Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
Incredible illustrators share their creative secrets which you can try out at school and home. The show will give pupils lots of opportunities to hone their inference skills and gain a better understanding of how authors and illustrators make stories together.
Here is what you can look forward to:
• Learn how authors and illustrators work together to make picture books with Nathan Byron and Dapo Adeola, the brilliant minds behind Look Up!
• Spot visual clues that illustrators use and learn to make inferences about a story with an excericse created by CLPE for Look Up!
•Discover what inspires Frostheart creator Jamie Littler, from comics and anime to TV and film.
• Draw-along with The Christmasaurus illustrator Shane Devries, with an introduction from author Tom Fletcher on what inspired the Christmasaurus character.
• Watch Hey Grandude! illustrator Kathryn Durst as she paints a ginormous bookshop window and talks about creating stories with Sir Paul McCartney.
• Find out how Wimpy Kid author and illustrator Jeff Kinney uses cartooning techniques to give his characters emotions.
This show was created by Puffin Schools – find more teacher resources and ideas to bring stories to life on the website PuffinSchools.co.uk
Incredible illustrators share their creative secrets which you can try out at school and home. The show will give pupils lots of opportunities to hone their inference skills and gain a better understanding of how authors and illustrators make stories together.
Here is what you can look forward to:
• Learn how authors and illustrators work together to make picture books with Nathan Byron and Dapo Adeola, the brilliant minds behind Look Up!
• Spot visual clues that illustrators use and learn to make inferences about a story with an excericse created by CLPE for Look Up!
•Discover what inspires Frostheart creator Jamie Littler, from comics and anime to TV and film.
• Draw-along with The Christmasaurus illustrator Shane Devries, with an introduction from author Tom Fletcher on what inspired the Christmasaurus character.
• Watch Hey Grandude! illustrator Kathryn Durst as she paints a ginormous bookshop window and talks about creating stories with Sir Paul McCartney.
• Find out how Wimpy Kid author and illustrator Jeff Kinney uses cartooning techniques to give his characters emotions.
This show was created by Puffin Schools – find more teacher resources and ideas to bring stories to life on the website PuffinSchools.co.uk
