Illustrator of… The Giant Robot Chickens are back and they want revenge! Their illustrator, Luke Newell, isn’t quite as vengeful, though his cover illustrations sure do pack a punch! #FlorisDesign interviewed Luke to find out how he makes those chickens on his eggs-cellent covers for Alex McCall’s Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens and...
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Winter might mean rainy days, but that needn’t mean afternoons of boredom. Here to help is our brand new craft book, Paper Folding with Children. With easy-to-follow tutorials and lots of colour photographs, it’s full to the brim with bright, fun origami projects for children. So make the most of that rainy day and...
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All through January, here on the Floris Blog we will be celebrating the new. New ways of thinking, new ways of interacting with the world around us, and new ways of living and working meaningfully. New year, new you! Today we invite you to join Simon Robinson and Maria Moraes Robinson, authors of Holonomics,...
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Once upon a time, a writer wrote a story and a publishing house decided that it was so fantastic, they wanted to share it with the rest of the world. “This story will delight children so much more if it is illustrated!” the writer said. “We agree,” said the publisher, “we’ll get our best...
Read more →All through January, here on the Floris Blog we will be celebrating the new. New ways of thinking, new ways of interacting with the world around us, and new ways of living and working meaningfully. New year, new you! Today we’ll be sharing the secrets of holonomic thinking with you, courtesy of an excellent...
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All through January, here on the Floris Blog we will be celebrating the new. New ways of thinking, new ways of interacting with the world around us, and new ways of living and working meaningfully. New year, new you! Today, we’re sharing an exclusive extract from Gill Coombs’ Hearing Our Calling. So if you’ve...
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In a very exciting first for Floris, our Picture Kelpie Wee Granny’s Magic Bag will appear on the big screen – well, the television screen at least! – this Burns Night (January 25th). Wee Granny’s Magic Bag, written by Elizabeth McKay and illustrated by Maria Bogade, will be read by none other than the...
Read more →All through January, here on the Floris Blog we will be celebrating the new. New ways of thinking, new ways of interacting with the world around us, and new ways of living and working meaningfully. New year, new you! Today, Gill Coombs, author of Hearing Our Calling, looks at what happens when your work...
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All through January, here on the Floris Blog we will be celebrating the new. New ways of thinking, new ways of interacting with the world around us, and new ways of living and working meaningfully. New year, new you! In the last of our inspirational video series from Giles Hutchins, author of The Illusion of...
Read more →All through January, here on the Floris Blog we will be celebrating the new. New ways of thinking, new ways of interacting with the world around us, and new ways of living and working meaningfully. New year, new you! Today, Giles Hutchins, author of The Illusion of Separation, asks: how can business leaders, politicians and...
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