Simon Wild – Suffolk based “mind bender, wig wearer, sweet stealer” and amongst numerous other things, illustrator…

If you’ve not come across Simon’s work before you may need to brace yourself for a vivid explosion of pattern and colour bursting onto your screen. I advise a good pair of sunglasses (and you thought you’d probably just packed those away!)

Fantastical Flying Machines, an exciting children’s pop-up book, is Simon’s newest release. It follows Sally and Jack’s “fun filled, topsy turvy air race” as they do their best to fly to victory despite Baron Von Bang Bang’s attempts at outmaneuvering them in his plane full of dirty tricks!

If you’re keen to know who ends up victorious out of Sally and Jack and nasty Baron Von Bang Bang we suggest you buy the book, or of course you could try using your fantastical imaginations to figure how the plot ends!

Words: Lozz Berry