Example book · Watercolor

Starring Theo

A borrowed sand dollar, a small yellow submarine named Peanut, and a spiny giant in the dark whose lantern needs relighting.

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Theo, 4

Cover illustration of Theo in his little yellow submarine Peanut meeting Sprat the lanternfish as the great spiny Lantern of the Deep glows gold above pale sponge towers, watercolor 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 Theo's book instead of a book with Theo's name in it.

Theo reaching up to the shell-shop counter as Mrs. Okoye shows him the sand dollar broken neatly in half, shelves of shells and the harbour outside the window, watercolor illustration

Theo pressing both hands to the porthole as Sprat the lanternfish glows hello from the dark blue water, the sand dollar and cheese sandwich on the console, watercolor illustration

Close-up of Theo holding his cheese sandwich up to the porthole while Sprat peers at it politely, watercolor illustration

Theo gripping Peanut's wheel before a cliff of pale glass sponges as something big and spiky moves in the darkness beyond, watercolor illustration

The giant spiny creature tangled in an old rope net looming over little Peanut and Sprat on the deep sea floor, watercolor illustration

Theo sitting very still at the wheel, holding up the half sand dollar and clicking it slowly while the netted giant listens outside the window, watercolor illustration

The freed creature rising like a hill as its golden lantern stripe lights up, Theo cheering at the wheel of Peanut below, watercolor illustration

Theo back in the lamplit shell shop laying the sand dollar on the counter for Mrs. Okoye, Sprat's glow circling in the harbour water below the dock, watercolor illustration

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