We wrote this for the Guardian Children’s Books Family Review

This book aims to inspire children ‘to create favourite animals drawings & stories of their very own’ which is exactly what Bryn did.

This is a sumptuous book in which 14 picture book artists draw their favourite animals accompanied with some text. As soon as we finished reading the book Bryn was keen to draw one of his favourite animals, the Axolotl a fish that walks.

Bryn recognised a few of the illustrators from their pictures such as Lucy Cousins, Jon Klassen with the most recognisable being Eric Carle. His favourite however was a guest appearance from Bad Kitty in Nick Bruel’s illustrations.

I thought the book was a great showcase for some amazing picture book artists and we are looking forward to discovering their books. It also provided a simple activity for Bryn who found the it a great source of inspiration.