Bec Barnes

Author/illustrator of children’s picture books. Walker of dog. Eater of cake.

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Anyone with little people to entertain, looking for a fun, funny, read aloud, rhyming picture book? Look no further than “My Rhino is Better than Yours!” (@DFB_storyhouse ), written and illustrated by me...hoorah!!
“The rhino that I know is friends with the bugs...

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@LissaKEvans Just got my copy and can’t wait to start!

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@LissaKEvans @thetimes Brilliant Lissa! 🤗🎉(Sorry I was a mad woman the other day 😳)

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@RobinWGrimes @kewgardens Expect it’s bark was worse than its bite 👍

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Thinking about the word ‘granary’ (as you do…) I wrote a poem:

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@LissaKEvans Love the “Weirdstone of Brisingamen”…so atmospheric! They stay with you I think.

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@omfayebooks War and Peas

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@MattHighton

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@Armckinley1 @Enchantedbooks Voted! 😍

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@LissaKEvans

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@FredBlunt Such a lovely photo of Olive in her chair…I had to draw it!

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@mrjamesmayhew Hope you feel better soon

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@JDIrwinbooks Hope they don’t gateau way with it.

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@RobinWGrimes “I like your hair!” “I think my roots need doing!”

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@LissaKEvans Newy McMargaret, a plucky girl reporter with a nose for a mystery, a can-do attitude and a shiny bob haircut.

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@Philippa_Perry A ‘Weirdo’s Please’, said in a sing-songy voice with extra saliva.

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Drumroll please ....
The #BookmarkProject 2023 raised £14,200 for Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe and we have sent the funding to them for the first stage of the building work for the nursery classrooms so hopefully building work will be starting soon Please RT

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@RobinWGrimes Absolutely not!!!😭🕷️

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@RobinWGrimes I’m always sending messages like that to you! 👍🤪

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@JoBrowningWroe @FaberBooks @LouisaJoyner Yay!!💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

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@Joseph_Fasano_ “I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
It’s wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you’d care.” Billy Bragg, New England