Children’s Book Illustrator required for museum learning project

Children’s Book Illustrator required for museum learning project.

The Learning Team at Bristol Museums is producing a children’s picture book based on the fossil of a pliosaurus (a marine reptile from the Jurassic period) in the museum’s collection. A reconstructed model of the Pliosaur is on display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, suspended from the ceiling above the museum café. The model was named Doris following public consultation.

The aims of this storybook is to provide an attractive, engaging and informative book for children aged around 4-7 years. The content is intended to showcase some of the features of animals living in the Jurassic period, in a way that is factually correct yet fun and accessible.

Bristol Museums want to commission an illustrator to bring Doris and the other animals ‘to life’ in a colourful and accurate series of images. Bristol Books will be the publisher of the book on behalf of Bristol Museums.

Download the brief here.