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Children's Book Illustration - Special Offer

With print-on-demand websites offering instant publication, anyone with a great idea can find success as a children's author. But for many the cost is prohibitive, so I offer this special package deal for first time authors. Having your children's story illustrated may be cheaper than you think.

Under my usual pricing structure, full page colour children's book illustrations typically come in at $320 per page. With this offer, every page is only $160, guaranteed. That means you can have an 8 page story fully illustrated for only $1280. Sell 200 copies at $6 profit and already you've got your money back!

How it Works

Before I begin, you'll send me the full text of your story and any additional notes on how you imagine the pictures. You can give me as much or as little guidance as you like. Once I have all the information, I'll get to work, and within 3 weeks (for books with 20 illustrations or less) I'll send you the full set of finished images. Now you're ready to publish!

Two terms make this offer possible. Firstly, I ask for the full payment up front. Secondly, the price includes no revision, so there'll be an additional charge if you want any changes. The examples below should give you a good idea of what to expect, so the results won't come as too much of a surprise.

On top of all that, I'll throw in some free advice on self-publishing your book. Get in touch today, and soon there could be children all over the country devouring your story!

I first was inspired to write my children's book in Paris in 2004. I got the writing portion done within four months, and then the task began to find the proper illustrations. There are many different types of illustrators out there, and different approaches. For my book, geared to K-6 grades, I needed something that would appeal across the board, and quality, but most of all, fun. I started searching different books, styles, and ran across the Puzzle Donkey website, and that is how I found and selected Simon and his work.I was able to convey my basic ideas easily with Simon, and we did all of this with him in Europe, me in California. My book is always commented on, and the children love the illustrations. The cover especially conveyed exactly what I was thinking and wanted to project. I would highly recommend Simon as he is flexible, professional, and helps takes ideas and make beautiful illustrations for them.Any further details, please feel free to contact me directly.
Stephanie Heuer, author of Dignity Rocks!

Simon created some cartoon characters for a story based on our Brick Tinting products.From our storyline and brief outline of what we were looking for he was able to produce some wonderful charming and colourful characters that were ideal for our campaign.Simon's approach was very professional and he worked perfectly to our tight timeline.I would recommend his services to anyone and would not hesitate to use him again for our next story book.
Dale Dempsey, General Manager, Dyebrick

I was looking for an illustrator for the Fire Station Buddies first book - The Legend. I sent Simon the story, pictures of the buddies and the fire trucks at our station and he brought the Buddies to life. I was not even sure what I wanted when we started and I told Simon to feel free to make suggestions.Once we started working, it came together very quickly and turned out perfect.Simon did a logo and each Buddy has his own illustration for the web page and all of this will be used for other merchandise that will be developed in the future. The book is now at the printers and will soon be used to raise money for volunteer fire departments in the US.
Karen McHale