I must admit that when my agent told me that Orion Books had a text about a
9 year old giant, which they wanted me to illustrate, I was somewhat daunted. The idea of drawing a giant, did not appeal to me at all - big ugly lumpy - all the worst stereotypes popped into my head.

Could I do it? Did I want to do it?

Then Jon, our wonderful editor said; "well she's a child, draw a child, but make her as big as a tree!" Suddenly it all made sense and when I read Joe's brilliant stories, I knew that I was going to love translating Boobela from words to pictures.

The first picture of Boobela

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