I recently published my book 'Anton the Brave Viking'- an illustrated story of a little Viking boy who yearns to be tall. Here's how I gained my inspiration to put it together............
I have watched several childrens' television programmes with my granddchildren and recently whilst watching with little Ella, I realised how differently we see the world as a child. This may sound obvious, but is worth thinking about. Notice how much brighter the colours are in our childrens' favourite story. See how good prevails, magic is commonplace and anything can happen! Laughter comes easily, and rain or shine, the everyday world is fun. Problems are usually worked around and overcome.
Of course, we know that real life is often far from perfect, and sometimes bad things happen to good people, but if we can stop sometimes and look at the colours, believe in a bit of magic, and take time out to jump in a few puddles then maybe we will walk with a bit of a spring in our step!
Anton yearns to be tall but when he stops thinking about it and concentrates on helping others, he grows without noticing! Maybe we can all grow a bit by looking through the eyes of a child.
