Emma Carlisle is an award-winning artist based in Plymouth, UK. She holds a First Class Honours degree in Illustration from the University of Plymouth (2011) and an MA in Children's Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art (2014). Emma is also a lecturer in Children's Illustration at the University of Plymouth.In 2022, her book What Do You See When You Look At a Tree? was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. In 2024, Time Runs Like a River won the Award of Excellence in Literature for Children from the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. Emma's debut book, Lion Practice (2015), was nominated for both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Klaus Flugge Prize. In 2013, she received a Highly Commended accolade for the Macmillan Book Prize.

This sweet picture booktakes young readers on a gentle, lyrical exploration of nature atnighttime.

Emma Carlisle is an award-winning artist based in Plymouth, UK. She holds a First Class Honours degree in Illustration from the University of Plymouth (2011) and an MA in Children's Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art (2014). Emma is also a lecturer in Children's Illustration at the University of Plymouth.In 2022, her book What Do You See When You Look At a Tree? was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. In 2024, Time Runs Like a River won the Award of Excellence in Literature for Children from the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. Emma's debut book, Lion Practice (2015), was nominated for both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Klaus Flugge Prize. In 2013, she received a Highly Commended accolade for the Macmillan Book Prize.

This sweet picture booktakes young readers on a gentle, lyrical exploration of nature atnighttime.

Emma Carlisle is an award-winning artist based in Plymouth, UK. She holds a First Class Honours degree in Illustration from the University of Plymouth (2011) and an MA in Children's Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art (2014). Emma is also a lecturer in Children's Illustration at the University of Plymouth.In 2022, her book What Do You See When You Look At a Tree? was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. In 2024, Time Runs Like a River won the Award of Excellence in Literature for Children from the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. Emma's debut book, Lion Practice (2015), was nominated for both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Klaus Flugge Prize. In 2013, she received a Highly Commended accolade for the Macmillan Book Prize.

This sweet picture booktakes young readers on a gentle, lyrical exploration of nature atnighttime.