Panda in their class and took turns taking selfies next to it. Every now and then I check the hashtag #PleaseMrPanda to see what people are posting on Instagram. He isn’t perfect, yet he tries his best to teach manners in his own unique (and somewhat unorthodox) way. He’s big and gruff yet wears pink frilly aprons. Panda because he’s such a funny character to develop. For example, my illustrations for Tim Minchin’s When I Grow Up are super colorful. Panda’s world because I’m red-green color-blind, and at the start of my career I steered clear of using too much color. I pick only black and white animals for Mr. I also love adding more black and white animals to Mr. Panda book took me by complete surprise, and I just knew Mr. In fact, if I hadn’t been made redundant the Please, Mr. Panda a year after being made redundant from a call center. Panda would star in his very own series of books! I wrote Please, Mr. No, I never imagined in a million years that Mr. Panda’s adventures would expand into a series? When you were writing and illustrating the first book, Please Mr. Panda is now the star of four picture books and two board books. Panda wanted to teach me, and the world, a lesson or two in manners. Then it dawned on me: none of the animals said please! That’s when I knew I had a good story. Panda change his mind? I continued to imagine him interacting with other animals in a similar fashion. “Give me the pink one,” replied a tiny, squeaky voice, which I imagined to be that of a cute little penguin. Panda who was staring right at me from my sketchbook. I imagined this to be the voice of the deadpan Mr. “Would you like a doughnut?” asked the voice. One lazy Sunday afternoon I was doodling pandas in bed when I heard a voice inside my head. Panda, came to me in a most peculiar way. Panda series and sign books at Fairytale Town on September 29 and 30 as part of the ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival. Steve lives in Swindon, England, and is Patron to Swindon Libraries Children’s Services. He illustrated Tim Minchin’s When I Grow Up from his hit musical Matilda and illustrated a cover of The Famous Five, Enid Blyton’s popular series. Since then, he’s written and illustrated 16 picture books, including his 2014 award-winning debut The Queen’s Hat, the bestselling Mr. Five years ago, Steve Antony pursued his dream job as a children’s book author and illustrator.
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