Children’s Literature News May 2026
Children’s book news for May 2026: Reading Rights, the Children’s Booker, Michael Rosen at 80, the Klaus Flugge and Branford Boase shortlists, BookTrust winners, LitUp results and shared reading data.
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Hannah Robinson is a British illustrator whose portfolio includes children’s picture books, editorial work and greeting cards. Her website describes her as a Lancashire artist and illustrator.
On her website, Robinson states that she began her illustration career in 2015. Her Art CV records that Panda Paramedic, published in July 2023, was the first book she fully illustrated.
Robinson illustrated Michael Rosen’s NICE! Poems, published by Walker Books in 2025. The book is presented by the publisher as an illustrated poetry collection for younger readers.
Her website also records that she took a printed portfolio to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2023.

Children’s book news for May 2026: Reading Rights, the Children’s Booker, Michael Rosen at 80, the Klaus Flugge and Branford Boase shortlists, BookTrust winners, LitUp results and shared reading data.
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