Simon LeHare is at home in his gray urban environment but is wanting to try something new. He decides to learn how to play the tuba. To his delight, this simple act produces a most surprising result. With each note a leaf appears until at last there is an entire tree! With the help of Tim and his other friends, they use music to create something more beautiful than they could have imagined! The gentle moral about a slower, simpler, device-free lifestyle focuses on the importance of nature in an urban environment and unfolds on an empty and gray first page. As the pages turn, little bits of green begin to appear as Simon and his friends play instruments and sing, until the pages start to blossom with vivid, lush greens teeming with life. But when Important Edward sees what the friends have done, he vows to remove it immediately. Can Simon and Tim stop this opinionated elephant from cutting down their green oasis, and show him that even a small action can have a positive impact on the world around you?
Jacqueline East has been an illustrator of children’s books for more than 30 years and has been published across the globe. She holds a diploma in art and design, a BA in graphic design, and an MA in authorial illustration, for which her subject was folk and fairy tales. Although most of Jacqueline’s work has been illustrating other people’s words, including Love Is Everything (Schiffer Kids, 2021), she is also the author of a series of four books about Ed the Pup as well as Tim's Hat, the first book in the Hare and Bear series. Jacqueline lives in Bristol, UK. Visit her at jacquelineeast.com or follow her on Instagram at @jacquelineseast.
Rose Clayton loves to work in mixed media, gouache, watercolor, pastels, and some digital art, and she really enjoys the magical worlds she can create in children’s books. Rose has degrees both in graphic design and illustration. For the last 10 years she has worked on children’s books, home decor, and greeting cards. Rose always wanted to be an artist. When she first left for art college, you would find her first thing every morning waiting for the school’s doors to unlock! She is the illustrator for the Hare and Bear series. Visit her at roseclayton.weebly.com or follow her on Instagram at @roseclaytonillustration.
