Autumn performances 2023 › Milton Keynes

Past event

Marta Altés performance

How did it go?

Author and illustrator Marta Altés took to the stage at The Stables in Milton Keynes and delighted a young audience of local Year 1 and 2 children and their teachers with her stories and live drawing. It was lovely to see the children clutching their very own free copy of My Grandpa as they returned to school.

Marta Altés Workshop

Four lucky schools in the Milton Keynes area were visited by Marta Altés and the Children's Bookshow after her performance at the Stables. The children got to work creatively with Marta, learning how to draw birds, and then they all made their own pop-up island! It was great fun.

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Every child attending this performance will receive a **FREE** copy of _My Grandpa_ to take home and keep! cover

Every child attending this performance will receive a FREE copy of My Grandpa to take home and keep!

Venue:
The Stables, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8LU
Date:
Monday 13th November
Time:
11:00 am
Duration:
Approx. 1 hour
Age range:
Years 1 and 2

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Marta Altés

Marta Altés is a Spanish award-winning creator of many picture books. She studied graphic design in Barcelona and then an MA in Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art where she now teaches. Her touching story of the relationship between a grandfather and his grandson in her picture book My Grandpa won the Jack Ezra Keats New Illustrator Honour in the USA.

Praise for My Grandpa

Altés employs an elegant restraint with the book’s design. The limited palette and broad expanse of white space allow the story to truly shine. Even though titles about ageing grandparents are many, this tale stands out for its stunning simplicity and avoidance of heavy-handed messages.

Kirkus Reviews


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