Astro Girl has just won an award- The STEAM Children’s Book Prize- a science award. While I have been fairly consistent through the years I haven’t won many awards. That isn’t my aim, so perhaps that’s why. It always seemed way too obscure, and hard work, to come up with an award-winning idea. Just seeing…… Continue reading She’s a Winner
Category: kids
The age of the Afronaut
Afronaut is a new publishing project from company Alanna Max, featuring books about and for African children, the Afronauts. Many have yet to see themselves in a book, despite the millions of folktales and stories from each culture on the continent. It’s been a dream of mine to play back all the wonderful ‘nganos’, or stories from my…… Continue reading The age of the Afronaut
From Idea to Book #5
Sometimes writers and illustrators question their ability. That’s normal and keeps us pushing for excellence. However, they shouldn’t question their saleability. That is for someone else to do, so let it go. There are people who know as much about selling as you do about creating, so you are in safe hands… Teamwork is what…… Continue reading From Idea to Book #5
Chicken Newspaper for Children
Chicken Newspaper for Children is five years old! Every issue is sharper and introduces the world to children from 5-12 years of age in the coolest way we know. We work with many creators and professionals who have something to say or explain and we are always hungry for more knowledge. So if you have…… Continue reading Chicken Newspaper for Children
Chicken Newspaper, The Food Edition
It’s taken a while to learn how to build a digital publication, longer than I thought, but it’s finally done. It will be available throughout January on the iBookstore, Amazon and on Issuu. If you don’t know, Chicken Newspaper is a unique way to bring current affairs into the primary school classroom because it’s written and…… Continue reading Chicken Newspaper, The Food Edition
Animals? Me?
I’m not known for painting animals, it has to be said. It took a long time to accept that I could draw and paint animals that look like humans , mainly because I got hung up on the word that describes this process; Anthropomorphism. Or, perhaps I couldn’t let myself enjoy considering the possibility. The work I…… Continue reading Animals? Me?
The Illustrationist 