Illustrations

Pumpkin-headed woman picking oranges with two children

Mermaid swimming with white seals among stars

Family car driving a country road, chalk swirls on the asphalt

Child in a red cape and gnome hat in a dark wood with a black cat

Ballerina waiting outside a door with a

Milo Meets Coco — girl with a yellow umbrella and a puppy in a box

Two elephants playing in a meadow

Snail resting on a mossy log among yellow flowers

Green dragon breathing fire at a small armoured cat

The Adventures of China book cover

Mermaid sitting on a rock greeting a small fish

Children sailing a pirate ship

Children in goggles swimming underwater among fish, coral and seaweed

Children building a sandcastle on a tiny island

Black and white character sketches of children

Round underwater scene with a mermaid, a manatee and an octopus

Black and white scene of a child in a hammock outside a house for sale

Children imagining a colourful tower in the clouds on moving day

Villagers parading toward a castle, calling for China the cat

Four small vignettes — astronaut, cyclist in Paris, vet, chemist

Children on park benches, one with a whistle around her neck

Busy playground scene with children of all abilities

Fox in a scarf pulling a sled through a snowy birch wood

Fox finding

Little Red nestled in a wreath of pine under a full moon

Little Red setting a trail of cookies as a trap

Little Red following the crunching sounds of her cookie trap

Little Red meeting a rabbit beneath an autumn tree

Black and white character studies of children

Black and white studies of cats and small animals

Elephant riding a pink scooter

Rabbits having a picnic on a green hillside

Woman cooking in a kitchen while a cat meows at the door

Child and grandmother gardening among sunflowers

Lone house on a dark hill under a stormy sky

Autumn churchyard with pumpkins and a bare tree

Ghostly figure beneath a great tree on a moonlit night