https://www.jamesmayhew.co.uk/ Author of the bestselling Ella Bella series and Katie Meets series Both previous series establish Mayhew as an author doing a beautiful job introducing children to the arts In 1994 he received The New York Times Award for one of the ten best illustrated books of the year for The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams In 2019 he was long-listed for the Kate Greenaway Prize for his work on Mrs Noah's Pockets Since 2007 Mayhew has devised and presented classical music concerts for children with many different orchestras, ensembles and soloists around the UK. These events incorporate narration and live illustration, painting in time to the music, and usually projected images.