The drawings and diversity of the animal kingdom will keep younger minds guessing and pointing out different characters on each reading.

I think those years have been like training for me as an illustrator and doing the Masters in Children’s Book Illustration helped me to push to a different level that is more personal than when I was completing briefs for others. The development images for Flooded (her first published picture book as an author / illustrator) were the new talent overall winner at the World Illustration Awards 2020. Flooded is a visually stunning book with a powerful story about learning to face up to problems before they grow too big.It's a very light touch story that could be enjoyed as it is, but which could also lead to discussions about more serious topics. If you like to analyse stories and ask questions and think about why the author or illustrator made certain choices, there's lots here to discuss. At first they adjust by wearing wellies and splashing in puddles until the water rises beyond ankle deep. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. It’s a very intense three months where the only thing to do is to draw from life, draw, draw and draw.

This really influenced my practice, the way I draw, visual language and improved my skills, as I truly believe the more you practise the better you get (it’s all about muscle memory! No one minds at first as it was just a little bit of water, but as the city carries on with its usual rhythm, the smaller animals start to realise that it is all becoming a rather big problem. I was at my last school for 4 years and we had ********* book fairs every term – and every term, I was disappointed by the narrow range of books.Flooded is a fun story illustrating how small problems can grow into bigger problems if we don’t give them enough attention. I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic!

I really enjoy working in traditional printing processes, especially lithography, so this was just an experiment which ended up inspiring the start of the story.You can see it as an allegory for climate change but the attitudes and responses would fit with how to face and deal with any large problem that seems difficult to solve. Your words, like your reviews, bring books to life and give them a voice before the front cover is even turned. Flooded by Mariajo Ilustrajo is one of the five books on the shortlist for the 2023 Klaus Flugge Prize. Yesterday a parent came over to tell me how impressed she was by the book fair and that you did a fabulous job of selling the books to the children first. Can you talk us through how you went about making this choice and whether you experimented with other colour concepts first?

By simplifying the colour palette and just adding two colours to draw the attention to the water as the main focus of the book and the yellow tail of the tamarin monkey who conducts the story and being the one who knew how to fix the problem from the beginning. When sharing this book with my class, it really made them think and predict about how the animal’s problem could be solved. What are your thoughts on art as a way of expressing and sharing these stories with young readers and is there a spread that you felt captured this plight powerfully? Can you share with us some of these early sketches and talk to us about some of the ideas that remained in the final piece and some that did not quite make it.I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! So the story is a pretty simple one - "One morning the city woke up to find everything was a little WET. Can I be cheeky and ask for a tour of your workspace - it was great to get a snippet from your video. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. Could you tell us a little about current and future projects and what we can look forward to reading from you in the future.