published

Earth Matters : Loving our planet

Written by Carol Wilkinson and illustrated by me (Hilary Cresp), Published in 2021 by Wild Dog Books

A non-fiction book designed to explain and encourage climate science with effective and reasonable action children and their families can take.

I wrote about making this book in the first year of the pandemic, PART 1 is here, and PART 2 is here.

further examples

To show the way my drawings can be used and the way I can work on a number of types of books I created Platypus Books.

The logo is a placeholder and allows me too fully represent my work in a way a publisher might recognise and *wink* you can contact me here if you’re interested in working with me.

middle grade fiction

Mermaid Treasures

Middle grade/early chapter book, fully colour cover with black and white internals.
Fonts: Heading and page numbers, Providence Sans; Body text, MVB Grenadine

Dragon’s Wood

Middle grade/early chapter book, fully colour cover with black and white internals.
Fonts: Heading and page numbers, Lust; Body text, Menco (Medium)

covers

As an extension, below are examples of building book covers from some older images. Maybe you have an author to match me with?

Picture books

Middle grade

Remember

Publishers & published authors can contact me here if you’re interested in working with me, and if you’ve written a book and think you’d like me to illustrate it read this first, it helps explain illustration and what to expect.