Tag: book

Tiger One Page Book


[a_gallery] Months later, here is an example of a finished product. A finished One Page Book. We are aiming to produce six books per class per year for a primary or junior school. That’s a total of 36 OPBs in a full set. It will take time so we are concentrating on press-school to year…… Continue reading Tiger One Page Book

We like cowboys- sketches


I worked up some sketches and colour test pictures and am quite happy with the results. I normally do things in waves  (if I have the time), preferring to let things sit for a few days before deciding if they work or not. Here are the two main characters from the story. It was a…… Continue reading We like cowboys- sketches

Splash Joshua Splash


Splash Joshua Splash by Malachy Doyle and Ken Wilson-Max Joshua and his grandmother spend a day experiencing H2O in its many forms. The delighted boy feeds ducks on the river, runs through puddles, plays at a drinking fountain, swims in a pool, and snuggles up for a rainy “cosy, dozy” bus ride home. The child…… Continue reading Splash Joshua Splash

Booklist Review: The Little Plant Doctor


Booklist review The Little Plant Doctor: A Story about George Washington Carver. Marzollo, Jean (Author) , Wilson-Max, Ken (Illustrator) Apr 2011. 32 p. Holiday, hardcover, $16.95. (9780823423255). 630.92. Told from the viewpoint of a talking tree on the plantation where George Washington Carver spent his young childhood, this handsome picture-book biography tells how the famous African American…… Continue reading Booklist Review: The Little Plant Doctor

The joys of parenting


In Baby Ruby Bawled, published by Tamarind books in the UK, baby Ruby will not stop crying. All the grown ups try every remedy they can think of with no success. It is left to her slightly older brother to come to the rescue. The task, as I saw it, was to try to convey…… Continue reading The joys of parenting