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Design project management for authors and publishers of children’s books and software for educational and trade markets.

We are based in Oxfordshire and include major and minor publishers in our client list including Oxford University Press, Penguin, Pearson, Macmillan, Harcourt, Parragon, Firecrest and Ransom. We also design books for self-publishing authors.

If you would like us to work with you on a project please contact
John Walker on
+44 (0)845 8388707.

We additionally design websites for freelancers, small businesses and organisations. We create websites ideally suited to people who will want to add to the website themselves to keep their site fresh with news and updates.

Getting closer to finishing some lovely books for Penguin. Looking for new books to design! 3 weeks ago
If you work in writing, design, editing, illustration, or production of children's books, I'll follow! 2010-08-04
Fiddling with my blog post: Deafinitely Theatre:... http://bit.ly/cpl1P7 #beccyblake #deafinitelytheatre #flyer #theatres #tricycletheatre 2010-07-07
Fiddling with my blog post: QEB: Get Ready For Grade 1 http://bit.ly/bPrm1k #billbolton #london #published #qeb #qed #workbook 2010-07-07
Fiddling... http://bit.ly/aooVEM #adamhunterpeck #english(elt) #fiction #katiemac #mikemckeever #nickhardcastle #reader #soniakretschmar 2010-07-07
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QEB: Get Ready For Grade 1

We worked over much of Christmas to get these done. But they were fun, and the artists were both blazingly fast! [...]

Deafinitely Theatre: The Boy and the Statue

A quick A5 theatre flyer designed for Deafinitely Theatre/Tricycle Theatre [...]

Penguin Active Readers: Covers

Covers from the 7 reader books we designed for Pearson Education. Artists: Mike McKeever (Monkey King), Katie Mac (Good Day, Bad Day), Adam Hunter Peck (Stories of Other Worlds), Nick Hardcastle (Bleak House), Sonia Kretchmar (Under the Bridge). [...]

Illustrator’s roughs

Although I like seeing finished artwork when it comes in, I get more excited earlier in the process, on receipt of roughs. I think it is because though the final artwork is usually very accomplished it is in the roughs that the draftsmanship can be seen.

So here are a few recent examples:

Nick Hardcastle:

Bleak House

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Penguin Active Readers: Stories of Other Worlds

This book is part of the Penguin Active Readers ELT series for 2010, published by Pearson Education. Three short stories by H.G. Wells: The Country of the Blind, The Door in the Wall, The Young Ghost. [...]

Firecrest: Project Learning – Mammals

This is a buy-in from an Australian publisher. The text was good and we were asked to repackage the book with Firecrest’s artwork to produce new layouts. [...]

Heinemann: Abacus Maths

Abacus Evolve is a versatile and customizable maths course produced by Heinemann. [...]

Oxford Reading Tree: Snapdragons stage 2

2nd stage/level of Oxford Reading Tree Snapdragons. [...]

Firecrest: Day and Night – Everglades

Lavish fold-out books describing animals and plants in their habitats. A beautiful fold-out spread pictures the flora and fauna of the habitat, and subsequent pages work through each example. [...]

Oxford Reading Tree: Snapdragons stage 1

Snapdragons is part of the ever expanding Oxford Reading Tree (ORT) from Oxford University Press. We were commissioned to produce 60 titles, in 10 levels or stages, using a wide variety of artists, typefaces, layouts and formats to motivate and stimulate readers. [...]

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