Guy Parker-Rees
@guyparkerrees.bsky.social
Illustrator of books including Giraffes Can't Dance - author of Dylan books (now on TV as Dylan's Playtime Adventures). Mycologist🍄🟫. Would rather be an elephant.
March 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I didn’t even know there was an International Day of Happiness. But apparently there is -so wishing everyone a very happy one! #thechimpanzeeshappytree #internationaldayofhappiness
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I didn’t even know there was an International Day of Happiness. But apparently there is -so wishing everyone a very happy one! #thechimpanzeeshappytree #internationaldayofhappiness
I loved the brilliant series on radio 4 by #KatherineRundell about how essential children's books are- 'children's books are not a luxury.'
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#kidlit #childrensbooks #readingforpleasure
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#kidlit #childrensbooks #readingforpleasure
Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?
Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I loved the brilliant series on radio 4 by #KatherineRundell about how essential children's books are- 'children's books are not a luxury.'
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#kidlit #childrensbooks #readingforpleasure
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#kidlit #childrensbooks #readingforpleasure
Urgent! We're seeing the transfer of wealth from the creative industries to the tech sector! #ai
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK copyright law consultation ‘fixed’ in favour of AI firms, peer says
Exclusive: Beeban Kidron says plans will lead to ‘wholesale’ transfer of wealth from creative industries to tech sector
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Urgent! We're seeing the transfer of wealth from the creative industries to the tech sector! #ai
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A great post - essential reading!
This is very urgent. The UK government is planning to change copyright law. If you are an artist, author, musician or work in the creative industry please read this.
www.chrishaughton.com/blog/ai-and-...
www.chrishaughton.com/blog/ai-and-...
AI and copyright - blog - Chris Haughton - AI and copyright
The blog of designer and author Chris Haughton. Chris was listed in Time magazine's DESIGN 100 for his fair trade design work for PEOPLE TREE.
www.chrishaughton.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A great post - essential reading!
I thought I would post some drawings by children from past school visits - because I just love the freshness of children's drawings and they fill me with joy!
February 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I thought I would post some drawings by children from past school visits - because I just love the freshness of children's drawings and they fill me with joy!
Reposted by Guy Parker-Rees
‘The great children’s writers trusted children with irony and with sophisticated ideas: they trusted them to see in language a set, not of rules, but of possibilities.’
Katherine Rundell on children’s literature: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Katherine Rundell on children’s literature: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?
Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Vive l'amour! 💋 #GiraffesCantDance #ValentinesDay
January 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Vive l'amour! 💋 #GiraffesCantDance #ValentinesDay
Reposted by Guy Parker-Rees
Tag yourself, I'm green
January 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Tag yourself, I'm green
'Lucky the Dog' is out today! It's the last collection in a series of ten stories I illustrated set on 'Farms for City Children' -special farms run by a charity set up by Michael Morpurgo and his wife Claire in 1976 offering groups of inner city children a magical week away on the farm.
#kidlit
#kidlit
January 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
'Lucky the Dog' is out today! It's the last collection in a series of ten stories I illustrated set on 'Farms for City Children' -special farms run by a charity set up by Michael Morpurgo and his wife Claire in 1976 offering groups of inner city children a magical week away on the farm.
#kidlit
#kidlit
Good to see #giraffescantdance in top 5 most borrowed children's fiction loans in Hampshire!
December 10, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Good to see #giraffescantdance in top 5 most borrowed children's fiction loans in Hampshire!
Delighted to hear that 'Dylan's Playtime Adventures' is one of three shortlisted for the prestigious Kidsceen Award Best New Series (Preschool) all down to the incredible work of 9Story Media Group and Brown Bag films #dylansplaytimeadventures
November 28, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Delighted to hear that 'Dylan's Playtime Adventures' is one of three shortlisted for the prestigious Kidsceen Award Best New Series (Preschool) all down to the incredible work of 9Story Media Group and Brown Bag films #dylansplaytimeadventures
It's not 🎄Christmas🎄 again already is it!
Get in the mood by singing along with this fun Jingle Bells stocking filler. I see it as a song in a panto performed by the cast of #GiraffesCantDance
🦒 #picturebook #kidlitart #Christmasbook #Christmas #picturebookart
Get in the mood by singing along with this fun Jingle Bells stocking filler. I see it as a song in a panto performed by the cast of #GiraffesCantDance
🦒 #picturebook #kidlitart #Christmasbook #Christmas #picturebookart
November 18, 2024 at 12:27 PM
It's not 🎄Christmas🎄 again already is it!
Get in the mood by singing along with this fun Jingle Bells stocking filler. I see it as a song in a panto performed by the cast of #GiraffesCantDance
🦒 #picturebook #kidlitart #Christmasbook #Christmas #picturebookart
Get in the mood by singing along with this fun Jingle Bells stocking filler. I see it as a song in a panto performed by the cast of #GiraffesCantDance
🦒 #picturebook #kidlitart #Christmasbook #Christmas #picturebookart
Hello Bluesky people! Looking forward to connecting with you, sharing this kinder space and building a kinder world. Here's my illustration from the book 'Kind' by Alison Green #kindbook #picturebooks
November 17, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Hello Bluesky people! Looking forward to connecting with you, sharing this kinder space and building a kinder world. Here's my illustration from the book 'Kind' by Alison Green #kindbook #picturebooks