About Us

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.

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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

Bleak House

Bleak House

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. [...]