If I were a Squirrel — Angus Ulyett

Design and Animation

If I Were a Squirrel - Picture Book

If I Were a Squirrel is a children’s touch and feel picture book commissioned and published by Jellycat London. I created the cover and all internal spreads working with their talented book team.

Flat plan, of a book spread featuring an illustration of a squirrel sat on a branch set against a warm yellow background. Surrounding the squirrel are leaves in the foreground and background in autumnal colours.

Illustration of a squirrel peaking round a tree against a sage green background.

Illustration of a squirrel, sitting on some dull green grass against a greyish blue sky. The squirrel is smiling and eating berries dangling from a branch at the top of the illustration.

Close up illustration of a squirrel eating an acorn. In the background there are oak leaf patterns in dull browns and greens.

Illustration of a squirrel, nestled into some leaves, gleefully holding an acorn between its paws. The illustration is littered with autumnal scenery such as pine cones, acorns and oak leaves.

Image of a man standing in a shop, holding a picture book of squirrel in his right hand and an accompanying plush toy of the squirrel in his left. He is smiling proudly at the camera.