Sue Lancaster 🦏 Why No Rhino? - out on Thursday! 🦏
@writessue.bsky.social
Children's writer.
Coming soon: Why No Rhino? (Oct '26 New Frontier)
Out now: Outside the Box (May '25 HB Publishing)
Out now: Supermoon (Nov '24 Tielmour Press).
Also: The Perfect One (2024 Mayo Clinic Press)
Hand Puppet Pals (2023 Imagine That)
Coming soon: Why No Rhino? (Oct '26 New Frontier)
Out now: Outside the Box (May '25 HB Publishing)
Out now: Supermoon (Nov '24 Tielmour Press).
Also: The Perfect One (2024 Mayo Clinic Press)
Hand Puppet Pals (2023 Imagine That)
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🦏 It's publication week for Why No Rhino? 🦏
To celebrate, I have a couple of exciting online events lined up. The first is on Wednesday morning when me and Reggie will be Zooming into around 32 KS1 classrooms in the London Borough of Havering...
To celebrate, I have a couple of exciting online events lined up. The first is on Wednesday morning when me and Reggie will be Zooming into around 32 KS1 classrooms in the London Borough of Havering...
🦏 It's publication week for Why No Rhino? 🦏
To celebrate, I have a couple of exciting online events lined up. The first is on Wednesday morning when me and Reggie will be Zooming into around 32 KS1 classrooms in the London Borough of Havering...
To celebrate, I have a couple of exciting online events lined up. The first is on Wednesday morning when me and Reggie will be Zooming into around 32 KS1 classrooms in the London Borough of Havering...
October 12, 2026 at 6:03 AM
🦏 It's publication week for Why No Rhino? 🦏
To celebrate, I have a couple of exciting online events lined up. The first is on Wednesday morning when me and Reggie will be Zooming into around 32 KS1 classrooms in the London Borough of Havering...
To celebrate, I have a couple of exciting online events lined up. The first is on Wednesday morning when me and Reggie will be Zooming into around 32 KS1 classrooms in the London Borough of Havering...
You only get one take when it comes to filming an unboxing video, and here it is! Had I been able to, I'd probably have done it at least 17 more times until I was happy! Anyway, Why No Rhino? comes out in ten days.
Published by New Frontier
Illustrated by Tom Jellett
Published by New Frontier
Illustrated by Tom Jellett
October 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
You only get one take when it comes to filming an unboxing video, and here it is! Had I been able to, I'd probably have done it at least 17 more times until I was happy! Anyway, Why No Rhino? comes out in ten days.
Published by New Frontier
Illustrated by Tom Jellett
Published by New Frontier
Illustrated by Tom Jellett
It's #NationalPoetryDay tomorrow, and the theme for this year is WONDER.
To celebrate, here is a poem called Isn't it a Wonder? which is published on the Dirigible Balloon poetry website.
Happy reading and enjoy poetry day!
#NationalPoetryDay2026
#PoetryCommunity
#Poetryforchildren
To celebrate, here is a poem called Isn't it a Wonder? which is published on the Dirigible Balloon poetry website.
Happy reading and enjoy poetry day!
#NationalPoetryDay2026
#PoetryCommunity
#Poetryforchildren
September 30, 2026 at 10:11 AM
It's #NationalPoetryDay tomorrow, and the theme for this year is WONDER.
To celebrate, here is a poem called Isn't it a Wonder? which is published on the Dirigible Balloon poetry website.
Happy reading and enjoy poetry day!
#NationalPoetryDay2026
#PoetryCommunity
#Poetryforchildren
To celebrate, here is a poem called Isn't it a Wonder? which is published on the Dirigible Balloon poetry website.
Happy reading and enjoy poetry day!
#NationalPoetryDay2026
#PoetryCommunity
#Poetryforchildren
It's #NationalFoxDay today, so it's time to re-introduce you to Fennel who likes to think a little differently to other foxes.
Order yourself a copy of Outside the Box, written by me and illustrated by Ayu Desyana, and read Fennel's heartwarming tale!
Published by HB Publishing.
Order yourself a copy of Outside the Box, written by me and illustrated by Ayu Desyana, and read Fennel's heartwarming tale!
Published by HB Publishing.
September 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
It's #NationalFoxDay today, so it's time to re-introduce you to Fennel who likes to think a little differently to other foxes.
Order yourself a copy of Outside the Box, written by me and illustrated by Ayu Desyana, and read Fennel's heartwarming tale!
Published by HB Publishing.
Order yourself a copy of Outside the Box, written by me and illustrated by Ayu Desyana, and read Fennel's heartwarming tale!
Published by HB Publishing.
Aldi are stocking all four of the hand puppet books I wrote for Two Windmills 🦈🐊🦁🐻 I had a lot of fun working on these!
September 9, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Aldi are stocking all four of the hand puppet books I wrote for Two Windmills 🦈🐊🦁🐻 I had a lot of fun working on these!
I've just got back from a meeting with my publishers New Frontier and look what I've come back with!
Tom Jellett has done a wonderful job with the illustrations. I can't wait for you all to see it in September when it's released! 🦏
Tom Jellett has done a wonderful job with the illustrations. I can't wait for you all to see it in September when it's released! 🦏
August 28, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I've just got back from a meeting with my publishers New Frontier and look what I've come back with!
Tom Jellett has done a wonderful job with the illustrations. I can't wait for you all to see it in September when it's released! 🦏
Tom Jellett has done a wonderful job with the illustrations. I can't wait for you all to see it in September when it's released! 🦏
It's just one month until Why No Rhino? by me and Tom Jellett releases in paperback! It has themes of inclusion and identity, and a fun rhino character called Reggie!
You can pre-order your copy via Amazon or Waterstones.
Published by New Frontier.
You can pre-order your copy via Amazon or Waterstones.
Published by New Frontier.
August 10, 2026 at 7:07 AM
It's just one month until Why No Rhino? by me and Tom Jellett releases in paperback! It has themes of inclusion and identity, and a fun rhino character called Reggie!
You can pre-order your copy via Amazon or Waterstones.
Published by New Frontier.
You can pre-order your copy via Amazon or Waterstones.
Published by New Frontier.
Happy Monday, or should that be Moon Day!
On the anniversary of the moon landing, why not check out Supermoon - a picture book by me and Tincho Schmidt. It has:
🌜Rhyming text 🌜
🌜Educational facts 🌜
🌜The moon as a superhero 🌜
🌜A fun refrain 🌜
🌜Beautiful illustrations 🌜
🌜No A.I. 🌜
On the anniversary of the moon landing, why not check out Supermoon - a picture book by me and Tincho Schmidt. It has:
🌜Rhyming text 🌜
🌜Educational facts 🌜
🌜The moon as a superhero 🌜
🌜A fun refrain 🌜
🌜Beautiful illustrations 🌜
🌜No A.I. 🌜
July 20, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Happy Monday, or should that be Moon Day!
On the anniversary of the moon landing, why not check out Supermoon - a picture book by me and Tincho Schmidt. It has:
🌜Rhyming text 🌜
🌜Educational facts 🌜
🌜The moon as a superhero 🌜
🌜A fun refrain 🌜
🌜Beautiful illustrations 🌜
🌜No A.I. 🌜
On the anniversary of the moon landing, why not check out Supermoon - a picture book by me and Tincho Schmidt. It has:
🌜Rhyming text 🌜
🌜Educational facts 🌜
🌜The moon as a superhero 🌜
🌜A fun refrain 🌜
🌜Beautiful illustrations 🌜
🌜No A.I. 🌜
It's Polly's final day of primary school today. The end of an era for us both after nine years with the school across two children.
Here's a quick poem I wrote to mark the momentous occasion!
#Classof2026 #Classof26 #SchoolLeavers2026 #SchoolLeavers26
Here's a quick poem I wrote to mark the momentous occasion!
#Classof2026 #Classof26 #SchoolLeavers2026 #SchoolLeavers26
July 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
It's Polly's final day of primary school today. The end of an era for us both after nine years with the school across two children.
Here's a quick poem I wrote to mark the momentous occasion!
#Classof2026 #Classof26 #SchoolLeavers2026 #SchoolLeavers26
Here's a quick poem I wrote to mark the momentous occasion!
#Classof2026 #Classof26 #SchoolLeavers2026 #SchoolLeavers26
On International Asteroid Day I thought I'd share this spread from Supermoon. Mine and Tincho Schmidt's superhero story is not only lots of fun, it's educational too!
The paperback version is widely available online, but if you'd prefer a signed hardback version, get in touch!
#AsteroidDay
The paperback version is widely available online, but if you'd prefer a signed hardback version, get in touch!
#AsteroidDay
June 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
On International Asteroid Day I thought I'd share this spread from Supermoon. Mine and Tincho Schmidt's superhero story is not only lots of fun, it's educational too!
The paperback version is widely available online, but if you'd prefer a signed hardback version, get in touch!
#AsteroidDay
The paperback version is widely available online, but if you'd prefer a signed hardback version, get in touch!
#AsteroidDay
Here's a sneaky peek at the opening page of Why No Rhino? It gives you just a little taster of Tom Jellett's awesome illustrations.
Pre-orders are open now for its September release. Published by New Frontier Publishing.
Pre-orders are open now for its September release. Published by New Frontier Publishing.
June 30, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Here's a sneaky peek at the opening page of Why No Rhino? It gives you just a little taster of Tom Jellett's awesome illustrations.
Pre-orders are open now for its September release. Published by New Frontier Publishing.
Pre-orders are open now for its September release. Published by New Frontier Publishing.
To celebrate one whole year since the release of Outside the Box, I thought I'd do a little reading for you!
If you haven't got a copy yet, now's the time - there's 7% off the hardback version on Am*zon at the moment!
Illustrator: Ayu Deyana, publisher: HB Publishing House
If you haven't got a copy yet, now's the time - there's 7% off the hardback version on Am*zon at the moment!
Illustrator: Ayu Deyana, publisher: HB Publishing House
May 21, 2026 at 10:42 AM
To celebrate one whole year since the release of Outside the Box, I thought I'd do a little reading for you!
If you haven't got a copy yet, now's the time - there's 7% off the hardback version on Am*zon at the moment!
Illustrator: Ayu Deyana, publisher: HB Publishing House
If you haven't got a copy yet, now's the time - there's 7% off the hardback version on Am*zon at the moment!
Illustrator: Ayu Deyana, publisher: HB Publishing House
Reposted by Sue Lancaster 🦏 Why No Rhino? - out on Thursday! 🦏
Just read #PBParty entry "When Don Lost His Key". SUCH a fun, charming idea. I really want to read this to my nephew!
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May 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Just read #PBParty entry "When Don Lost His Key". SUCH a fun, charming idea. I really want to read this to my nephew!
mindyalyseweiss.com/21-when-don-...
mindyalyseweiss.com/21-when-don-...
Reposted by Sue Lancaster 🦏 Why No Rhino? - out on Thursday! 🦏
Have you seen the amazing #PBParty Showcase? Everyone is welcome to browse the finalists & Illustration Showcase.
Comments are only for agent/editor/AD requests.
I love these entries & illustrations so much...and can't wait for them to be out in the world. 💗
mindyalyseweiss.com/pbparty-2026...
Comments are only for agent/editor/AD requests.
I love these entries & illustrations so much...and can't wait for them to be out in the world. 💗
mindyalyseweiss.com/pbparty-2026...
May 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Have you seen the amazing #PBParty Showcase? Everyone is welcome to browse the finalists & Illustration Showcase.
Comments are only for agent/editor/AD requests.
I love these entries & illustrations so much...and can't wait for them to be out in the world. 💗
mindyalyseweiss.com/pbparty-2026...
Comments are only for agent/editor/AD requests.
I love these entries & illustrations so much...and can't wait for them to be out in the world. 💗
mindyalyseweiss.com/pbparty-2026...
Delighted to have been chosen as a #PBParty finalist, meaning my picture book manuscript will be entered into an agent/editor showcase at the start of May! Thank you to @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social and the hardworking judges who saw something in my work. Fingers crossed it gets some love!
April 24, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Delighted to have been chosen as a #PBParty finalist, meaning my picture book manuscript will be entered into an agent/editor showcase at the start of May! Thank you to @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social and the hardworking judges who saw something in my work. Fingers crossed it gets some love!
Delighted to see that Why No Rhino? by me and Tom Jellett has started popping up for pre-order on various websites!
Published by New Frontier Publishing, it comes out in September.
Published by New Frontier Publishing, it comes out in September.
April 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Delighted to see that Why No Rhino? by me and Tom Jellett has started popping up for pre-order on various websites!
Published by New Frontier Publishing, it comes out in September.
Published by New Frontier Publishing, it comes out in September.
Thank you @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social for featuring Supermoon on your blog!
WHAT'S THAT IN THE NIGHT SKY? Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's a Picture Book Postcard from Supermoon!
SUPERMOON
Author: @writessue.bsky.social
Illustrator: Tincho Schmidt
Publisher: @tielmourpress.bsky.social
Read Supermoon's super fun postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/supermoon-su... 🌝💌♥️✨
SUPERMOON
Author: @writessue.bsky.social
Illustrator: Tincho Schmidt
Publisher: @tielmourpress.bsky.social
Read Supermoon's super fun postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/supermoon-su... 🌝💌♥️✨
April 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Thank you @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social for featuring Supermoon on your blog!
Very excited to receive author copies of Orbit Magazine with my poem The Night the Lights Came inside. The illustration by Greg Holfeld is stunning.
April 11, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Very excited to receive author copies of Orbit Magazine with my poem The Night the Lights Came inside. The illustration by Greg Holfeld is stunning.
I've got a couple of new poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website this week including this sleepy one!
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social
March 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I've got a couple of new poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website this week including this sleepy one!
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social
It's #NationalCareersWeek and #WBD this week, so what better time for a peek inside Outside the Box at some of the career disasters poor Fennel had before he found his calling.
Outside the Box is a heartwarming tale of staying true to yourself and never giving up.
Illustrated by Ayu Desyana.
Outside the Box is a heartwarming tale of staying true to yourself and never giving up.
Illustrated by Ayu Desyana.
March 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It's #NationalCareersWeek and #WBD this week, so what better time for a peek inside Outside the Box at some of the career disasters poor Fennel had before he found his calling.
Outside the Box is a heartwarming tale of staying true to yourself and never giving up.
Illustrated by Ayu Desyana.
Outside the Box is a heartwarming tale of staying true to yourself and never giving up.
Illustrated by Ayu Desyana.
Happy #WorldBookDay week! To celebrate, I am giving away a signed paperback copy of Outside the Box, written by me and illustrated by Ayu Desyana.
To enter like and comment on this post by 23.59 on Thursday 5th March. I'll pick a winner on Friday. UK only please.
#WBD26 #PictureBook #Win
To enter like and comment on this post by 23.59 on Thursday 5th March. I'll pick a winner on Friday. UK only please.
#WBD26 #PictureBook #Win
March 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Happy #WorldBookDay week! To celebrate, I am giving away a signed paperback copy of Outside the Box, written by me and illustrated by Ayu Desyana.
To enter like and comment on this post by 23.59 on Thursday 5th March. I'll pick a winner on Friday. UK only please.
#WBD26 #PictureBook #Win
To enter like and comment on this post by 23.59 on Thursday 5th March. I'll pick a winner on Friday. UK only please.
#WBD26 #PictureBook #Win
Did you know that Outside the Box is available as an audiobook? It is currently £0.00 on Amazon with an Audible membership trial or £2.62 without the trial.
Listen to the soothing tones of Ian Billings this #nationalstorytellingweek!
#nationalstorytellingweek2026
Listen to the soothing tones of Ian Billings this #nationalstorytellingweek!
#nationalstorytellingweek2026
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Did you know that Outside the Box is available as an audiobook? It is currently £0.00 on Amazon with an Audible membership trial or £2.62 without the trial.
Listen to the soothing tones of Ian Billings this #nationalstorytellingweek!
#nationalstorytellingweek2026
Listen to the soothing tones of Ian Billings this #nationalstorytellingweek!
#nationalstorytellingweek2026
If you are doing some Christmas shopping on this dreary Sunday, do consider adding one (or both!) of these picture books to your haul. They are both available online and make great stocking fillers!
#ChristmasShopping #StockingFillers #stockingstuffers #GiftIdeas #PictureBook #GiftIdeasforChildren
#ChristmasShopping #StockingFillers #stockingstuffers #GiftIdeas #PictureBook #GiftIdeasforChildren
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If you are doing some Christmas shopping on this dreary Sunday, do consider adding one (or both!) of these picture books to your haul. They are both available online and make great stocking fillers!
#ChristmasShopping #StockingFillers #stockingstuffers #GiftIdeas #PictureBook #GiftIdeasforChildren
#ChristmasShopping #StockingFillers #stockingstuffers #GiftIdeas #PictureBook #GiftIdeasforChildren
Are you ready for the first #supermoon of 2025? It's officially tomorrow, but it will be just as big and bright tonight! Plus it occurs in the midst of #spaceweek too!
This fact page is taken from mine and Tincho Schmidt's picture book Supermoon.
#WorldSpaceWeek #worldspaceweek2025
This fact page is taken from mine and Tincho Schmidt's picture book Supermoon.
#WorldSpaceWeek #worldspaceweek2025
October 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Are you ready for the first #supermoon of 2025? It's officially tomorrow, but it will be just as big and bright tonight! Plus it occurs in the midst of #spaceweek too!
This fact page is taken from mine and Tincho Schmidt's picture book Supermoon.
#WorldSpaceWeek #worldspaceweek2025
This fact page is taken from mine and Tincho Schmidt's picture book Supermoon.
#WorldSpaceWeek #worldspaceweek2025
Happy #NationalPoetryDay to all who celebrate!
Can you believe I now have 30 children's poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website (along with many other fab poets)?! Here they are in all their glory - have a browse if you have a moment.
Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social for having me!
Can you believe I now have 30 children's poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website (along with many other fab poets)?! Here they are in all their glory - have a browse if you have a moment.
Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social for having me!
October 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Happy #NationalPoetryDay to all who celebrate!
Can you believe I now have 30 children's poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website (along with many other fab poets)?! Here they are in all their glory - have a browse if you have a moment.
Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social for having me!
Can you believe I now have 30 children's poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website (along with many other fab poets)?! Here they are in all their glory - have a browse if you have a moment.
Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social for having me!