Mouse in the House

Gillian McClure is the author and illustrator of over thirty picture books. Several of them have been short-listed for awards; one was highly commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and another, Selkie, won the US Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Books. Two of her books have been Recommended Books on the National Curriculum while others she uses in the workshops she gives to children in schools. Gillian has served on the CWIG committee, and the PLR Advisory committee, been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Kent and Essex Universities, and a judge and mentor for Escalator, New Writing Partnerships. In 2010 she started Plaister Press, an independent publishing company to celebrate the art of the picture book. Two of her Plaister Press books, We're Going to Build a Dam and Flood were nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2014 and 2015 respectively and selected for the 3-6 longlist of the UKLA Book Awards in 2015 and 2016 respectively. We're Going to Build a Dam was also selected to be included in the six show-case school libraries as part of the Life Changing Libraries Campaign launched in 2021 by Waterstones Children's Laureate, Cressida Cowell.Website:www.gillianmcclure.com Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/gillian.mcclure