Example book · Claymation

Starring Lena

A mysterious painted card, a hidden door in the hillside, and a secret Lena and Dad decide is worth keeping, and quietly passing on.

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Lena, 6

Cover illustration of Lena waving hello beside Dad on a windswept moor path lined with a mossy stone wall, sheep grazing and a rabbit in the grass, claymation illustration

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Notice what doesn't change

Same face, same hair, same outfit. On every single page. That's what makes it feel like Lena's book instead of a book with Lena's name in it.

Lena standing beside Dad in a windswept grass field, one hand raised toward her ear as she listens to the wind, sheep grazing in the distant hills, claymation illustration

Dad crouching beside Lena near a mossy stone wall as her curly hair streams sideways in the wind, both listening intently while sheep graze behind them, claymation illustration

Lena holding up the card to show Dad its painted picture of a tiny door wrapped in ivy, her mouth open in surprise, sheep grazing by the stone wall behind them, claymation illustration

Lena pushing against the locked hillside door with both hands and a frustrated frown, Dad watching with a knowing smile behind her, claymation illustration

Dad holding up an ornate brass key as Lena looks up at it wide-eyed, the little hillside door and stone wall behind them, claymation illustration

Lena sitting on the floor of the hidden room with her hands pressed to her cheeks in thought, Dad crouching beside her, shelves of painted stones and glowing jars around them, claymation illustration

Close-up of Lena reaching up to tuck the brass key into Dad's jacket pocket, both smiling warmly at each other by the hillside door, claymation illustration

Dad giving a playful salute with one eyebrow raised as Lena laughs joyfully beside him on the moor path, sheep, a rabbit and a hawk sharing the wide grassy scene, claymation illustration

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