A Beautiful Day Like Any Other is shortlisted in 2019 Batsford Prize Children's Illustration, 2019 3x3 International Illustration Show and 2019 FAB Prize Illustration category.
A Beautiful Day Like Any Other is a picture book depicting a child finding her garden a living world of imagination to help her cope with uncertainty. Through the little girl's journey, the picture book invites readers to see beautiful in the imperfect and uncertain in life - as a child, an adult, any role they might be, or simply a human being.
The artworks are made by watercolour, colour pencil and pastel.
“You come across a ladybird,
And then birds, flowers and many things you have never met before.
They generously invite you to look closer.”
And then birds, flowers and many things you have never met before.
They generously invite you to look closer.”
- A Beautiful Day Like Any Other