Old Shell, New Shell

Helen Ward trained as an illustrator at Brighton School of Art, under the direction of well-known children's illustrators such as Raymond Briggs, Justin Todd, Chris McEwan and John Vernon Lord. In 1985, her final year at Brighton, Helen was awarded the first Walker Prize for Children's Illustration. Awards for Helen's work include The National Art Library Awards 1998 and 2001 for The Hare and the Tortoise and her version of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows in the Templar Classic series, and The National Art Library Award for The Tin Forest. She was shortlisted for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award in 2003 for The Cockerel and the Fox. This book also won the award in the children's trade category at the British Book Design and Production Awards presented in November 2003. Helen Ward lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Wayne Andersen has been illustrating in his colour pencil style for over 40 years and is renowned for his playful imagination and fantastic imagery. His titles for Templar include contributing illustrations to the worldwide best-seller Dragonology.

'Old shell, new shell is a coral reef spectacular by Helen Ward. Bright, clear and extraordinarily detailed illustrations combine with a brief story, and the final nine pages are a mine of facts keyed in to the aspects in each of the pictures.' and 'As illustrated storybooks go, this is a colourful delight... the artwork is superb and scientifically accurate ... deserving of an illustrator's award, this book will be a certain hit with and inspiration to younger and primary students' * School Librarian *