Shelf Magazine - Issue 1

Shelf Magazine - Issue 1

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Ages: Teen–Adult

SHELF is a biannual magazine celebrating picture book matters, because picture books matter!

SHELF is the go-to magazine for the very best from of the world of illustration and writing – ideal for parents, teachers, librarians, illustrators, designers, writers, editors, publishers or, indeed, anyone at all!

In this first issue, you’ll find a bounty of picture book reviews from titles released from August 2024 to January 2025, along with excellent features from:

  • Chris Haughton
  • Ness Wood of Orange Beak
  • Bumpy Books
  • Taylor Sterling of Moonbow
  • Laura Carlin
  • … and heaps more besides!

SHELF was founded in 2024 by illustrator & owner of the picture book shop Shelf Editions, Helen Hancocks, as a love letter to the art of the picture book and to broaden the coverage they receive.

Through its pages they hope to shine a spotlight on authors, illustrators, the industry and the market as a whole as well as treating picture books as an art form deserving of criticism and focus.

Issue 1 was a collaborative project with Amy Gerrish of Sunny Side Up Marketing.

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About the Illustrator

Helen Hancocks

Helen is an author-illustrator based in Lincoln, England. Her first picture book ‘Penguin in Peril’ was the UK’s best-selling debut picture book of 2013, and she has been delighting readers with her vibrant & witty work ever since. Her work often features cats and cake two of her favourite things. She is also the founder of the picture book shop Shelf Editions & picture book review magazine SHELF.

Helen founded Shelf & Shelf Editions in 2024 as a love letter to the art of the picture book and to broaden the coverage they receive. Through its pages they hope to shine a spotlight on authors, illustrators, the industry and the market as a whole as well as treating picture books as an art form deserving of criticism and focus.

Photo by Steven Haddock

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