I have decided to do a news entry to help promote a new author who I illustrate for regularly. Catherine Collins is a new children's author, who, currently unpublished is working on getting noticed. One of the ways she has done this is by setting up a website. On the website (which I will provide the link to in a moment) there are a range of stories that have been written by Catherine, and, currently they are all available to read for free by opening them in the PDF files on the website!

The stories range from 3-14 years old, with stories for everyone to enjoy. They are full of fantasy, comedy and adventure, there are definitely some characters that your children are sure to love from Benson the bubble-blowing dragon, dancing dinosaurs, Wanda Witch and William Baldwin with his magic travelling machine! Some of the stories are fully illustrated, some are just nice short stories and there is also a novel which is being uploaded in chapters.  I have done the majority of illustrations, but there is also another who also illustrates too. If you want to get your hands on some hard copies or your child/children would prefer it, you may contact the author via the contact section on the website and she will be sure to reply and provide you with any information you may need.

[link] will take you to the homepage, from there you can follow the options on the left to individual books. For books such as The Dragon Wolf, which is an interactive drawing book, the author would love you to send pictures that your children have done. Catherine would also greatly appreciate feedback via the guestbook section, or you can send her private feedback in the contact.

Below are some of my illustrations along with a couple of the book links to help you get started! I really hope you and your children have great fun reading these books, and please recommend them to other parents, nurseries and schools.

Dragons Realm-Fantasy Novel, 8-14yrs
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Rambo's Rescue-Short Story- 5-8yrs
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Dinosaur Dance-Illustrated Story Book-2+ yrs
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Remember the home page is: www.puddlins.co.uk

Thanks for reading!