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Willow the Wonderer's adorable creatures are now available as Giclée Prints
The adorable creatures from Willow the Wonderer are now available in watercolour Willow the Wonderer is amongst the most beautifully illustrated picture books of our time. And judging by our customer reviews , our readers agree! For all the art aficionados out there we have some great news: The wonderful creatures adorning our Willow the Wonderer picture books are now available as watercolor Giclée prints . Giclée prints are also known as fine art prints, these are the close

Reeta Dhar
Sep 23, 20243 min read


How to create beautiful illustrations - for picture books and much more
Willow the Wonderer, a story about a child's innocent search for happiness, had been incubating in my head for well over two decades. I would think about it mostly when I was looking up at clouds, forms would appear in them and then disappear as the wind reformed the shapes. I wanted to create a picture book that would not only look good and engage children but would incorporate this idea. What was most important to me, however, was that the book plant a seed of wisdom in a

Darren Pryce
Jun 22, 20215 min read


The craft of writing 'wise as' picture books : Five essential ingredients
When Darren and I started working on our first picture book, Willow the Wonderer , we did not have any aspirations to start our own publishing company ... Our 'COVID project' had begun simply with a shared desire to 'create stories we wish we'd grown up with'. What sort of stories? 'Beautiful stories that plant a seed of wisdom.' As we near the launch of our debut picture book, we share a retrospective on the five ingredients that make for great 'wise as' stories. 1. Wisdom f

Reeta Dhar
May 18, 202110 min read
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“Light a campfire and everyone's a storyteller"
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