This Little Piggy Went Singing

At last my illustrations have been published in a brand new picture book and it's in the book shops now!.  This is a sequel to This Little Piggy Went Singing written by Margaret Wild.  The new book features the piggies getting ready for Christmas and excitedly enjoying the journey to the big day!

It is just the book to get you in the Christmas mood. The illustrations were great fun to do especially as they involved happy piglets in a festive spirit.  I love the sparkly glittery cover.

Thanks to Allen and Unwin, the publishers! 

Piggy Cover by Deborah Niland

Piggy shopping by Deborah Niland

Piggy playing flute by Deborah Niland

More Piggies

I've been hard at work illustrating a sequel to This Little Piggy Went Dancing!  The new picture book will be called This Little Piggy Went Singing and is again written by Margaret Wild. 

This time the piggies are preparing for Christmas and all the illustrations have a joyous happy vibe.  The book is planned for publication towards the end of this year.

Below is a sneak peek!

Looking for Santa

Baking gingerbread

Hanging Christmas stockings

This Little Piggy Went Dancing

 My new book has just been published and it's swarming with little pigs!

Teaming up with the fabulous Margaret Wild who wrote the words, I have let myself loose by creating an abundance of active piglets!

To get into a piggy mood, I'll be adding some fun activity pages in the coming week.

This book is published by Allen & Unwin and is available now.

Grandpa Baby

How exciting to see a copy of the Portuguese edition of a favourite book of mine, Grandpa Baby!
Here is the cover.

And the title page...

Written by Margaret Wild and illustrated by me, this Portuguese edition is published by Editora Fundamento, Brazil.

Update...

Great success for Freya Blackwood!  She has been presented with the Kate Greenaway Award for best illustrator in 2010.  Her stunning illustrations for the picture book Harry & Hopper written by Margaret Wild, were judged to be the winner in this year's event. Very well deserved and I'm looking forward to seeing so much more of Freya's talent in years to come.

Grandpas and grandchildren

I've been very fortunate to work with Margaret Wild on two picture books. One is called Chatterbox, first published in 2006, and the other is called Grandpa Baby published in 2009. These are some illustrations from the lovely Grandpa Baby, one of my favourite books. Grandpa has swapped roles with his grand-daughter for the day and I think he is really enjoying the role!  This book has recently been nominated for the 2010 Speech Pathology Australia Awards, and was a delightful story to illustrate.
For these illustrations I worked digitally, drawing and painting using Photoshop..

Congratulations!

Three cheers to Freya Blackwood for her well-deserved place on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2010.
Freya has illustrated Margaret Wild's beautiful story Harry & Hopper with great sensitivity and understated charm. This is evident in all her illustrated books.
My fingers are crossed for a Freya Blackwood win at the end of June 2010.
See more of Freya's work here.