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

For the love of weather by Gemma Plumb & Aisling Creevey

Episode notes
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 bo ...   ...  Read more