I have a confession to make; I do sometimes judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, I can’t resist a book with stunning artwork. Great Minds is one such book, and it’s as eye-catching on the inside as it is on the outside. Indeed, André Ducci‘s graphic novel style fills every page with…
The King of Kazam is a fantastic picture book, with brilliant rhyming text and wonderful illustrations. Jen and Cassandra – how did the project first come about? Thank you! We met at a Bake Off street party and we bonded over values and a…
Pip and Parker are the best of friends. Pip gets sad when the leaves fall off the trees and her milk goes pink when a strawberry lands in it but Parker knows just what to do to help her smile again. Sometimes your friends know exactly what to say when you’re having a bad…
It’s My Book Corner’s stop on the Call The Puffins! blog tour today and, as well as our review, we have a brilliant behind-the-scenes guest post by Ella Okstad to share with you. Check out her early cover designs and learn what worked, what didn’t work, and why! Muffin the puffin is so excited to…
Morag Hood is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator from Edinburgh. Her colourful and humorous books have been translated into several languages and distributed by Scottish Book Trust to thousands of pupils in Scotland. She loves playing with the relationship between text and image to create unexpected and funny results. Words about…
Dawn Treacher is a children’s book author, illustrator and plush artist based in North Yorkshire. She has a love for anything whimsical and ten years ago began creating creatures in socks under the name, Treacher Creatures. Over the years she’s embraced all manner of materials to make creatures and has specialised in re-creating children’s book characters for…
MBC’s roving reviewer, the lovely Sarah Broadley, has been finding out how author and illustrator duo Ross MacKay and Catherine Lindow worked together to create their recently published picture book Daddy’s Bad (bed) Day. Many family units have someone with mental health struggles. ‘Daddy’s Bad (Bed) Day’…
Aaron Cushley is an illustrator from Belfast. His work originates from a mixture of my his curiosities, and from the world around him. No wonder one of his publications this year was none other than – How Does Chocolate Taste on Everest? With a thoroughly enjoyable and immersive narrative from Leisa Stewart-Sharpe, this is set…
Sophie’s Stories from Devon Holzwarth, is a bedtime book filled with imagination. Every time Sophie opens a book, it transports her to a magical storybook land. One story sweeps her away on a flying carpet. Another whisks her to Wonderland, with white rabbits and talking mushrooms. Brimming with gorgeous images of classic characters, we asked…
Frog Vs Toad is the brilliant new picture book from Ben Mantle. It’s full of wonderful energy and so much humour – an absolute delight to read. Frog and toad accidently catch the SAME fly, with their respective tongues. When the fly accidentally calls them both frogs… well the bickering starts. The brilliant, fast-paced dialogue…
Stephen Collins is the illustrator of the fabulous, The Dinosaur Awards, written by Barbara Taylor. It’s a fantastic, must-have tome for ALL dino fans – filled with unusual facts presented in the most glorious way. So. Indeed. OF COURSE. I asked the talented illustrator, Stephen Collins, to step into MyBookCorner and share his creative process…
Publishing in April 2021 and ideal for early readers, THE TINDIMS AND THE TEN GREEN BOTTLES continues the whimsical adventures of The Tindims of Rubbish Island, written by Sally Gardner and illustrated by Lydia Corry, the series features an entertaining cast of miniature characters and expert recyclers, who live by the motto, ‘What is rubbish…
Illustrating A Natural History of Fairies was a dream come true! It was a book I would have wanted as a child: a sort of encyclopedia of a hidden world, with lots of florals, fantasy, and a sense of new discovery on every page. Emily Hawkins, the author, created a world that was easy to…
When my brilliant agent, Freddie at the Bright agency, dropped me an email saying, wait for it … ‘I’ve just had such WONDERFUL news for you – Penguin Random House (PRH) absolutely love your style of artwork and are interested in you for a new picture book project!’ I was ecstatic! It was like all…
The Wonder Tree is the first book I’ve illustrated and the first book of mine to be released, and it’s incredibly exciting to see it out in the world. Since illustrating The Wonder Tree, and further books, I’ve realised that I’ve brought with me my filmmaker mindset to publishing. Summer 2019, when I went freelance,…
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