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"Laura Dockrill, a graduate of the Brit School of Performing Arts, is a performance poet, an author and an illustrator. At the age of twenty-two, she was named one of The Times’ ""Top Ten Literary Stars"". She is the author of the bestselling Darcy Burdock series, the first of which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year prize. Her adult book What Have I Done is an honest memoir about suffering post-natal mental illness. Her debut picture book, and first collaboration with Maria Karipidou, was Angry Cookie. Find her online at lauradockrill.co.uk and on Twitter and Instagram as @LauraDockrill. Lauren Child is an award-winning artist and writer. She is the creator of many much-loved characters, including Clarice Bean, Charlie and Lola, Hubert Horatio and Ruby Redfort. Lauren won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2000 for I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato, the first of her Charlie and Lola picture books. In 2010 she was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature, and was announced as the tenth Waterstones' Children's Laureate in 2017. Her books have sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Find her online at milkmonitor.me and on Instagram as @laurenchildthatsme."
Celebrated children’s book creators Lauren Child and Laura Dockrill have teamed up for Grey, which explores feelings through colours… A handsome hardback book with cut-out pages showcasing Child’s expressive drawing. * The Guardian * A beautiful, sensitively handled allegory of acceptance and understanding emotions from two picture book titans. * Waterstones.com * Beautifully created, including the use of clever cut-aways which add storytelling subtlety, the poetic words and evocative pictures of Grey give a powerful insight into how different feelings, including ones of sadness can be defined by colour and how they affect the way the world looks... Full of warmth and kindness this is a perfect book for sharing. * LoveReading 4 Kids, Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month *
