Welcome!
I'm Alice — children's author, editor and author coach. I've written more than 50 books for kids, about everything from art to outer space.
I love creating fun, thoughtful books that make big ideas feel really exciting and easy to understand.
Coming soon…
Your Wild and Wonderful Brain
Learn to harness, celebrate and love your wonderfully wild ADHD brain!
This is the book that I WISH I’d had growing up with ADHD. It helps children and young people explore their ADHD brains’ unique strengths and struggles, and learn to work with them rather than fight against them – in a fun, totally non-judgemental, ADHD-friendly way!
Twelve different ADHD traits are each represented by a wild animal – from an all-seeing chameleon and a forgetful squirrel to a charmingly chatty parrot and a busy, busy bee. The book is full of practical tips, charming illustrations (from the brilliant Buse Kaçar), fun facts about brain science and animals, mini games and puzzles, creative activities and more.
This is a must-have book for anyone interested in understanding more about our wonderful, wild and one-of-a-kind brains!
Available as a paperback, ebook and audiobook. Out on 4 June 2026.
Coming soon…
Animal Families
In the British suburbs, a red fox encourages his cubs to take their first steps towards independence. In Botswana, an elephant matriarch must trust the youngest member of the herd to find water. In the forests of Brazil, golden lion tamarins travel to a new home in a nature reserve.
This charming collection of five beautifully illustrated stories celebrates the incredible bonds between animal families as they navigate the challenges of survival in the wild. With themes of conservation, climate change and rewilding woven throughout, each tale is as educational as it is enjoyable and heartwarming.
The warm, funny stories pair perfectly with Becca Hall’s adorable illustrations, making this mix of a comic book and picture book a delight for young readers. The first book in the Tales of the Wild collection.
Farting Fish
I’m sure you’ve heard of the Nobel Prize, but have you heard of the Ig Nobel Prize? Every year, this prize celebrates unusual areas of research that first make people laugh, and then make them think.
In this light-hearted and brilliantly illustrated non-fiction book, we celebrate 50 of the funniest, silliest and most interesting winners of the Ig Nobel Prize, including:
• the discovery that herrings communicate by farting (and why that almost caused a world war!)
• research into the chemical compounds responsible for smelly feet
• a rigorous analysis of soggy breakfast cereal
• an automatic dog-to-human language translation device
• the invention of fart-proof underwear
• a method of collecting whale snot using remote-control helicopters.
Kids and grown-ups alike will love sharing the amazing facts they discover!
Play with Matisse
Let’s make a paper masterpiece! Join Henri Matisse and his friends as they embark on a series of arty adventures.
This is an art kit with a difference. It includes beautiful coloured paper, templates, 'picture pockets’ and a mini-book that introduces kids to Matisse’s work. Fun, step-by-step activities guide children to create their own Matisse-inspired masterpieces.
Play with Matisse encourages collaboration and imagination, and contains an important message: never give up and always have fun!
Mona Lisa and the Others
Millions of people visit the Louvre Museum in Paris every year to gaze and gawp at its all-star art collection. But there’s one star who gets a lot more attention than anyone else …
Well, the Louvre’s many other masterpieces aren’t too happy about being overshadowed – and they’re here to tell everyone what makes them just as worthy of the Mona Lisa’s teeming crowds. With a focus on portraits and other person-centred artworks, Mona Lisa and the Others reveals the stories behind some of the Louvre Museum’s most famous artworks.
Napoleon Bonaparte takes readers behind the scenes at his own coronation; the Venus de Milo explains what happened to her missing arms; the Seated Scribe lets slip some gossip about the ancient Egyptian royal family; and Madame le Brun has a polite moan about being Marie Antoinette’s portrait painter and a working mother. But perhaps most intriguing of all, Mona Lisa reveals that there’s more to her portrait than her mysterious smile.
Written in a light-hearted and contemporary style by Alice Harman, and illustrated with the energetic artwork of Sir Quentin Blake, Mona Lisa and the Others is an entertaining introduction to the Louvre Museum’s collection.
Modern Art Explorer
A fun, unpretentious and brilliantly illustrated introduction to modern art for children. Modern Art Explorer takes readers behind the scenes to discover the stories behind thirty famous artworks from the Centre Pompidou’s collection in Paris. Featuring artists such as Henri Matisse, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo, brought to life by Serge Bloch’s wonderfully witty illustrations.
Young readers will be entertained and intrigued by weird details and big ideas alike, growing in confidence as they are encouraged to see and think for themselves. Modern art has never seemed so exciting!
Art Sparks
Discover incredible artworks and find your inspiration in The Metropolitan Museum of Art!
Cut, stick, paint and draw with these awesomely arty activities inspired by real masterpieces. An artistic cheetah leads you through the museum as you explore and discover amazing pieces from The Met.
Follow the prompts to create your own works of art! Turn your hand to artistic techniques like pointillism and sgraffito, and have a go at making clay sculptures and relief prints. With space for you to try out each idea and amazing facts to read, you'll find all the inspiration you need to make art and have fun.
1:1 author coaching
Are you interested in writing your own children’s book, but don’t know where to start? Or maybe you’re feeling a bit stuck or overwhelmed, and could use an expert on your side? I’m here to help!
Author visits and workshops
Interested in an author visit or workshop for your school, library, group or festival?
I offer fun, inspiring in-person and virtual talks and workshops, on everything from writing skills to art, science and eco action.
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