This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally). Your words, like your reviews, bring books to life and give them a voice before the front cover is even turned. It was such a pleasure to meet you both, and I really appreciated how smoothly and professionally you ran everything. Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc. Can you talk us through how you went about making this choice and whether you experimented with other colour concepts first?

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.

I always enjoyed drawing people in cafes and markets, but it’s something that I don't always find the time to do, so this module forced me to do it non-stop and reminded me of the importance of it. It’s a very intense three months where the only thing to do is to draw from life, draw, draw and draw. 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?

Preoccupied by their own concerns, they deal with the practical inconveniences of rising water in humorous and inventive ways until finally they listen to the one voice urging action, and work together on a solution. I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly!They would also only drop off a case of books and leave us to run it – it was so lovely to have you on hand to chat to the children and recommend them books, as well as the small (but appreciated! The drawings and diversity of the animal kingdom will keep younger minds guessing and pointing out different characters on each reading. 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. But as in this story if we leave it too late, the “clean up” will take longer and the consequences may be with us for far longer than necessary.