The Mouse Who Reached the Sky!

Summer holiday is over, at least for me. I had a great time traveling and visiting lots and lots of galleries and museums.Here I am in one of them – The Eric Carl Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts. I’m trying on the wings of the butterfly. Guess from which book is it from!

I’m now back in my studio. When I got home a parcel was waiting for me. Inside were the copies of my new book The Mouse Who Reached the Sky!

I’m packing for Edinburgh Literature Festival. Edinburgh is one of my favourite cities and The Edinburgh Festival is one of my favourite festivals. I’m going to talk and also do a workshop about Little Mouse who reached the sky.

As I was getting ready I found some of the earliest sketches for the book.This is a sketch for the cover.

Here I was trying to choose the most suitable mouse for the picture. 

 

Illustrating this page from the book was fun!

This is the final artwork from the book.

We already have a paperback cover ready.The paperback is made from thinner paper, so it can’t have the cut out in the front and the cover is a bit different.

I can’t wait to read the book to children and find out if they like it.

Since I was home I also finished two pictures for the book with Nicola Davies – My First Book of Animals.

Here is a polar bear with cubs

and an emperor penguin looking after an egg.

Painting snow in the summer is rather refreshing.