat Bookshop!)
TODAY is PUBLICATION DAY for Five Little Friends by Sean Taylor and me.
It's a great big interactive collection of finger rhymes and it's a fun one! : )
Published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
(That's me happily painting the window of The Paper Cat Bookshop!)
July 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hi Bluesky!
TODAY is PUBLICATION DAY for Five Little Friends by Sean Taylor and me.
It's a great big interactive collection of finger rhymes and it's a fun one! : )
Published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
(That's me happily painting the window of The Paper Cat Bookshop!)
TODAY is PUBLICATION DAY for Five Little Friends by Sean Taylor and me.
It's a great big interactive collection of finger rhymes and it's a fun one! : )
Published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
(That's me happily painting the window of The Paper Cat Bookshop!)
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Let’s have some lovely children’s book suggestions to cheer up a grey day! What’s your feel good read read? What makes you smile? Here are a few to get started…
May 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s have some lovely children’s book suggestions to cheer up a grey day! What’s your feel good read read? What makes you smile? Here are a few to get started…
Reposted by Fiona Woodcock
Publication day for Safe at Last! x
April 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Publication day for Safe at Last! x
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Hello all -my lovely #kidlit friends please please can you help by sharing? 🙏🙏🙏
Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty
Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)
Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty
Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)
Donate to Help Stuart Minty get Treatment in Germany, organized by Aileen Minty
In January of this year our world was turned completely upside down when devas… Aileen Minty needs your support for Help Stuart Minty get Treatment in Germany
www.gofundme.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Hello all -my lovely #kidlit friends please please can you help by sharing? 🙏🙏🙏
Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty
Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)
Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty
Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)
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📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now!
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
May 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now!
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
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🥳 TONIGHT 8pm ET is the 3rd anniversary episode of Gab 'n' Doodle with the amazing @scottlava.bsky.social on Insta Live!
🤯WOW thank u SO much to the well-wishers & thank u @mrshoffy for putting this together(Longer vid on Insta)
List of these illustrators in the comments⬇️
#kidlitart #illustration
🤯WOW thank u SO much to the well-wishers & thank u @mrshoffy for putting this together(Longer vid on Insta)
List of these illustrators in the comments⬇️
#kidlitart #illustration
April 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🥳 TONIGHT 8pm ET is the 3rd anniversary episode of Gab 'n' Doodle with the amazing @scottlava.bsky.social on Insta Live!
🤯WOW thank u SO much to the well-wishers & thank u @mrshoffy for putting this together(Longer vid on Insta)
List of these illustrators in the comments⬇️
#kidlitart #illustration
🤯WOW thank u SO much to the well-wishers & thank u @mrshoffy for putting this together(Longer vid on Insta)
List of these illustrators in the comments⬇️
#kidlitart #illustration
Yesterday was a good day!
Thank you @jennyhawke.bsky.social , the Bromley Libraries team and all the little roaring lions who came along! : )
Always a joy reading Little Lion Girl by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social 🦁💛
Thank you @jennyhawke.bsky.social , the Bromley Libraries team and all the little roaring lions who came along! : )
Always a joy reading Little Lion Girl by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social 🦁💛
Brilliant event today with @fionawoodcock.bsky.social thank you so much Fiona and wonderful Little Lion Girl masks!! @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Yesterday was a good day!
Thank you @jennyhawke.bsky.social , the Bromley Libraries team and all the little roaring lions who came along! : )
Always a joy reading Little Lion Girl by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social 🦁💛
Thank you @jennyhawke.bsky.social , the Bromley Libraries team and all the little roaring lions who came along! : )
Always a joy reading Little Lion Girl by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social 🦁💛
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There's a tiny secret detail in Little Lion Girl by myself and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social that you might not know.
The ever wonderful Fiona added me & my three sons into the story!
Happy Mother's Day to all the caring women in our life 💗
The ever wonderful Fiona added me & my three sons into the story!
Happy Mother's Day to all the caring women in our life 💗
March 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There's a tiny secret detail in Little Lion Girl by myself and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social that you might not know.
The ever wonderful Fiona added me & my three sons into the story!
Happy Mother's Day to all the caring women in our life 💗
The ever wonderful Fiona added me & my three sons into the story!
Happy Mother's Day to all the caring women in our life 💗
Thank you! @fuse8.bsky.social for totally getting FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor and me. : )
This Review of the Day gives such a great insight into what this book is all about and a few sneak peeks too! 👀
Out in the summer with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social
This Review of the Day gives such a great insight into what this book is all about and a few sneak peeks too! 👀
Out in the summer with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social
Is it just me or is it weird that no one ever invents new finger rhymes? That all changes today with a book that's not only useful, it's surprisingly beautiful to boot! I review Five Little Friends by Sean Taylor and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/03/26/r...
Review of the Day – Five Little Friends: A Collection of Finger Rhymes by Sean Taylor, ill. Fiona Woodcock
Is it just me or is it weird that no one ever invents new finger rhymes? That all changes today with a book that's not only useful, it's surprisingly beautiful to boot!
afuse8production.slj.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Thank you! @fuse8.bsky.social for totally getting FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor and me. : )
This Review of the Day gives such a great insight into what this book is all about and a few sneak peeks too! 👀
Out in the summer with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social
This Review of the Day gives such a great insight into what this book is all about and a few sneak peeks too! 👀
Out in the summer with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social
👋 COVER REVEAL! 👋
FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor is unlike any book I’ve worked on before. It’s a great big book of interactive Finger Rhymes. : )
Out in the UK in July with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
And out in US in August with @candlewickpress.bsky.social
Available for pre-order! 👍💛
FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor is unlike any book I’ve worked on before. It’s a great big book of interactive Finger Rhymes. : )
Out in the UK in July with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
And out in US in August with @candlewickpress.bsky.social
Available for pre-order! 👍💛
March 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
👋 COVER REVEAL! 👋
FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor is unlike any book I’ve worked on before. It’s a great big book of interactive Finger Rhymes. : )
Out in the UK in July with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
And out in US in August with @candlewickpress.bsky.social
Available for pre-order! 👍💛
FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor is unlike any book I’ve worked on before. It’s a great big book of interactive Finger Rhymes. : )
Out in the UK in July with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
And out in US in August with @candlewickpress.bsky.social
Available for pre-order! 👍💛
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Libraries are so important for ALL children to have access to. Yet Lambeth council are about to cut £1M from the budgets of the libraries in their borough.
We need your help to STOP this.
I wrote an open letter to the council to try and get them to see the error of their decision.
Please repost.
We need your help to STOP this.
I wrote an open letter to the council to try and get them to see the error of their decision.
Please repost.
March 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Libraries are so important for ALL children to have access to. Yet Lambeth council are about to cut £1M from the budgets of the libraries in their borough.
We need your help to STOP this.
I wrote an open letter to the council to try and get them to see the error of their decision.
Please repost.
We need your help to STOP this.
I wrote an open letter to the council to try and get them to see the error of their decision.
Please repost.
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Reading for pleasure has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. And every reader is different, and enjoys reading different things in different ways. So please: let kids read for pleasure and celebrate books EVERY DAY - not just #WorldBookDay!
March 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reading for pleasure has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. And every reader is different, and enjoys reading different things in different ways. So please: let kids read for pleasure and celebrate books EVERY DAY - not just #WorldBookDay!
Super handy tips for transforming into Little Lion Girl this @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social 🦁
A scarf, boots and some DIY lion ears, and hey presto you can be a lion for @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social inspired by the Leonie from Little Lion Girl by myself and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Prepare to ROAR, pounce and get lost in some brilliant books this year!
Prepare to ROAR, pounce and get lost in some brilliant books this year!
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Super handy tips for transforming into Little Lion Girl this @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social 🦁
Reposted by Fiona Woodcock
March 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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A scarf, boots and some DIY lion ears, and hey presto you can be a lion for @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social inspired by the Leonie from Little Lion Girl by myself and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Prepare to ROAR, pounce and get lost in some brilliant books this year!
Prepare to ROAR, pounce and get lost in some brilliant books this year!
February 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A scarf, boots and some DIY lion ears, and hey presto you can be a lion for @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social inspired by the Leonie from Little Lion Girl by myself and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Prepare to ROAR, pounce and get lost in some brilliant books this year!
Prepare to ROAR, pounce and get lost in some brilliant books this year!
Reposted by Fiona Woodcock
Up the road from me today - what an amazing expression of unity in the face of a grave threat to our creative industries. 💙
#HandsOffOurCopyright
#HandsOffOurCopyright
February 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Up the road from me today - what an amazing expression of unity in the face of a grave threat to our creative industries. 💙
#HandsOffOurCopyright
#HandsOffOurCopyright
It’s time to #MakeItFair
Today is your last chance to fill in the UK government’s Consultation on AI and Copyright. If you haven't already, please make time to fill it in by the end of today!
ALL links up in my bio 👆
Please help the UK government get this right!
#MakeItFair #handsoffourcopyright
Today is your last chance to fill in the UK government’s Consultation on AI and Copyright. If you haven't already, please make time to fill it in by the end of today!
ALL links up in my bio 👆
Please help the UK government get this right!
#MakeItFair #handsoffourcopyright
February 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s time to #MakeItFair
Today is your last chance to fill in the UK government’s Consultation on AI and Copyright. If you haven't already, please make time to fill it in by the end of today!
ALL links up in my bio 👆
Please help the UK government get this right!
#MakeItFair #handsoffourcopyright
Today is your last chance to fill in the UK government’s Consultation on AI and Copyright. If you haven't already, please make time to fill it in by the end of today!
ALL links up in my bio 👆
Please help the UK government get this right!
#MakeItFair #handsoffourcopyright