After 30 years of creating books, the author reflects on the significance of dreams and introduces the latest addition to a series about global topics for young children, “Aqua Boy”.
Category: publishing
Looking back, moving forward
Astro Girl (US) (UK), Eco Girl (US) (UK)and Aqua Boy are available at all cool bookstores. My thanks to the UK Publishers, Otter Barry Books, US publishers Candlewick, two amazing teams of people.
Why Eco Girl?
Eco Girl is the second in a set of books that deal with sustainability and equality and try to encourage children to see themselves and their friends as equals.
Eco Girl is here!
I created a portfolio page for Eco Girl, which was published in October 2022. It contains an outline of the book project, some sketches and some finished art. It was a really intense and enjoyable project to work on. Lets hope it is a successful book too!
Stars With Flaming Tales
The first poetry book I’ve had a the good fortune to be involved with is on the #CLiPPA2022 shortlist. So pleased! Wonderful poems by Valerie Bloom and a mountain of belief from Otter Barry Books. It’s also one of the few older children’s books I’ve illustrated, in black and white, all finished digitally on a…… Continue reading Stars With Flaming Tales
Astro Girl: Helen Sharman
Helen Sharman is a British chemist and astronaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman travel to space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1991. She travelled on a Soyuz spacecraft and spend eight days orbiting the Earth, living and…… Continue reading Astro Girl: Helen Sharman
