Today is launch day for Whisper in the Wind! This is a new book by Claire Saxby, illustrated by moi. I really really love Claire’s layered text, which builds – all set in the ocean at night (which I found super hard to do but also a wonderful challenge!). “A stunning picture book about separation,…

Well it’s that time again where school hols are about to kick off and summer hits Melbourne. It’s been a really hard year for us in lockdown after lockdown, and the lack of seeing friends, school, travel etc – it really hit me hard. But things are looking brighter with Melbourne kind of finding its…

I’m counting down the days, as in the next two weeks two new books are out! The first is a BIG ONE! The Book for Happy Hearts by Maggie Hutchings and published by Affirm Press is a big 120 pages, a treasury of poems, stories and activities. It was so fun to illustrate with such…

This month two new books are out: There’s Only One Grandpa Like You, and two books from previous years have had a reboot – TOOFLY and Welcome Baby! All of these are out with the wonderful Affirm Press and a big thanks to Tash and the team for thinking up the new ideas and formats.

It was so much fun creating characters, dragons, potions and mushrooms for a “moveable playbook” for the lovely people at Tiger Tribe! My kids have been loving playing with them, creating stories and magical scenes.

At the end of the month I am chuffed to have two new books in the “There’s Only One” series… Grandma and a board book version of Mum! Both books are looking rather snazzy, and extra exciting to see TOOMLY in a new format of a board book. Sending love to all the mums, gma’s…

Today we are excited to share a new book, Iceberg! Beautifully written by Claire Saxby, I worked on this book intensely during Melbourne lockdown – homeschooling at night, and travelling to Antarctica at night! It was such a pleasure to work on, and we have just begun receiving some wonderful reviews… “Saxby’s poetic text and…

I recently received a newsletter from wonderful author and environmentalist Nicole Godwin, highlighting some of the plastics that can be recycled through the Redcycle program. It was amazing – as I was feeling so guilty adding these to our rubbish, and fantastic to hear there were options to give them a second life. With Nicole’s…

It’s a bit tricky working on a new avenue and wondering where to put it! But I’ve been having such a ball creating huge paintings, I wanted to put them all somewhere. So I am slowly building a new site: http://www.jessracklyeft.com! If you have a moment, have a squizz, and you can also see more…