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Biography
Gwen is a Welsh author and illustrator renowned for her vibrant, imaginative contributions to children’s literature. A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, she has illustrated over 50 books for children and authored four of her own. In 2023, her illustrations for One Tiny Dot earned her a shortlist spot for the prestigious AOI World Illustration Awards. Gwen was also selected for a second time to showcase her work at the 2024 Illustrators Exhibition in Bologna. Now based in Bristol, U.K, she continues to write and illustrate captivating stories for children from her studio based in Centrespace, one of the cities oldest artists cooperatives.
Kerfuffle Bird (Oxford University Press)
The Hushlings are always quiet and polite, and that’s the way they like it. Except for Maeve who longs to let some of her Big Feelings out!
When the noisy Kerfuffle Bird arrives, Maeve is overjoyed to have someone to whoop and shriek with. But when Kerfuffle Bird’s squawking and flapping, warbling and wild jigs become too much for the Hushlings, they discover the importance of expressing their feelings. Can they find a way for Maeve and Kerfuffle Bird to live in harmony with the community in Hushville?
A joyful and fun-filled story about self-expression from bestselling author and illustrator duo, Helen Docherty and Gwen Millward!
Publications
Selected Publications
Learn the funny and fascinating story of Charles Darwin and the groundbreaking discoveries that resulted from his love of the humble worm in this hilarious, illustrated children’s book.
Charles Darwin is widely known for his Origin of Species book, yet Darwin had another great love, and that was for worms.
Told for the first time for children, this is the silly and fascinating true story of how Charles Darwin came to discover that the humble earthworm is the most important species on our planet.
Darwin suspected worms were special but his scientist friends laughed at him. In a quest to find out the worms’ special talent, Darwin played the bassoon to the worms to see if they could hear, laid out a picnic treasure hunt for them to see how well they could smell, among many other bizarre but entirely true experiments.
But so far Darwin didn’t find anything extra special about worms. Until, one day he realised that worms do have a superpower. They POO! Without their life-sustaining, nutrient-rich poo, there would be no plants and no animals on earth.
Darwin’s 40 years studying worms is still essential to our understanding of worms today, and ever since, scientists have taken him VERY seriously, and never again laughed at his love of worms.
The story of Darwin and the worms not only centres around the perennially brilliant subject of poo, it:
- Teaches children about a key historic figure, the food cycle and deductive scientific thinking.
- Is also a heartwarming story of the triumph of a zany underdog who won’t let bullies get in the way of his love for worms.
- Is told in a humorous and engaging way, with nonfiction information on each page to help educate alongside the story.
- Features charming and humorous full-colour illustrations.
Curious minds will love this fact-filled, laugh-out-loud book.
Everyone needs somewhere to dream. The stunning new book from one of the most original and interesting voices in children’s literature. Rex has gone to stay with his godfather, Sparky. Rex doesn’t say much but that’s OK because Sparky is always on hand with a cup of tea to enjoy on the sofa, set up outside like an outdoor living room. Rex has his sketchbook, and he draws how he feels even if he doesn’t talk about it. And in Sparky’s garden, hidden under the canopy of the willow tree, is the Dream House: a lovingly created space just for Rex, to dream, to play, to think, to be. A place he’s loved all his childhood. But to go inside now Rex must summon his strength for revisiting the ghosts of his past . . . An evocative sketchbook novella revealing a boy’s inner world, accessing his feelings through drawing and reconnecting with the people who love him, told through Laura Dockrill’s vivid storytelling. Fully illustrated throughout by Gwen Millward.
