New book out!

Hi there! I have a new book just released.

365 Animal Stories and Rhymes, published by Parragon, is a BIG book filled with tons of fun animal stories.

© copyright Alicia Padrón 2011

© copyright Alicia Padrón 2011

Having so many stories to illustrate, 365 in fact, this was a very big project that was broken down between me and several artists.

© copyright Alicia Padrón 2011

© copyright Alicia Padrón 2011

I had to illustrate around 60 short stories myself, so it was a lot of work. But I had fun drawing so many different animals in such varied scenes!

© copyright Alicia Padrón 2011

© copyright Alicia Padrón 2011

Parragon allowed me to share some images, so I posted a few so you can take a little peek at my art. :o)

© copyright Alicia Padrón 2011

A new book

One of the books I worked on last year over the summer has been recently released in the UK! :)

Ladybird First Favourite Christmas Book published by Penguin/Ladybird is a sturdy, padded cover board book with fun christmas content for the little ones. You'll find christmas songs, carols and the story of christmas at the very end.

It features full page color illustrations. I had to work very big for this book and I wanted the kids to enjoy all the beauty and magic of christmas so I really pumped up my color. I wanted those pages to pop. I tried to leave little fun details for the kids to look at while singing the song or reading the story.

I'm still waiting for my copies to arrive. Can't wait to see them! It's one of my favorite things of being a children's illustrator, holding that big FedEx box in my hands and having my kids help open it! :)