Meet the author

Emma Carlisle.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom

Emma Carlisle: British author-illustrator of luminous, mindful nature picture books, including the Kew-made, Waterstones-shortlisted What Do You See When You Look At a Tree?, for ages 2 to 7.

Emma Carlisle is a British author-illustrator whose luminous nature picture books invite young children to slow down and look closely at the world. In What Do You See When You Look At a Tree?, made in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, she unfolds a poem of open questions in soft pencil-and-watercolour greens and golds. A Home is a Nest mirrors a family welcoming a new baby in the nest-building of the animal world, while Time Runs Like A River follows a river from source to sea as a gentle meditation on change. Reflective, mindful and screen-free, her books, for ages 2 to 7, glow with quiet wonder and empathy for the natural world.