Amy Johnson – illustratör

E. B. White first recognized the magic in words when he was very young. As a child, some of his happiest hours were spent finding just the right words to describe his feelings and experiences. After graduating from college, he took a job with a new magazine called The New Yorker. The magazine''s readers soon began to look forward to the poetry and essays written by E. B. White. His writing was clear and lively with no wasted words, and it could make people laugh as easily as it could make them cry. In 1936, White and his family moved to a little farm near the coast of Maine, complete with sheep, chickens, and pigs. It was there that E. B. White wrote Charlotte''s Web, perhaps one of the most beloved children''s books ever written.

In 1791 plans for the new capital city, Washington, DC, were in the works, but someone was needed to help with the surveying. Thomas Jefferson recommended Benjamin Banneker for the job. Banneker was a free black man who lived at a time when black Americans had few, if any, rights. Yet he was an accomplished farmer, mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor. What Are You Figuring Now? is the story of a man who was never afraid to try something new, no matter how difficult.

The adventures of a family of hedgehogs are vividly portrayed in these tales of life amongst the animals of the forest. The author aims to show how the tragedies of everyday life can be overcome by positive thinking and sensitive behaviour towards oneself and others, as the Prickles family manage to keep their heads up and survive the dangers and obstacles that nature throws at them. A book for children and adults alike, portraying in traditional style the art of survival and living. The illustrations are created using the Antics 2-D Animation software, and so are ''animation-ready''.