Jo Empson's live digital performance

For the final event of The Children's Bookshow Digital Festival, picture book creator Jo Empson invited the children, watching from school or home, to have pencils, paper and colours to the ready - there was going to be lots of drawing tips, inspiration and demonstration today. Jo appeared from her cosy studio and we all listened carefully as she told us how Rabbityness came to be. It was fascinating to see her early sketches transformed into real pages and hear about her love of drawing animals, especially her dog Wilfred the large lurcher. Excellent questions followed, both to and from Jo (who knew the octopus had 6 arms and 2 legs?) and we finished the event and The Children’s Bookshow Digital Festival with a flourish. Jo’s reading of her yet to be published (shh top secret) new book Tiny Blue and we were introduced to another magical world to come... in 2022.