My Mini Meals

Ali is a local illustrator, early childhood teacher and author. Her passion for children’s books has taken her to faraway places, including London and Italy, where she studied children’s book illustration. Closer to home, Ali loves spending time with her two children, walking, reading, playing in a band, and creating books in her somewhat messy studio. She cannot imagine a world without picture books and feels very lucky to have created many of them with Little Book Press.

Fiona’s interest in paper began while she was studying a Bachelor of Arts at Uni SA 1989-1992. Majoring in textiles allowed her to explore the many ways in which paper can be made, used and manipulated. This fascination has continued and developed into making picture books. Starting with black and white paper cutouts for My First Shapes has allowed her to open a new way of illustrating she had not explored before. By cutting layering and collaging and adding colour and pattern the possibilities are endless.