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Becky Colvin is an illustrator and author. She loves to tell stories and capture the quiet moments in life – and maybe some of the not-so-quiet if she’s feeling crazy. She works in a range of media, often merging analogue and digital techniques, but watercolour and gouache are her jam. Some pencils too. She bagged her degree in illustration at UWE Bristol, won the Macmillan Prize for Illustration 2023 and got runner-up in the Batsford Prize in the children’s illustration category. Becky’s main personality trait is drawing so it won’t surprise you to know that that’s what she spends most of her time doing. She also knows a freaky amount about clouds and is wildly mediocre at juggling.
The Great Green Island (2025)
Shortlisted for Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Illustrated Books 2026
Meet adventurous Ali, a nature-loving girl with a mystery to solve on an island that is much more than it seems. Because this small island holds a big secret. A magical secret in the shape of a Great Green Crocodile . . .
Ali lives with her Dad on a beautiful island with a busy fishing village. So busy in fact that, no matter how hard she tries, Ali can never persuade anyone to stop what they are doing and come exploring with her. That is until the morning everyone wakes to find ALL the fish have disappeared. Every. Last. One.
Who – or what – could have taken them?
The Great Green Island weaves mystery and adventure with the wonders of nature, reminding us all to stop and experience the world around us – and to do it together! Inspiring and imaginative, this is a tale that will make you see magic.
