Front Cover of my new debut picture book, Lola and Grandpa. A beautiful story about a little girl and her adored grandpa. I loved creating the illustrations for this sensitively written story by Ashling Kwok and published by Little Pink Dog Books.
Lola and Grandpa Book Blog Tour at Just Write for Kids Australia (4-8 May 2020). To discover more about the book and its creators, click on these links:
Just Write for Kids Presents Lola and Grandpa
Lola and Grandpa Illustrator Interview
Lola and Grandpa Book Blog Tour Advert Book Trailer (Books on Tour PR & Marketing)
Lola and Grandpa Joint interview (author and illustrator)
Lola and Grandpa Book Review (Just Kids Lit)
Lola and Grandpa Educational Activities (Craft activity and Illustrator fun Activity sheets)
More Book Reviews: at thebyrdandthebookworms and readilearn and Just Kids Lit
Lola and Grandpa features on Goodreads - great ratings and reviews here
I’m also featured in Pass It On ezine Issue 742 (4/5/20) Take a look here at Meet the Illustrator.
More about my work on Lola and Grandpa (my first published picture book as illustrator) can be found at Buzz Words issue No. 324, 1 July 2020, in the ‘My First Book’ feature of this e-zine.
Another fabulous review of Lola and Grandpa. Book reviewer and interviewer, Author and Radio Presenter Brydie Wright has both written an insightful review and discussed the book on her wonderfully entertaining and informative radio program ‘By the Book’ (Radio Northern Beaches RNB 88.7 and 90.3 FM). You can read her review here and listen to the podcast here.
Lola and Grandpa
by Ashling Kwok and Yvonne Low
ISBN: 978-0-6486528-0-9
Hardcopy RRP: $24.95
Every Sunday Lola visits her Grandpa. They spend the day exploring the universe and teaching each other about the world. But then one day everything changes. Grandpa isn’t there anymore. Lola struggles to deal with the loss. But as time goes by Lola realises that her Grandpa will always be with her - in her heart and in the memories they made.
A beautiful and reassuring story of love, loss, and the value of memories.
Purchase Lola and Grandpa at Little Pink Dog Books and all good bookstores.
The Fastest Ship in Space
by Pamela Freeman
Christmas Press (Second Look Publishing)
ISBN: 9780994528063
Paperback RRP: $15.99
New edition of this exciting adventure novel for children 7-10 years.
For Katie, exploring the far reaches of the Solar System in her family spaceship is just ordinary life – but living on Earth, now THAT would be exciting! There seems no way she and her brother, Sam, will ever see Earth, until they accidentally end up on the fastest Ship in space, on its way to the Moon. But will they ever get there? Space Station security, smugglers, space pirates – not to mention their parents – all see ready to stop them. Katie and Sam aren’t going to be pushed around. Neither is their gran…
Cover and internal illustrations by Yvonne Low
Jack of Spades Front Cover illustration.
Jack of Spades
by Sophie Masson
Christmas Press (Eagle Books imprint)
ISBN: 9780994528001
Paperback (Age range: 10-14 years) RRP: $19.99
May 1910…
Linda’s father is missing in Paris, and her only clue is the Jack of Spades card that was sent to their home in London. In the family code, ‘Jack of Spades’ means danger. But it is not her father’s handwriting on the envelope!
Setting out to look for him, Linda is soon whirled into a frightening world where nothing is as it seems. Who are the people following her? What was her father really doing in Paris? Who can she really trust? As she works against time to try and solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance with the help of some new friends, Linda begins to realise that she has stumbled into a dark and dangerous conspiracy which threatens the future of the whole world…
A gripping, original thriller for older readers by award-winning author Sophie Masson.
With cover, chapter header and border design, and internal illustration by Yvonne Low
My original border design for the Jack of Spades Back Cover, hand-drawn then inked, and inspired by the Art Nouveau style in France.
A Christmas Menagerie
Edited and compiled by Beattie Alvarez
ISBN: 9780994528049
RRP $24.99
Paperback, 90 pages, illustrated in full colour
Published by Christmas Press
Release date: November 13, 2017
From the wombat who creates a beautiful tree to the pony who finds a new home, from a bear with a delicious recipe to Santa's unexpected helper and many more: meet the special animals who feature in these sparkling new stories for young readers, from both established and emerging authors, in a collection of entertaining illustrated tales for young readers, spiced with a touch of Christmas magic.
Edited by Beattie Alvarez, A Christmas Menagerie features original stories by popular authors Gabrielle Wang, Sherryl Clark, Michael Pryor, Janeen Brian and Sophie Masson, as well as several new and emerging writers, and is beautifully illustrated in full colour by Kathy Creamer, Fiona McDonald, Ingrid Kallick and Yvonne Low.