Agent
Associate Agent
Assistant
Biography
Carly Gledhill is a children’s book author/ illustrator, illustration lecturer and surface pattern designer, based in Manchester, UK.
Her work draws from a love of colour, 90’s Kid’s TV, The X Files, slapstick humour, mid century design and hours spent tending to her garden.
She has completed an MA in Children’s Book Illustration and loves to create silly stories full of humour, friendship and, usually, loads of flowers, because she loves drawing them the most.
Carly writes and illustrates picture, novelty and board books for publishers including: Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Post Wave Children’s Books and Do Re Mi. But she shies away from stories involving horses, because they’re too difficult to draw, have you ever tried? They’re so HARD.
In 2024 and 2026 Carly’s work was a winner at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition and her work has been displayed at galleries and events including: Pictoplasma Berlin, Shelf Editions, Shanghai Baoshan Folk Art Museum and The Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo.
She likes running (sort of), playing netball, PEZ, gardening, collecting children’s books old and new, New York City, true crime podcasts and supporting Leeds United FC.
Pass the Parcel (2026)
Parcel is getting ready to travel to somewhere far, far away! Can you guess where he’s going? Would you like to come along too? You would? Let’s GO!
Follow Parcel as he gets passed all around the world, finding joy in the most unexpected places and celebrating all the fun you can have with a cardboard box. Bursting with energy, imagination and delightfully whacky detours, this hilarious picture book takes readers on a rollicking, first-class adventure by sea, sky and snail mail. Children will love joining Parcel on this interactive journey to discover where he really belongs, ending with a fold-out reveal that’s sure to surprise.
Gallery
Publications
Selected Publications
Find out where Dot is hiding in this interactive hide-and-seek book with tabs to push and pull, eye-catching neon details and a surprise mirror ending!
From the range of joyful preschool books created by bestselling author Camilla Reid, and with distinctive and stylish illustrations by Carly Gledhill, Is Dot in the House? is perfect for toddlers.
Little children will love sliding the easy-to-use tabs to discover where Dot is hiding, and then finding themselves in the mirror at the end.
Help Mouse find his lost friend Balloon!
One windy day at the fair, Mouse and Balloon play together all day long. But – oops! – Mouse lets go, and Balloon embarks on an exciting journey above the fairground, past the big city, over the sea and up, up, up into the clouds. Luckily, two smart birds are following Balloon’s adventure, and have a plan to reunite it with Mouse.
An epic journey for children to play along, with plenty to spot along the way.
This interactive novelty board book is filled with sliders and flaps to help little ones mimic the adult behaviours they see every day.
In It’s Time to… Grow It! the moving sliders and transformative flaps on every page allow toddlers to perform the tasks in the simple text – they sew the seeds, water plants and even mow the lawn!
