Incredible illustrators share their creative secrets which you can try out at school and home. The show will give pupils lots of opportunities to hone their inference skills and gain a better understanding of how authors and illustrators make stories together.
Here is what you can look forward to:
• Learn how authors and illustrators work together to make picture books with Nathan Byron and Dapo Adeola, the brilliant minds behind Look Up!

• Spot visual clues that illustrators use and learn to make inferences about a story with an excericse created by CLPE for Look Up!

•Discover what inspires Frostheart creator Jamie Littler, from comics and anime to TV and film.

• Draw-along with The Christmasaurus illustrator Shane Devries, with an introduction from author Tom Fletcher on what inspired the Christmasaurus character.

• Watch Hey Grandude! illustrator Kathryn Durst as she paints a ginormous bookshop window and talks about creating stories with Sir Paul McCartney.

• Find out how Wimpy Kid author and illustrator Jeff Kinney uses cartooning techniques to give his characters emotions.

This show was created by Puffin Schools – find more teacher resources and ideas to bring stories to life on the website www.PuffinSchools.co.uk