Week 20 - David Roberts

We're in London for a third week and this time the book finds itself being doodled in by the great David Roberts.

David Roberts was born in Liverpool. He had many jobs including shelf stacker, egg fryer, hair washer, film extra and coffee-maker before finally realising his dream of becoming a children’s book illustrator when his first book ‘Frankie Stein’s Robot’ written by Roy Apps was published in 1998. This book was shortlisted for the 'Mother Goose Award' for emerging illustrators.

Since then he has illustrated works by some fantastic authors such as Philip Ardagh, Daren King, Julia Donaldson, Jacqueline Wilson, Tom Baker and Chris Priestley. David considers himself privileged and lucky to be doing a job he loves. His most recent works include ‘Jack and the Flum Flum Tree’ by Julia Donaldson, ‘The Dunderheads Behind Bars’ by Paul Fleischman and the classic book by Kenneth Grahame ‘The Wind in the Willows’.

David is also the creator of the ‘Dirty Bertie’ character about a little boy with bad habits such as picking his nose and trumping loudly!

David now lives in London. See David's images below of his studio and how he got on with his spread.

Thanks to David for a great week! To see more of David's great work check out his website. Now on to week 21, where the book will be making its way to the creaky cottage in Surrey to be with Sam McCullen. Until next week...