Inventing sandals that she tied onto her feet when her shoes got too small.

And her hair! Obviously, like Boobela, it grows very fast, so she hacks off chunks at the front, so that she can see and ties up the rest with lengths of fabric, obviously left lying about by her Mum , when she was not away plant hunting, but instead at home making new clothes for Boobela.

All the clothes I made for Boobela, by colour copying fabrics and then gluing them down onto my drawings, inspired me to take things further. My colour copier wasn't too happy about me emptying the contents of my compost heap onto its pristine glass screen, but frankly it just had to get used to it.

What did Sam use to get this image? And where did she use it in the books?

I also use photographs when I think that they will work better than drawings.I think that it makes my pictures more interesting and exciting. I am now working on the third Boobela book and with another three in the pipe line, Joe and I are going to be very busy! Every new text provides a new challenge. A fire spitting volcano and woods
full of ghosts to name but two -- it's always exciting and I love doing it.

What did Sam use to make the volcano and smoke?

Why don't you try doing some pictures using a mixture of drawing painting
and collage? Have fun!