Poonam Mistry is an illustrator based in Leicester. Her artwork incorporates her love of nature and her Indian roots, and explores the relationships between pattern, shapes and colour. Alongside her illustrations, she tells powerful stories that are full of heart and packed with fable-like messages for children to hold onto. Her first book with Templar, The Midnight Panther, was published in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration in 2024. She has also been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal three times; in 2019 for her debut picture book, You're Safe with Me, in 2020 for You're Snug with Me and in 2021 for How the Stars Came to Be.

The Midnight Panther is a truly joyous read that will appeal to readers of all ages. Its deceptively simple story of finding your place in the world is wonderfully enhanced by the incredible illustrations. This is truly a book to treasure.

Poonam Mistry is an illustrator based in Leicester. Her artwork incorporates her love of nature and her Indian roots, and explores the relationships between pattern, shapes and colour. Alongside her illustrations, she tells powerful stories that are full of heart and packed with fable-like messages for children to hold onto. Her first book with Templar, The Midnight Panther, was published in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration in 2024. She has also been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal three times; in 2019 for her debut picture book, You're Safe with Me, in 2020 for You're Snug with Me and in 2021 for How the Stars Came to Be.

The Midnight Panther is a truly joyous read that will appeal to readers of all ages. Its deceptively simple story of finding your place in the world is wonderfully enhanced by the incredible illustrations. This is truly a book to treasure.