‘Meet the weather ‘with author Caryl Hart and illustrator Bethan Woollvin.

In this episode we meet author Author Caryl Hart and illustrator
Bethan Woollvin. They were brought together through their publisher
Bloomsbury books who spotted a small gif of a planet that Bethan
created. They asked Caryl if she would be interested in working
with Bethan, writing a children’s rhyming books. It was an instant
success and they have now created three books together: ‘Meet the
Weather’, ‘Meet the planets’ and ‘Meet the Oceans’. Carly tells us
about her journey of becoming a published author and the challenge
of breaking down big topics for children. She wants children to
feel a connection to what they are reading. She says giving a
personality to topics is a fantastic and unique way to do this and
says it makes topics accessible and easy to explain. Bethan talks
about the joys of personifying oceans, planets and the weather in
this book series. When she is not busy working with Carly she
thrives on the challenge of illustrating a concept that is not easy
to explain but also loves the simplicity of just ‘loving a good
story’; her passion for what she does shines so clearly through.
Breathing under water, jumping through portals and swapping apples
for apple juice are just a little sample of some of the happy
topics that Carly and Bethan delightfully chat about. They also
leave us with some beautiful advice about getting your children to
read to you and reminding us about the joy that picture books can
bring to anyone of any age. We hope you enjoyed this episode as
much as we did. You can Carly and all her work at carylhart.com and
you can find Bethan at bethanwoollvin.com. If you would like to
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@Fortheloveofweather.Thanks so much for listening and supporting
the podcast and we hope you leave this episode loving the weather
that little bit more.