How do you collaborate with Julia Donaldson?

How do you collaborate with Julia Donaldson?

We work completely separately - we never develop an idea for book together - that's always Julia's job and she is brilliant at it. When she has written a story she thinks that would be right for me, she sends it to the publisher, keeps her fingers crossed and if I like the story I do the illustrations. We very much keep out of each other's field of expertise. It has worked well so far.