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Iʼve just started writing my own stories, and the first one, Very Special Friends has just been published! There are also some lovely new pop-ups for Caterpillar Books - Silly Sea and Busy Garden (what a CUTE caterpillar).

Pop-up books are always really fun to make. First of all, I draw lots of animals, and then I send them to a paper engineer called Martin who makes them POP! He sticks cardboard and paper together to make the animals, then I cut bits off and stick bits on, then he cuts more bits off and sticks bits on, and we carry on like that until weʼre both happy. Only then do I get to do the painting...I donʼt really know what it will look like until the printers have glued it all together again! It feels really magical.

Iʼm delighted that Chalk & Cheese are to feature in the exciting Team Cul de Sac book project, raising funds for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsonʼs research. The book, which includes contributions from Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes), Jim Davis (Garfield) and children's illustrator Mo Willems, is in honour of Richard Thompson, the cartoonist behind Cul de Sac, who is currently undergoing treatment for the disease.

On the picture book front, Monty and Milli - The Totally Amazing Magic Trick!, has just been published by Little Tiger Press. Itʼs a tale of mice, magic and good old fashioned sibling rivalry!

a bit about us

We met at Brighton whilst studying Graphic Design 2 (aka Illustration). We left in 1993 clutching our degrees ....and went on to get married, have a couple of kids, and collectively illustrate 140 books (at the last count).

Although we work separately on our own commissions, we constantly refer to each other for advice when we get stuck. For instance, Jane is definitely better at perspective and providing cake, whereas Tim knows how to work the scanner and type an invoice.

We share a studio in rural Dorset, UK near the Jurassic Coast, with sheep, cows, rabbits, pheasants and deer for neighbours.

Together we are Chapman & Warnes (a bit like Batman and Robin, but with less crime fighting and no capes)!

Find out more and get sneaky peeks at our current projects on our new Facebook page!

Here's a selection of companies that we've produced work for over the years. We have been published in over 20 countries, and in more than 18 different languages.