Fiona Woodcock

A character in a Christmas tree shaped puffer coat, with Christmas decoration pattern on it!

Merry Christmas! x

Illustration of figures from the Moomins book series sitting around a fire in a magical snowy forest

Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson.
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍

The Last Dispatch (of 2025) And a reminder to PLAY!

Happy holidays Bluesky folk!
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Here’s some lovely snippets of inspiration from my 2025! : )
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An illustration of a child wearing a woolly hat smiling as he sits on a tree stump reading a book in a snowy scene, watched by a smiling snowman in a BookTrust scarf. Plus the words "Share the magic of books this Christmas"

We’re all looking for a little magic at Christmas 💫

Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most. 

Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond:

https://bit.ly/4hTWKCT

Thank you Jenny, I am so delighted! A huge thank you to you and the Bromley library team for championing our book! : ) #Carnegies2026

A bright green Carnegie Award Nomination graphic featuring the happy cover of Five Little Friends.

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! : )

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! : )

Thank you! : )

Hello! 👋 Ahead of the US release of Five Little Friends next week - here's Sean acting out 'On My Phone' as requested.
Happy finger rhyming! : )
www.instagram.com/p/DLpM6rBIGrJ/

A photo of Fiona Woodcock - A white woman with dark hair and glasses - surrounded by Fruitful Life Podcast colourful branding. And Fiona illustrated as a happy apple! : )

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...

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…

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

Thank you so much for the generous review Jill! 'On my Phone' really makes me laugh too! Oh the irony! (I've been on my phone way too much of late! 🤣)

#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

Thank you so much for sharing Five Little Friends! It was such a fun project to work on. (hopefully you can tell!?)

We're publishing an amazing range of beautiful books in July!

Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk

A photo of the hard back UK version of FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS: A Collection of Finger Rhymes, by Sean Taylor and Fiona Woodcock. A dark orange cover with a happy girl with pink glasses holding up a hand wearing a colourful glove. Each of the five fingers of the glove has a happy smiley face on it.

Fiona Woodcock is happily working on a colourful painted bookshop window. The painting features the big hand from the front of the book cover - each finger has a happy smiley face on it.

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!)

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…

Aah, thank you! : )

Publication day for Safe at Last! x

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

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)

The front cover of the Reading Rights report plus the words: "Reading Rights - Books build a brighter future - Read the report". The URL booktrust.org.uk/readingrights and logos for Waterstones Children's Laureate, Arts Council England, and BookTrust

📢 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...

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

Kurt Vonnegut man

🥳 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

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 🦁💛

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 💗

It was an interesting challenge to make the actions work in a varied and and fun way. I'll pass your request on to Sean! : ) 👍

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

I LOVE this! Thank you Betsy for such an enthusiastic response to our book! To answer your question... Sean Taylor has been perfecting the actions for years and sent me a video of him performing them, which I adapted onto the page. With a lot of help from wonderful @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social : )

A photo of the hard back UK version of FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS: A Collection of Finger Rhymes, by Sean Taylor and Fiona Woodcock. A dark orange cover with a happy girl with pink glasses holding up a hand wearing a colourful glove. Each of the five fingers of the glove has a happy smiley face on it.

👋 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! 👍💛