# icanroarlikeadinosaur rosscollins bookreview kidlit kidlitart heidimckinnon pbfest nadiasnook

A1-3 In picture books the illustrations add so much to the text in helping us to understand the shoes we’re now in. Facial expressions are key. But composition and tone set the scene.

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2021-06-11

A4) I’ve got two very exciting books with Giles coming up – I’m half way through one set in the forests and mountains of America- all about finding and following your creative urges. I can’t tell you what animal just yet!

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2021-06-04

A4
Here's a peek inside of that book too. It's out in August I believe.

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2021-04-09

A2 pt 8) After thumbnails, I moved to roughs (and fleshed out the drawings a bit). Here are a couple of examples alongside final artwork. My roughs are pretty rough!

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2021-03-05

A2pt2: I’ve got my debut author illustrated picture book - THE VANISHING LAKE publishing with on the 20th April, and my second one DODOS AREN’T EXTINCT coming in Spring 2022, which I’m super excited about! https://t.co/8BjQqkPZdx

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2021-01-08

Q1 pt8:

...I must admit at the time I wrote it I didn’t realise there WERE any REAL LIFE damsel dragon slayers, but it turns out there were! (Well, if you happen to believe in dragons that is...)

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2021-01-08

A1pt6: ...but all his advice is a little rusty. We eventually went with a younger knight who *thinks* he knows all there is to know about dragons, but really he’s just bought himself an oversized suit of armour, a map and is heading off on his first dragon expedition.

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2021-01-08

This character is one that T and I owe a lot to! Breaking rules and boundaries!

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2020-08-07

I loved finding the spider and the mouse in the Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer

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2020-07-28

Q2 a:Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins uses wordless spreads brilliantly.Rosie the chicken goes for a walk,a fox is visible to the reader but not to Rosie.The wordless spreads bring comedy to the story, allowing the reader to be ‘in on a joke’ that Rosie is not aware

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2020-07-29

Q1a: One more! I love ‘Same But Different, Too’ by and . The words are minimal, and Kate interprets them in such a beautiful and fun way, adding so much to the story!

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2020-07-29


Now feels like the perfect time for another list quest! This time, we want to hear about all of your favourite non-fiction!

Let's put together an AWESOME and VARIED list!

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2020-07-28

A few picture book recommendations on diversity and inclusion for

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2020-07-28

This was the 1st character sketch by the BRILLIANT that I saw for Gertie in The Littlest Yak...it was love at first sight!

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2020-07-28