Sharon King-Chai
Children's Author/Illustrator
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Sharon King-Chai was born in Sydney, Australia and moved to London twenty years ago armed with a jar of vegemite and some paintbrushes in her backpack. Sharon’s design career began in the music industry, creating album covers for a range of music icons whilst at design studio Stylorouge, before moving into book design. Before long she started creating her own books, as well as designing and illustrating the intricately beautiful Animalphabet, Counting Creatures and Colours, Colours Everywhere (Two Hoots) written by the bestselling Julia Donaldson. Sharon’s most recent self-authored book Starbird (Two Hoots) won the Kate Greenaway Shadower’s Choice Award in 2021. Her books have gone on to win a range of international accolades including the Chen Bochui Award for Best Picture Book, and she has been shortlisted for D&AD awards, World Illustration Awards, Indie Bookshop Awards, Society of Illustrators and Academy of British Cover Design.
Sharon is currently working on a new series of baby books, Mirror Magic (launching in 2025 with Two Hoots), and establishing her own range of greeting cards and prints. She lives in north London with her husband and two girls.
Hello Unicorn! (Mirror Magic)
The perfect board book gift for little ones, with unicorns and dragons to find, shiny mirror on every page and a gorgeous mirror ending.
Babies and toddlers will love finding the colourful magical animals on every reflective page in this unique mirror board book, full of bold shapes, high contrast colours, and new words to enjoy. The shiny mirror and bright colours are ideal for tummy time and sensory playtime, catching the eye and keeping little ones engaged as they say hello and bye bye – then find themselves in the mirror at the end!
Mirrors on every page extend the landscape – hold the book upright to create a magical mirror world to explore!
Every Mirror Magic book includes a free audio download via the QR code on the back. Listen along and learn new words as the book is read out loud, then read along again to enjoy a bonus audio spotting game!
Delve into the bright and beautiful world of Sharon King-Chai, the award-winning illustrator of Julia Donaldson’s Animalphabet and Counting Creatures.
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The perfect board book gift for little ones, with bugs to find, shiny mirror on every page and a gorgeous mirror ending.
Babies and toddlers will love finding the colourful minibeasts on every reflective page in this unique mirror board book, full of bold shapes, high contrast colours and new words to enjoy. The shiny mirror and bright colours are ideal for tummy time and sensory playtime, catching the eye and keeping little ones engaged as they say hello and bye bye – then find themselves in the mirror at the end!
Mirrors on every page extend the landscape – hold the book upright to create a magical mirror world to explore!
Every Mirror Magic book includes a free audio download via the QR code on the back. Listen along and learn new words as the book is read out loud, then read again to enjoy a bonus audio spotting game!
Buzz into the bright and beautiful world of Sharon King-Chai, the award-winning illustrator of Julia Donaldson’s Animalphabet and Counting Creatures.
**Nominated for Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2024**
A stunning book about colours full of gorgeous, breathtaking landscapes, with amazing flaps to lift and holes to peep through. From Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, and Sharon King-Chai, who together created the award-winning Animalphabet and Counting Creatures.
Follow a little girl as she paints her own adventure with her bright blue tree frog companion. With luscious green trees to climb and red hot air balloons to sail away in, children will delight in the rhyming text and vibrant artwork while learning about different colours. A truly beautiful gift, Colours, Colours Everywhere is an absolute must for the family bookshelf.
