BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

Axel Scheffler is an award-winning illustrator, best known for his work on children’s books. Pip and Posy, based on picture books illustrated by Axel, goes out on Channel 5’s Milkshake! and Sky Kids On Demand

Petzi auf der Robinson Insel by Carla Hansen llustrated by Vilh Hansen, this is one of a series of books that I loved as a child growing up in Hamburg in the Sixties. I seem to remember getting them sometimes after unpleasant visits to the dentist! The Petzi books described the adventures of a little bear, who wore spotted dungarees and was fond of pancakes, and his exploration of the world together with his friends, a pelican, a penguin and a seal. I think they may have influenced my way of seeing the world as I still prefer to draw animals with clothes! There were also two little characters, a frog and a tortoise, having little extra adventures on the side, which I loved.