Childrens illustrators' doodles: watch them in action!

Want to experience the magic of illustration in motion? Then watch these six-second videos of top childrens illustrators drawing. From Axel Scheffler to Debi Gliori, watch the finest British illustrators doodling beautifully for us

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You may or may not know this, but Edinburgh holds a really big book festival in the summer. Big names of literature (for all ages) visit, talk and debate this year we saw authors including George RR Martin, creator of the Game of Thrones saga! But in the middle of all the bookish frenzy there is an amazing programme for children and young adults. So our team didnt doubt for one second before chasing lots of kids books illustrators to make little drawings for us you might have caught them on Twitter. Did you enjoy the doodles? Did you not get a chance to catch them? Either way, here they all are in one place!

We started by asking Ed Vere, creator of the gorilla hero and jazz legend Mr Big (here he is explaining how to draw him). His latest book is the delightful Max the Brave, which is the character he doodled. Guess who was hungry!

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