“Children spend most of their time smiling, laughing, learning, and playing, but some don’t.  'Where Is My Smile?'  initiates conversations between a child and their grown-up. It reminds us to look at and recognise the signs of sadness in others. If children understand that love is a smile, as told in this beautiful book, then the world would be a much brighter place.”
Gyasi Sheppy, CBeebies

Where Is My Smile? is the first in an upcoming series of picture books by Natalie Reeves Billing focusing on children’s mental health. For this series, I developed an illustrative approach that could convey emotional themes and could adapt across multiple titles. Working with both the author and publisher, we created a picture book that explores depression and negativity in family environments, and how we can overcome it.

I also helped to promote the release of Where Is My Smile? by creating an animated book trailer, which you can watch below, and by providing social media assets for Tiny Tree Children’s Books.

If you’re interested in bringing a picture book to life too, feel free to drop me an email!