Toppsta - Childrens Books – Reviews

Francis Martin is an author and illustrator, based in Liverpool. He studied for an MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. The text for Daddy Hairdo is Francis's first picture book text, and was inspired by a true story. Claire is an illustrator, writer and designer who lives and works in London. She has spent several years as a design director in the world of channel rebranding working for clients such as Nickelodeon, BBC Three, CBBC and BBC One. As a result of her broadcast experience Claire is very comfortable with narrative, pacing, storyboarding, movement, layout and composition. Claire has a tendency towards humour and bright, bold use of colour and she loves creating strong typographical layouts to help tell a story.