Sky Private Eye: Reimagining Fairy Tales

Sky Private Eye: Reimagining Fairy Tales

Keeping Ancient Stories Alive Fairy tale legends Little Red Riding Hood and the Gingerbread Man inspired the first two stories in the Sky Private Eye picture book series. Here we explore the origins of these icons and the importance of reimagining fairy tales. Fairy...
Illustrating Al’s Awesome Science

Illustrating Al’s Awesome Science

Five Quills have just launched a brand new series of fun, messy adventures for younger readers, Al’s Awesome Science. The first book, Egg-speriments! is out now, introducing us to science loving twins Al and Lottie. Beautifully illustrated by James Brown, here he...
10 Facts About Illustrator James Brown

10 Facts About Illustrator James Brown

Find out more about new Five Quills illustrator James Brown with these ten facts. 1. Lives in Nottingham 2. Illustrates Chapter books and picture books. 3. Favourite books As an English secondary school teacher I have too many favourite novels, plays and poems to...
Five Quills Represented by Rights People

Five Quills Represented by Rights People

There’s exciting news at Five Quills HQ: a new deal with rights agency Rights People. The first international outing for Sky Private Eye picture book series is at Frankfurt Book Fair this week when Five Quills foreign rights will be represented by Caroline...
Sky Private Eye | Illustrator Preview

Sky Private Eye | Illustrator Preview

My most enduring memories of beaches as a child are the colourful shells and pebbles I would find, so I wanted this to feature in the beach scenes. Children’s book illustrator Loretta Schauer gives a little taster of the visual creation behind the soon-to-launch Sky...

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