The charm of children's books  Last updated 11:11 02/11/2012
Ruth Paul AMY JACKMAN / The Wellingtonian  Ruth Paul: "Kids are
always going to love the books with poo in them, but they're not
necessarily the books kids are going to revisit."  Relevant
offers    Children’s book illustrator and author Ruth Paul about
drawing, wind turbines and Disney World.  Did you always want to
be an illustrator?  I was the one in the class who was always
drawing, though I was terrible compared to students I've seen
now. I did a degree in English and history and then went back
and did a diploma in visual communications and design at
polytech for three years.  When did you start?  I started when I
had my own kids, because I could work from home and didn't have
deadlines. With commercial illustrating you always need couriers
and everything is rushed. I started off illustrating other
people's books, but I solely work on stuff I've written now.  Is
it hard to write a children's book?  It's way harder than people
imagine. A lot of