Hi, I’m Paul Stickland, Author, Illustrator, Pop Up Book Designer, lover of all things children’s book, illustration, drawing and paper folding. This blog concentrates on my current children’s books, new projects, work in progress, my author visits and my pop up workshops in schools, libraries and literary festivals. Creator of over 50 children’s books, including Dinosaur Roar, Ten Terrible Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs Galore, The Christmas Bear, One Bear One Dog, A Number of Dinosaurs, Swamp Stomp,Truck Jam, Big Dig, Big Bug Little Bug and many more. Please do visit my new website with full details of my books, rights available and much more work: PAUL STICKLAND’S WEBSITE Find Paul Stickland on Google+ I’m always interested in looking at new projects, no matter what, try me! I am particularly interested in using the techniques of paper folding and pop up technology in different disciplines outside the publishing world.Contact me here for new projects. I spend a lot of time out on the road giving author visits and pop-up book workshops for children of all ages. If you would like to see some of the fabulous work created in these pop up workshops please do visit my new blog PopUps! and if you have a fabulous pop up book or idea please send it in! If you would like to arrange an author visit, or pop-up workshop in your school, library or festival, please docontact me here for author visits. I have another blog JustPaper featuring yet more wonderful pop up creations and paperfolding. Links to all my websites, blogs and Zazzle stores are below, featuring a wide range of colorful fun gifts, from dinosaurs to diggers, tractors and trucks. PAUL STICKLAND WEBSITESTRANGE STOREDINOSAUR DINOSAURDINOSAUR STOREDINOSAUR WALL STICKERSCHRISTMAS STORETRUCK STORENAUGHTY LITTLE DRAGONPopUps!JustPaperPaul Stickland’s Posterous Amazon.com Widgets Amazon.co.uk Widgets   var _gaq = _gaq || [];   _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-8834600-10']);   _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);   (function() {     var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;     ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';     var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);   })(); OnToplist is optimized by SEOAdd blog to our directory. Tumblr (3.0; @paulstickland)http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/636ce2c783e287f579088632986641b6/tumblr_mm4v67EPe31qzebpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>testing for IPTC data</p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/49374450548http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/49374450548Wed, 01 May 2013 19:54:07 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/87f4aeec6b2da2c1b3862e9f818e1d03/tumblr_mhhm0zhyRb1qzebpao1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://topzazzle.com/strangestore/little-robot/" target="_blank"><strong>Wriggly Robots on StrangeStore!</strong></a></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/41938798343http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/41938798343Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:17:00 +0000robotsartistsontumblrstrangestore<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2604c3042fa08230c1c1aed0b8388ae9/tumblr_mh0vje59y71qzebpao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Owls by Paul Stickland for StrangeStore on Zazzle</strong></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/41186992609http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/41186992609Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:23:38 +0000owlsowlpaul sticklandartists on tumblrstrangestorezazzlesleepy owlsfunny owls<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me3y26HWv91qzebpao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Links to all the International StrangeStores where you can buy my artwork, crows, black cats, robots, trolls and all manner of dark and strange goings on, all over the best Zazzle gear. Amazing new funny iPhone and Samsung cases.</p> <p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/United-States-of-America-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.co.uk/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/United-Kingdom-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.ca/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Canada-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.com.au/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Australia-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.co.nz/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/New-Zealand-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.de/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Germany-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.nl/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Netherlands-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.es/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Spain-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.fr/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/France-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.com.br/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Brazil-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.at/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Austria-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.se/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Sweden-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.co.jp/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Japan-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.pt/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Portugal-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.be/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Belgium-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.ch/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/Switzerland-Flag.png"/></a><a href="http://www.zazzle.co.kr/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&gl=strangestore&zbar=true&tc=ps" target="_blank"><img src="http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz210/paulstickland/Flags/SouthKorea.png"/></a></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/36601942478http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/36601942478Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:30:00 +0000catscrowspaul sticklandpaul stickland artpaul stickland on zazzlepaul_sticklandstrange storestrangestoretrollszazzlefunny samsung casesfunny iphone cases<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me0p3qI9GL1qzebpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Little Oriental Cat by Paul Stickland for StrangeStore</p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/36467587763http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/36467587763Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:23:00 +0000black catscat cushionscat giftscatscats on cushionsoriental catspaul sticklandstrange storezazzleartists on tumblr<p>Choose your own International StrangeStore on Zazzle.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="389" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/embed?id=1eEiaeMgaaZ8uLIm9KEGrJ6-CKKMFGji1G2XQLJmWAZw&amp;start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000" width="480"></iframe></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35732749126http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35732749126Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:10:29 +0000strangestorepaul sticklandpaul stickland artcatscrowstrolls<p>Owls on google drive, leading to <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/strangestore/gifts?cg=196149810938056208&amp;rf=238175107415881712&amp;gl=strangestore&amp;zbar=true&amp;tc=gplus" target="_blank">Owls on StrangeStore.</a></p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="389" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/embed?id=1kPZUScKrDuWeAzHbOtkiIyBe_3EBR60C-XW95igMf7E&amp;start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000" width="480"></iframe></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35707080497http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35707080497Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:31:00 +0000owlsowlowl giftsstrangestorepaul sticklandgoogle drivegoogle drive presentations<p>I have made this presentation in google drive to showcase the new fine art prints from my children&#8217;s book, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/strangestore/gifts?cg=196321764983073488&amp;rf=238175107415881712&amp;gl=strangestore&amp;zbar=true&amp;tc=tum" target="_blank">The Christmas Bear by Paul Stickland</a> on Strangestore.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="389" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/embed?id=1MEXqocEk3PVe39n1FfotltXjNkmFmkC3Zowq4LYP9MQ&amp;start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000" width="480"></iframe></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35398952810http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35398952810Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:34:47 +0000childrens bookspaul sticklandpaul stickland the christmas bearillustrationartists on tumblrillustrators on tumblrchristmas giftschristmas postersstrangestorechristmas prints<p><strong>Anyone want to play? Click away!</strong></p> <p><strong>Created in google drive.</strong></p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="389" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/embed?id=1BMFZSvSSAfAt780R8rBzDyQiO1b2qCgwKvLWtSxRrSA&amp;start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000" width="480"></iframe></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35274019903http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35274019903Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:58:00 +0000scissors umbrella telescopepaul sticklandgoogle drive presentationsgoogle drivestrangestrangestore<p>Crows on google drive! I love creating these small presentations on google drive. This one links to my <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/StrangeStore?rf=238175107415881712&amp;gl=strangestore&amp;zbar=true&amp;tc=tumb" target="_blank">StrangeStore on Zazzle</a>.</p> <p>They can be embedded into the stream on google plus and all other platforms, such as here.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="389" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/embed?id=1BzG5efqiE0y4HiQCawcoBWND-ePtRAT1Re4YRLLLXbE&amp;start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000" width="480"></iframe></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35266216511http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35266216511Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:39:10 +0000crowsblack crowspaul sticklandstrangestoregoogle drive presentationsgoogle drivezazzlegoogle pluspaul stickland artartists on tumblr<p>There is an incredible new feature on google plus, which allows you to embed presentations from google drive, not only in the google plus stream but on any website or blog. A game changer for google plus.</p> <p>Click on the creature of your choice or follow the links through to <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/117245054937343378617/posts" target="_blank">Paul Stickland on google plus</a>.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="389" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/embed?id=1nFj-isqnmGIKh-WkozT83GKvapLLWJJTelPOXvuVGuI&amp;start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000" width="480"></iframe></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35123069058http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/35123069058Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:33:00 +0000Aye Ayecatscrowsdogsgoogle pluspaul sticklandpaul stickland on google plusstrangestoretrollsartists on tumblr<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcpflcbN7m1qzebpao1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117245054937343378617/albums/5803606610198185345" target="_blank">The Glooms</a> </p> <p>Everything goes wrong for the glooms…</p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/34631974028http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/34631974028Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:51:00 +0000charactercharacter artistcharacter designconceptcreaturesgloomsillustrationpaul sticklandpaul_sticklandthe gloomsartists on tumblr<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://skfb.ly/lied0ba?autostart=1&amp;transparent=0&amp;autospin=0&amp;controls=1&amp;watermark=1" width="480"></iframe></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/33771233893http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/33771233893Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:35:00 +01003dpaul_stickland<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc17fdeP281qzebpao1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc17fdeP281qzebpao2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>I love drawing robots, I drew this little rusty bot and he looks great on these Spreadshirt <a href="http://paulstickland.spreadshirt.co.uk/" target="_blank">Robot T shirts</a>. Available in even more colours at <a href="http://paulstickland.spreadshirt.co.uk/" target="_blank">Paul Stickland on Spreadshirt</a>.</p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/33765871872http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/33765871872Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:52:25 +0100robotspaulsticklandrobottshirtsrobot teesrobot_t_shirtspaul_sticklandrobotpaul stickland robotspreadshirt_robots<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma55rvX9xp1qzebpao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Dinosaur Party!</strong></p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/paulstickland?rf=238175107415881712&gl=paulstickland&zbar=true&tc=post" target="_blank">Paul Stickland’s DInosaur Store</a></strong> has everything for a <a href="http://topzazzle.com/dinosaur-birthday-party-ideas/" target="_blank"><strong>Dinosaur Themed Party!</strong></a><br/> Looking for <strong><a href="http://topzazzle.com/dinosaur-birthday-party-ideas/" target="_blank">Dinosaur party ideas</a></strong>? Planning a <strong><a href="http://topzazzle.com/dinosaur-birthday-party-ideas/" target="_blank">Dinosaur Birthday Party</a></strong>?<br/> I produce a range of dinosaur gifts that would really make your dinosaur party special.<br/> Starting with dinosaur party invitations, dinosaur cards, dinosaur stickers, dinosaur posters, dinosaur stationery, even dinosaur plates!<br/><br/> Taken from the illustrations to Paul Stickland’s bestselling children’s books, such as <strong><a href="http://www.paulstickland.co.uk/Dinosaur-Roar" target="_blank">Dinosaur Roar</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.paulstickland.co.uk/A-Number-of-Dinosaurs" target="_blank">A Number of DInosaurs</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.paulstickland.co.uk/Ten-Terrible-Dinosaurs" target="_blank">Ten Terrible Dinosaurs</a></strong>, a cute collection of colourful friendly dinosaurs!<br/> A huge range here at <a href="http://topzazzle.com/dinosaur-birthday-party-ideas/" target="_blank"><a href="http://topzazzle.com/dinosaur-birthday-party-ideas/" target="_blank">http://topzazzle.com/dinosaur-birthday-party-ideas/</a></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations US</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.co.uk/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations UK</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.ca/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Canada</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.co.jp/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Japan</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.com.au/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Australia</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.co.nz/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations New Zealand</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.com.br/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Brasil</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.ch/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Schweiz/Suisse</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.be/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Belgium</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.fr/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations France</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.de/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Deutschland</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.se/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Sweden</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.nl/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Nederland</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.at/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Österreich</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.es/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations España</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.pt/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Portugal</a><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.co.kr/paulstickland/gifts?cg=196501182295844800&rf=238175107415881712&zbar=true&tc=top" target="_blank">Dinosaur Party Invitations Korea</a></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/31273709036http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/31273709036Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:59:00 +0100dinosaur party invitationsdinosaur cardsdinosaur invitationsdinosaur themed partydinosaur stickersdinosaur postersdinosaur party ideasdinosaur themepaul_sticklanddinosaur_store<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9xnnoIrRB1qzebpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Black Crow Bookmarks to download, print and share!</p> <p>Let my beady eyed corvid help you keep your place…</p> <p>More free cat, owl and dinosaur downloads here bit.ly/PaulSticklandFreeStuff</p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30995735271http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30995735271Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:45:24 +0100crowsblack crowspaul sticklandstrangestore<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9iqz4rTdn1qzebpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Beware Trolls!</strong></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30452038942http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30452038942Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:33:04 +0100<a href="http://topzazzle.com/paul-sticklands-strangestore-on-google/">Paul Stickland’s StrangeStore on Google+</a>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30451854624http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30451854624Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:27:22 +0100<p><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> Stickland&#8217;s Cat now available on SpreadShirt <a href="http://www.PaulStickland.spreadshirt.co.uk" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.PaulStickland.spreadshirt.co.uk" target="_blank">www.PaulStickland.spreadshirt.co.uk</a></a> <a href="http://www.PaulStickland.spreadshirt.co.uk" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wfhD5brd_44/T4CwOfBoGsI/AAAAAAAACc0/UlF7ka2Kz9g/w497-h373/paul%2Bstickland%2Boriental%2Bcats%2Bt%2Bshirts%2Bcopy.png"/></a> #cats #caturday via plus.google.com </div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com" target="_blank">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://paulstickland.posterous.com/strangestore-google" target="_blank">Paul Stickland</a> | <a href="http://paulstickland.posterous.com/strangestore-google#comment" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11px">Comment&#160;»</span></a> </p> </div></p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30451366706http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30451366706Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:11:15 +0100black catblack catsblack oriental catscatscute catsgothic catspaul sticklandstrangestore<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ipokTxAa1qzebpao1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Throbbing Cat T shirts from <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113956979479896677978/s/#cats" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.paulstickland.spreadshirt.co.uk" target="_blank">www.paulstickland.spreadshirt.co.uk</a> </a></strong></p> <p>#cats #caturday </p>http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30451187724http://paulstickland.tumblr.com/post/30451187724Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:05:07 +0100