About Louise
I live in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa. My passion for children's books was rekindled after my son was born some five years ago. After many visits to the library and purchasing lots of books for his own collection I became "obsessed" with them and couldn't seem to walk past bookshop windows without walking in and becoming absorbed in the great stories and wonderful illustration... More
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| Books Recently Added to Louise's Bookshelf | Ages | Date Added | |||
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Books 1 - 4 of 6 from Louise's bookshelf, View all 6 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. Monty's Terrible Itch Author: Louise K. Tucker |
N/A |
9/27/2012 Add | |||
| Louise said: I enjoyed writing this story about a little meerkat with a big itch! He went in search of a solution and like in life found different responses to his problem. Some of the animals he encountered tr...more tags: I wrote | |||||
| 1 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Rainb Read 4 Beetle Rolls Ball Bx C (Paperback) Author: Louise K. Tucker Illustrator: Collette Kemp Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
N/A |
12/8/2010 Add | |||
| Louise tagged as: I wrote | |||||
| 2 Reviews | |||||
| 3. In My Garden (Hardcover) Author: Ward Schumaker Publisher: Chronicle Books |
Ages 4-8 |
10/17/2008 Add | |||
| Louise said: This is a great counting book, using the garden as inspiration. I love the zany illustrations - including the peas (petit pous) with the moustaches and berets, the smiling cherries, the crabby apples...more tags: counting , numbers , garden , , I recommend | |||||
| 15 Reviews | |||||
| 4. Russell the Sheep (Paperback) Author: Rob Scotton Illustrator: Rob Scotton Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks |
Ages 4-8 |
8/11/2008 Add | |||
| Louise said: We have three "Russell the Sheep" books and they've been continual favourites with my son (now 4). I even knitted him a Russell the sheep hat for fun! I think the humour coupled with the wonderful z...more tags: I recommend | |||||
| 200 Reviews | |||||
| Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) | |||||
Profile Comments
Comment by Colette Kemp on 3/26/2009 at 12:52 AM:
Hi Louise,
Glad you liked my work! Your art shows great potential.
Hi Louise,
Glad you liked my work! Your art shows great potential.
Comment by Colette Kemp on 3/26/2009 at 12:52 AM:
Hi Louise,
Glad you liked my work! Your art shows great potential.
Hi Louise,
Glad you liked my work! Your art shows great potential.
Comment by Louise Tucker on 3/9/2009 at 5:54 AM:
Thanks so much Anthony! I like having you as my friend :-))
Thanks so much Anthony! I like having you as my friend :-))
Comment by TONY POLIZZI on 3/5/2009 at 6:34 AM:
you're animal art is in a league of its own....so says the barbarian
you're animal art is in a league of its own....so says the barbarian
Comment by Timothy Schenk on 2/25/2009 at 4:39 PM:
Thanks for the complement. I love painting watercolors.
Thanks for the complement. I love painting watercolors.
Comment by Timothy Schenk on 2/23/2009 at 12:09 AM:
Beautiful horse and chille watercolor.
Beautiful horse and chille watercolor.
Comment by Lezulu Publishing on 10/14/2008 at 4:54 AM:
Hi Louise thank you for your kind comment.... Glad to hear she has read the Ronnie book we have some fables coming out this year wich have been on the kiddies programme bush radar on sabc2 they should be printed by the end of this year.
Best regards
Candice
Hi Louise thank you for your kind comment.... Glad to hear she has read the Ronnie book we have some fables coming out this year wich have been on the kiddies programme bush radar on sabc2 they should be printed by the end of this year.
Best regards
Candice
Comment by Emily McCann on 5/29/2008 at 7:33 AM:
Hi Louise, thank you for your kind comment on my work! Best of luck with your writing, let me know if you ever need an illustrator :0) Emily
Hi Louise, thank you for your kind comment on my work! Best of luck with your writing, let me know if you ever need an illustrator :0) Emily
Comment by MA Schofstoll on 5/24/2008 at 1:05 PM:
Hi, welcome to this wonderful site. There
are a lot of Interesting people. I’d like to
know more about you. I hope
you enjoy the book club with all the
things there is to do.
MA Schofstoll~
Hi, welcome to this wonderful site. There
are a lot of Interesting people. I’d like to
know more about you. I hope
you enjoy the book club with all the
things there is to do.
MA Schofstoll~
I find it interesting that I've had a similar experience returning to my love of children's book illustration after having my daughter... I wonder how many of our fellow illustrators have renewed their love of children's illustration in this way. Our own kids certainly provide ... more