Urban Tales by Kathy Urban | Children's Books for Storylovers

CREATING MEANINGFUL CHILDREN’S STORIES

that entertain, educate & inspire actions towards a kinder world

Dear families, teachers, and young readers, …

… Come with me ‘behind the scenes’ to discover how my stories come to be.

I can’t wait to meet you all again very soon at school or at one of my upcoming reading events .

Love, Kathy X

#WinOfTheWeek - While many of us often work away quietly in our little bubbles, we should remember that it’s important to reflect on our small wins (and share them too!).

Thank you @indiechildrensauthornetwork and @the_rebel_reading_society fo

Hello little bee 🐝

Thanks so much for this gorgeous gift @bunnybagsdubai

🇩🇪 Hopp! Hopp! Hoppla!!!
Welch niedlicher Kuschelhase hoppelt denn da aus den Seiten – und diesen Sommer in deutsche Buchhandlungen (und hoffentlich auch bald in die Herzen junger Leser/innen und Geschichtenliebhaber)?

Viele von euch haben

Well done Year 2!
So many positive word choices after yesterday’s virtual reading of A Tree for Everyone with primary classes @brightondubai .

In the story, three friends share many happy moments in a treehouse, until a fallout with another g

Virtual School Visit Testimonial: Thank you so much to the amazing Early Years team at GEMS WEK for their kinds words and for organising a fantastic series of storytime workshops with their youngest learners. I very much enjoyed sharing my stories wi

🇦🇪Teachers, librarians—I’ve got something for you…🇦🇪

With schools reopening but large assemblies still tricky, celebrating World Book Day will likely feel a little different this year.

That’s why I created pre-recorded

World Book Day is just around the corner (23rd April) and what better way to celebrate than bringing a real, published author straight to your students?

With schools currently online, I’m offering pre-recorded author visits that you can drop

Spotted in the wild - 🌳 A Tree for Everyone on the shelves of Ireland’s oldest bookshop @hodgesfiggis in Dublin!

Pic courtesy of my dear friend Elli ❤️Happy Friday everyone.

A Tree for Everyje - written by me, with beautiful art by @scrimmle

A FREE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP & TEACHING PACK

Happy Monday dear teachers and little readers,

Since I can’t visit your schools in person at the moment, I’ve created a FREE 12-minute virtual school visit for your pupils, now available to w

Excited to see ‘A Tree for Everyone’ in this great selection of Spring and Easter titles in their latest issue of @nurseryworldmagazine

Thank you Meg Barclay, for your lovely review.

#atreeforeveryone #picturebookreviews #earlyyearsrea

Chaos met by silence. As humans, we have a tendency to land ourselves in one big mess.

My hope is that, collectively, we learn from it so we can heal and repair, in hopes of building a better tomorrow.

Illustration by the lovely Rosie @scrimmle -

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating.

Filled with so much love & hope for this place that has given my family
a home for the last ten years.

May peace return soon along with the life we all miss dearly.

#eidmubarak #hopeandpeace

A wee personal update because so many people have reached out these last few weeks to check how we’re doing. Thank you all, it truly means a lot.

In short, we are okay. We’re currently taking a little break to spend a few days with famil