 'Hey, that's what I'll call you - Collywobble!' says Farmer Joe. When Farmer Joe's sheepdog, Bess, has seven pups, three are big and strong, three are good enough, but one's the most shivery, wobbly little scrap you're ever likely to see. Joe and Bess go to fetch the sheep down from the snowy mountain, but it's getting dark and they're still not back. Will Collywobble be brave enough to try and find them? Here's a wonderful thing... a book that I'm very proud to be a part of! It's Collywobble! And today- 14th February, is the release day! So hurry on down to your local bookstore and buy one... it's such a lovely story. Collywobble was written by the hugely talented Malachy Doyle. It was spring 2010 when the email popped into my inbox. It was from Viv Sayer- editor of Pont Books, Gomer. She was offering me the chance to illustrate a new picture book by Malachy Doyle. Malachy's story was so heart warming and Viv and Gomer are so nice to work with. I punched the air, whooped, then did a little jig of delight. I'd worked on a picture book for Gomer before and Malachy was the author of that one too. It was 'Granny Sarah and the Last Red Kite', the very first picture book I'd worked on alone... scary! Now, with a few more books under my belt, I approached the project with confidence as well as excitement. I love drawing dogs and I know and love the Welsh landscape. This was going to be fun.... and it was! Here's Malachy's website where you can see all the wonderful books he's had published. And here Malachy writes about his muse... Juno, in 'The Picture Book Den' The Genesis of a Picture Book by Malachy Doyle  The sheep marched right on into the farmyard, and suddenly Collywobble knew what to do.
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I've just received my copies of a new book that I illustrated for Templar Publishing. It was written by Meg and Catherine Pybus, a mother-daughter team. The book is designed to make little ones calm and hopefully fall asleep. It has a lovely audio CD too, guaranteed to make you ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz.  It's Snorey Time (January 2012) Written by Meg and Catherine Pybus Meet the Snoreys – Mummy, Daddy, Mop, Snuggle, Snuffle and Pignut. This family of dormice love to sleep, all except the youngest, Pignut. Instead, he goes on an adventure around the forest and discovers the dormouse-written 'Secret Book of Sleep'. Reading it, Pignut finally drops off. Underlying this delightful tale is a secret weapon for exhausted parents – the story is written using simple neurolinguistic techniques, designed to have a soporific effect on the listener. Also includes an audio version of the tale. ISBN 9781848775572 | hardback | £10.99 230 x 230mm  Find out what's inside the Secret Book of Sleep I had such fun working on the illustrations for this story. And Templar are a dream to work for. Big thanks to Mike Jolly! Here we have pignut trying to hang like his friend Batty. Although dormice are excellent climbers, little Pignut is rather sleepy and he falls down, down, down onto a pile of leaves. But there is someone under the the leaves, trying to sleep.   The end... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! |
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