Harriet Lynas
Children's Author/Illustrator
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Biography
Harriet Lynas is an award-winning children’s book illustrator living in Cambridge with her husband and their son. Her passion for drawing started around the age of seven when she was given a series of beautifully illustrated Italian fairytales called ‘The Fiabe Sonore’.
As a child, she was a big fan of Studio Ghibli animations and later she developed a taste for mid-century style illustrations whilst studying Graphic Design at University.
Harriet’s inspiration comes from random things like marvellous fossils in the Sedgwick Museum or a cone of pistachio gelato on a hot summer day.
Welcome to Our Playground
Find out how children play all around the world in this beautifully illustrated book.
From basketball to board games, clapping games to climbing frames, dens to doll’s houses, there are so many ways to play and have fun around the world. In this fascinating book, young children can learn all about the different games, toys and playtimes around the world, as well as the playgrounds, fields and beaches children play in, and the many different words they use when they play.
With engaging, colourful artwork on every page by award-winning illustrator Harriet Lynas.
A unique, warm-hearted book to help teach children understanding, harmony and respect.
Introduces words in a variety of world languages including Spanish, Korean and Danish.
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Find out what delicious dishes children from all around the world are eating in this beautifully illustrated book!
From pasta to passionfruit, baguettes to biryani, ramen to rambutan, there are so many different dishes and delicacies all around the world. In this fascinating book, young children can learn all about what people in other countries eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as where our food comes from, and the stories, cultures and traditions behind what we eat.
Do we use the same ingredients in all parts of the world? What ingredients are different? And which are the same? Did pasta really originate in China? Find out the answer to these questions and more.
A unique, warm-hearted book that will teach children understanding, empathy and respect of differing experiences, cultures and tradition.
“Find out what children eat all over the world with this beautifully illustrated book, written by award-winning food writer Ed Smith and his author and poet wife, Laura. Kids will love the section on edible insects!” -BBC Good Food Magazine
“Food writer Ed Smith and poet and author Laura Mucha, who are married to each other, have teamed up for brilliant new children’s book Welcome to Our Table about the foods people eat around the world.” – Ed Cumming, The Telegraph
Find out how children live all around the world in this beautifully illustrated book!
Children all over the world are very different, but they also have much in common. In this beautifully illustrated book, young children can learn all about what people in other countries eat, wear and play, and how they speak and celebrate.
From breakfasts to birthdays, cakes to clothes, and hiccups to hellos, there are so many ways to say and do things – but everyone shares a love of family, friends, food and fun. This delightful book teaches us that despite different languages, customs and traditions, it really is a small world, after all.
A unique, warm-hearted book to help teach children understanding, harmony and respect.
