Just published

Here are some books that have recently hit the bookstores:

Nature Book – b small publishing: An exciting opportunity to work with the brilliantly talented Clare Beaton on a project that used a new paper collage technique she has been developing.

Nature Book written and illustrated by Clare Beaton

Nature Book • written and illustrated by Clare Beaton • bsmall publishing

Nature Book • written and illustrated by Clare Beaton • bsmall publishing

Ivy Kids Shine-a-Light Series: The unique design of the book allows children to discover a “hidden” image in the black-and-white page on the reverse by holding the right-hand page up to a bright light.

Shine-a-Light: Wonders of the USA • Written by Carron Brown, illustrated by Bee Johnson • Ivy Kids

Shine-a-Light: Wonders of the USA • Written by Carron Brown, illustrated by Bee Johnson • Ivy Kids

Shine-a-Light: Secrets of Our Earth • Written by Carron Brown, illustrated by Wesley Robins • Ivy Kids

Shine-a-Light: Secrets of Our Earth • Written by Carron Brown, illustrated by Wesley Robins • Ivy Kids

Grasshopper Island, Grasshopper Productions. http://www.grasshopper.co.uk A lovely book to work on – reviving a classic from the 1970s based on the TV series with Frank Muir, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Patricia Hayes and Julian Orchard. The original illustrator – Carol Lawson – produced a wonderful new cover and we managed to scan the lovely line illustrations from an original edition of the book. As this was effectively a self-published project, we were lucky to be supported along the way by the self-publishing team at Clays, the printers – who did a great job.

Grasshopper Island • written by Joy Whitby, illustrated by Carol Lawson • Grasshopper Productions

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Grasshopper Island • written by Joy Whitby, illustrated by Carol Lawson • Grasshopper Productions

l to r: Tim Whitby, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Joy Whitby at the book launch at Daunt Books, Holland Park. Photo by Martin Dixon

Andrea Reece (publicist), me and Emlyn helping out at the bar for the Grasshopper Island launch at Daunt Books, Holland Park.

Ultra Distance Cycling, Bloomsbury Sport. I love a really meaty longer book – 272pp – as opposed to the 32-pagers that most children’s picture books are. I designed the internals of these – lots of subheads and tables – luvverly!