takes her to some of London’s most iconic shops including Harvey Nichols and Fortnum and Mason. This beautifully illustrated book introduces young readers to the capital’s shopping landmarks and is replete with drawings of imaginative millinery creations.   

Shimmy shaking their way onto the dancefloor, the skilled dancers at the sparkling launch of fashion model Agatha Relota's book, 'Carla and Leo's World of Dance', certainly brought the pages to multi-coloured life. Having been a dancer before a

 How would do explain Miffy’s enduring appeal? I think it is Miffy’s simplicity which seems to appeal to children and adults – and that has never changed over all the years I have been publishing books about Miffy. I spend a long time making my

 Orla’s first foray into the world of children’s picture books. And as you can imagine, it makes for a very stylish affair indeed. The first two books, Numbers and Colours, were published by Egmont last year; two more, Shapes and Creatures, will follow

and that colour seems to fit with that era. I really love the Eloise books, which all have a limited colour palette so perhaps they influenced me as well. What are your influences? I am influenced by a lot of things. I love people-watching and eavesdropping

inspiration from all those old-fashioned books when colours were necessarily more limited.What are your favourite children’s books?I loved Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman, which doesn’t have any words either. And I also loved Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins. People

’s illustrative style is gentle and almost old-fashioned, but it’s the narrative, where the native New Zealander uses the richest language (“cacophony”, “caterwaul” and “howdedoo” are prime examples) that makes her many follow-up books featuring animals