Andy Shepherd

Exciting cover reveal coming tomorrow!

The Boy Who Grew Dragons is going on a whole new adventure !! For Christmas!

Keep your eyes wide open !

Wandering through a churchyard, turn a corner, and what do we find…

The Doctor is waiting for us…

Next stop…

Please let it be the tenth doctor

So happy to hear that thank you Hazel!

Today’s tree face spotted at Dunwich
#TheWoodWhereMagicGrows

Rainy day in Suffolk and what better place to wander than Aldeburgh Bookshop . Delighted to find ALL 7 of my books in their lovely children’s section

Signed & ready for any dragon desperados & Treetoppers in the area!

#indiebookshops
#TheWoodWhereMagicGrows
#TheBoyWhoGrewDragons

My debut picture book illustrated by incredible Sarah Warburton is wonderfully sparkly with gorgeous gold foil.

It’s far too early to be thinking about Christmas really BUT the brilliant folks @waterstones.bsky.social have a special offer on and you can get 25% off with code SUMMER25!

#wpreorder

Another day another face spotted, nice little chat with this tree at Helmingham Hall today.

Have you ever seen a face in a tree?

#TheWoodWhereMagicGrows
#childrensbooks
#naturemagic

Huge thanks to Waterstones for including The Wood Where Magic Grows in their Best New Books for 5-8 💚

Are you ready to join the Treetoppers and discover the wild green magic on your doorstep?

Exciting limited time offer!

Thanks to Waterstones you can preorder the brand new The Boy Who Grew Dragons picture book ‘A Christmas Delivery’ NOW and get 25% off! Use code SUMMER25

Written by me & illustrated by the unbelievably talented Sarah Warburton !

#templar
#Wpreorder

Absolutely over the moon to see #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows in @theguardian.com 's best new children's books round up!

HUGE thanks to Imogen Russell Williams for this wonderful review.

Read more: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Teachers/Librarians/Carers

I’ve written an activity pack for #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows with writing prompts & art ideas to help creativity bloom

It's FREE from my website

www.andyshepherdwriter.co.uk/wwmg-resources

Beautifully designed by PiccadillyPress using Ellie Snowdon's fantastic artwork

The driftwood horse that roams through Wildtop Wood is galloping with joy to hear #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows is already reprinting less than 3 weeks after its release!

So if you find a copy in the wild quick you’ll be snapping up a first edition!

Huge thanks to @piccadillypress

A lovely visit to @BBCCambs today to chat to Chris Mann on his show.

It's in two bits because the King and Queen turned up half way through...

From 2.11mins.50 and then fro 2.25 mins

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Graphic showing the cover of the new issue of Books for Keeps and listing some of the contents: Kenneth Oppel Authograph interview; Windows into Illustration with Jarvis; Nikesh Shukla's [no] rules for reading; Beyond the Secret Garden Science Fiction; Picture This Adventures with Alice

ICYMI, #BfK273 is out now: interviews, articles & 75 new children's books reviewed inc books by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social @neillcameron.bsky.social @andyshepherdwriter.bsky.social. #KidLit #BookSky

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Have you ever looked at a tree and seen a face staring back? Well, next time you do, stop staring and say hello.

I had so much fun growing the tree characters in #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows. Here's a few of the faces I’ve spotted recently.

I'd love to see any you meet!

You can get 10% off The Wood Where Magic Grows in July if you order through Bookshop.org UK and use code MAGIC

And you'll be supporting independent bookshops!

The Green is waiting!

Part of the process of nurturing the seed of an idea is exploring what else is growing in the area and seeing what you can learn

Thanks to @booktrust.org.uk for hosting my piece choosing my top seven factual books about trees for kids
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Absolutely thrilled that #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows has been chosen as Editor’s Choice in the brilliant @booksforkeeps.bsky.social!

Amazing to see this wonderful 5* review. Thank you @reeceandrea.bsky.social!

‘expect to see a new generation gazing hopefully at trees waiting for them to come to life’

Cover of the summer issue of the children's online review journal Books for Keeps. Cover taken from The Wood Where Magic Grows by Andy Shepherd, illustration by Ellie Snowdon, and is of a tree spreading out with children climbing in the branches.

Out now! #BfK273, our #summer special! Authorgraph interview Kenneth Oppel, Windows into Illustration Jarvis, new Beyond the Secret Garden, new Picture This, Nikesh Shukla on reading for pleasure + interviews, new #childrensbook reviews & more #KidLit #BookSky 😎
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‘An enchanting delight’

Well I’m delighted to see this lovely review for #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows in the brilliant @wrdmag. Thank you!

This is such a great magazine packed with recommendations, extracts & author interviews to get kids excited about what to read next.

Me too! Ellie's artwork is pure magic! Thank you so much for featuring and hosting a Q&A : )

So thrilled to see Ellie Snowdon’s glorious cover art for The Wood Where Magic Grows on the front cover of Books for Keeps this July!

The Green is waiting!

Thank you to Amy for sending me this fab pic of The Wood Where Magic Grows !

And thank you to the lovely booksellers at Waterstones Nottingham for such a wonderful display of green magic 📚🌳✨

When life starts imitating art…

I came upstairs to find the Green is waiting… and eager to barge its way in and play

Gorgeous illustrations for #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows are by the brilliant Ellie Snowdon

#magiconyourdoorstep
#naturemagic
#play

The Wood Where Magic Grows by Andy Shepherd Andy Shepherd writes about the magic of sharing a story and shares some excellent book recommendations for our readers.   The Magic of Sharing a St

The Magic of Sharing a Story-a post for the Federation of Children’s Book Groups

Having read to our boys until they were in their teens we have a lot of favourites so picking just five was a challenge!

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The Wood Where Magic Grows is @bookshop.org 's children's Book of the Month.

AND you get a 10% discount with code MAGIC

Are you ready to join the Treetoppers ?

'Uplifting and brimming with wonder'

Delighted to see #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows in @Waterstones round up of the Best Children's Books for July 😃

Limited edition hardback looking glorious and the paperback is equally as shiny with all the lovely gold foil leaves!

YouTube video by Bonnier Books UK Audio THE WOOD WHERE MAGIC GROWS by Andy Shepherd: Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt!

It will never not be completely overwhelmingly amazing to hear my words read aloud by the brilliant Julian Rhind-Tutt.

I love the sound effects & music too!

Huge thanks to @bonnierbooks_uk audio team, Alex at
@IDAudio & of course Julian!

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Proud of my two book babies cosying up together in the top two slots of this Best sellers category 😍

Excited and delighted to see #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows in a national paper!

Huge thanks to Emily Bearn for this wonderful 5* review in print and on line at The Telegraph.

Fabulous to see @esillustration's gorgeous artwork included! Thanks too to the fab team @piccadillypress 💚