An award winning author from Leicester has written and published a children’s book, which provides a gentle introduction to animal rights and well-being.
Carol Thompson is one of Britain’s leading illustrators, with an international following and especially admired for her expressive yet realistic depiction of children and animals.
Picture: Carol Thompson
Her many picture books and board books for young children have been published all over the world.
Her latest offering ‘Little Gwen, Rescue Hen’ is aimed at children aged 3 years plus.
Picture credit: Otter Barry Books
“It’s a perfect, gentle introduction to animal rights and well-being, showing small children how animal care has great value not only for animals but for the humans that provide it,” explains the author, who has a degree in Fashion and Printed Textiles from De Montfort University.
The plot follows a hen called ‘Gwen’, who is taken to a free range farm after living in a crowded cage. She becomes to tired to lay eggs but after being taken to her new home, she thrives and gives everyone a ‘wonderful surprise.’
Gwen is also helped to flourish after being given a rainbow coloured vest to keep her warm while her feathers grow back.
The book is published by Otter Barry Books.
Carol has had many award-winning books, including Mommy, Mama and Me, and Daddy, Papa and Me, which were both winners of the Stonewall Honour Picture Book Award, and Thunderboomer, which was a 2010 American Library Association Notable Book, Smithsonian Museum Notable Books for Children and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. One.Two.Three, Jump! was included in the Guardian top 10 most inclusive books for children.
Underlying Carol’s work is a belief in the power of picture books and stories to show a child that there is ‘someone else like me!’
For more information, visit: https://www.otterbarrybooks.com/authors-illustrators/carol-thompson
