Who is The Happy Book Lady?
Tessa Cobb is a children's author, illustrator and all round happy person.
Tessa makes happy books (children's books about choosing happiness), and is currently taking an MA in Children's Book Illustration at The Cambridge School of Art.
School author visits are her jam, and she loves to run illustration workshops for young people and grown ups.
Book about togetherness - Geoffrey Finds A Bike
Tessa's children's book illustration work
Tessa's illustration work is playful and colourful, and she loves making a mess. She's a very Happy Lady when she's outside drawing from life with her magic box of mixed media tricks.
See The Happy Book Lady's illustration work in development over on Instagram. Find out how Tessa makes her children's books, see where her inspiration comes from, and get to grips with why she's so goddam happy all the time.
