An illustrated poster features a large cartoon giraffe with a long neck and big eyes, surrounded by smaller cartoon characters including a yellow lion, a purple monster, and a creature with a thunderstorm symbol, along with children's books titled "What’s That Noise?", "Crabby Crabby", "The Day the Crab Got Crabby", and "This is Jeff".

A lifetime of love, honest!

Despite evidence to the contrary (see the regularly rolled out evidence by my family, right) I have always adored books, and particularly children’s books. I read Watership Down independently before I even started primary school (that may also explain the rabbit obsession) and have barely stopped since. I still buy children’s books now, just for me, to study their illustrations, humour, and clever layouts.

For a long time, I’ve been harbouring a not-so-secret desire to see my illustrations on the bookshelf amongst my illus-idols Jon Klassen, Oliver Jeffers, Rachel Ignotofsky, Sandra Dieckmann, and the mighty duo and creators of ‘Bunnies on the Bus’ Philip Ardagh & Ben Mantel. If you haven’t yet read Dick the Delightful Duck by Kaye Umansky and Ben Mantle, what are you even doing with your life? Absolute genius.

I already have multiple books released for which I’m the illustrator AND my first solo book that I have both authored and illustrated will be out in 2024. I also create associated resources and activity books.

Check out some samples of the books and more information about my specialisms below ⬇️

A crib with stuffed animals and toys inside, on a patterned carpet, with shredded paper on the floor.

Photo of an insomniac angel (me!) now sleeping peacefully amongst the tiny shreds of my sister’s fave book, posted out through my cot bars in the night

Book cover titled 'Ellie the Crocodile goes to gymnastics' by Emily Bardwell, illustrated by Helen Hill, featuring cartoon animals including a crocodile, tiger, pig, and frog.
Open children's book titled 'Ellie the Crocodile goes to gymnastics' featuring colorful illustrations of animals, with a story about Ellie, a crocodile, planning to go to the park in the rain, but deciding to go to gymnastics instead.
Children's storybook pages with illustrations of a green dinosaur performing activities and colorful text describing her actions and feelings.
A children's book titled 'What's that Noise?' featuring illustrations of animals and a frightened boy in bed, with pages describing animals making noise.
Digital illustration of a red-haired girl with pigtails, dressed in purple, creating colorful fireworks in the dark night sky, with a serious expression.
Illustration of a purple creature named Jeff with big teeth, angry eyes, slobby arms, and a greedy belly, standing on a slime trail with heavy stomping feet, surrounded by purple slime and rain, with the title 'This is Jeff' on the cover of a childre
Various children's activity books about protecting the environment, featuring colorful illustrations of ocean life, trash, and sea creatures, with the titles 'The day the crab got crabby,' 'Let's make a sea that's plastic free!,' and 'happy crab.'
Book cover titled 'The day the crab got crabby' with animated illustrations of a crab, a seaweed character, and a yellow fish, set against a seascape background with seagulls and floating trash.
Illustration of underwater scene with cartoon crabs, sea anemone, colorful coral, and various fish. The scene features playful and humorous text discussing sea life.
Cover of a children's storybook titled 'The day the crab got crabby', with colorful ocean-themed illustrations on the cover and inside pages, including a crab, fish, seabed plants, and bubbles.
An activity book titled 'Let's make a sea that's plastic free!' with colorful underwater scene on the cover, featuring a happy cartoon crab holding a plastic bottle. Inside, there is an interactive game with a sea creature character, a scavenger hunt
Illustration of a girl on a swing hanging from a large maple tree with colorful autumn leaves. The background shows a grassy field and a blue sky. The text mentions feeling angry and shaking branches to make them disappear.

Prices start at £1200 for a 32-page picture book.

Including:

  • Styling research & moodboards, initial sketches and concept development

  • Final digital development

  • Two rounds of amends

  • 3D mock-ups


Contact me with details of your project for a final quote, or for board book or chapter book pricing.

Particularly interested in projects covering:

  • Nature & the environment

  • Helping children to deal with big topics: Health & wellbeing, grief, friendships, dealing with emotions, etc

  • Travel & culture

If you have a book for children or adults that you need illustrated with my bold, colourful style and added wit (though this can be optional, if it must 😆) and want to have a chat about it send me a message on the contact form.