Illustration by Aly Indermühle of a small girl carrying an oversized pencil that draws a red line along the ground, with a cat chasing the line as if it were string.

My Writings & Stories

Here are some blurbs from stories I've written and am currently illustrating. I love a great character who has something huge to overcome and always figures it out on their own or with a little help from friends. All of these projects are works in progress and I love every single one of them.

I wake up with ideas for stories in my head and sometimes find them in the most unexpected places. Once, even in a conversation with a little girl I met on an airplane. She didn't like her sandwich being in a brown paper bag because obviously brown paper bags are monsters and they like to eat her sandwich.

I hope you enjoy reading the blurbs! If you're interested in knowing more about any of these stories, drop me a line. Or check back when I finally get them into book form. And if you'd like to be kept in the loop as these stories come to life, you can sign up for my newsletter below.

Illustration by Aly Indermühle of Maddie Messy Mop, a girl with wild tangled hair filling the entire frame, a red hairbrush held by a disembodied hand coming in from the top right, with a feather in her hair and the title in red lettering.
Illustration by Aly Indermühle of Maddie Messy Mop, a girl with wild tangled hair filling the entire frame, a red hairbrush held by a disembodied hand coming in from the top right, with a feather in her hair and the title in red lettering.

Maddie Messy Mop

Maddie Messy Mop's hair is a wild, tangled jungle and she wouldn't have it any other way.

But when a mischievous kookaburra decides her messy mop is the perfect place to call home, things get complicated. Then the lorikeets arrive. Then the fairy-wrens.

KOO! KOO! KOO!

Will Maddie find a way to reclaim her hair or is she a walking, talking bird's nest forever?

Illustration by Aly Indermühle of Ira the Irritable Ibis, a grumpy ibis standing on a red and white checkered picnic blanket holding a piece of broccoli in his claw, with the title Ira the Irritable Ibis and the French Fry Fiasco in hand lettered tex
Illustration by Aly Indermühle of Ira the Irritable Ibis, a grumpy ibis standing on a red and white checkered picnic blanket holding a piece of broccoli in his claw, with the title Ira the Irritable Ibis and the French Fry Fiasco in hand lettered tex

Ira the Irritable Ibis

Ira the Irritable Ibis is hungry. Ira is always hungry.

And today, there is a picnic. With chips. Golden, crispy, salty, perfect chips.

There is just one problem. The people keep shooing him away.

THWACK! WHOOSH! SHOO!

But Ira is not giving up that easily.
He has a disguise. He has a plan. But mostly he's hungry…

Illustration by Aly Indermühle of a sulky boy on a couch next to a smiling babysitter with tentacles emerging behind her and from under the couch, with the title The Monster Sitter in hand lettered text.
Illustration by Aly Indermühle of a sulky boy on a couch next to a smiling babysitter with tentacles emerging behind her and from under the couch, with the title The Monster Sitter in hand lettered text.

The Monster Sitter

Oliver does not need a babysitter.

He can be a real monster about it if he has to!

HMPH!

Burping. Crashing. Roaring from the closet. Nothing Olvier does will make Izzy leave. She just laughs and dances along.

But when the lights go out, Oliver discovers there might be more to his babysitter than vanilla and caramel.

Illustration by Aly Indermühle of a small boy looking horrified next to a huge grinning T-Rex wearing a party hat and holding a red gift bag, with balloons and bunting, titled Never Invite a T-Rex to Your Birthday Party.
Illustration by Aly Indermühle of a small boy looking horrified next to a huge grinning T-Rex wearing a party hat and holding a red gift bag, with balloons and bunting, titled Never Invite a T-Rex to Your Birthday Party.

Never Invite a T-Rex to Your Birthday

Nobody told you this when you sent the invitations, but you really should have checked the guest list more carefully.

Because there is a T-Rex at your birthday party and things are going badly.

There goes the snack table. There go the party hats. There goes any hope of a normal bathroom situation.

Let's find out who your real friends are, how to get this dinosaur out the door, and whether the house will survive the attempt.

Illustration by Aly Indermühle of a small lost boy with a red backpack standing at the entrance of a dark forest tunnel formed by arching trees, with a hidden creature peering out from the darkness, titled Walter Where Are You in hand lettered text.
Illustration by Aly Indermühle of a small lost boy with a red backpack standing at the entrance of a dark forest tunnel formed by arching trees, with a hidden creature peering out from the darkness, titled Walter Where Are You in hand lettered text.

Walter, Where Are You?

Walter doesn't show up at Sam's house on a rainy morning and Sam is worried sick. He sets off immediately to find his best friend.

The thing about Walter though, is that only Sam can see him.

Sam retraces every step his absent-minded bestie might have taken. But now Sam is lost too. How will he get home? And where on earth is Walter?

Walter! Walter! Walter! Where are you?

Illustration by Aly Indermühle of a panicked boy in an astronaut suit and helmet reaching out with both hands, surrounded by stars, with the title The Sunblocker Emergency in bold red and white hand lettered text.
Illustration by Aly Indermühle of a panicked boy in an astronaut suit and helmet reaching out with both hands, surrounded by stars, with the title The Sunblocker Emergency in bold red and white hand lettered text.

The Sunblocker Emergency!

Astronaut Pete has a big, BIG, HUGE problem.

He overslept. The sun is coming up. And if the sun comes up, the Aliens wake up. And if the Aliens wake up… it is BAD NEWS!

Not on Pete's watch.

Armed with his greatest invention yet, Pete has one mission: stop the sun before all is lost. Can the Sunblocker save the day?

Spoiler: it cannot. But Pete will be back tomorrow. He always is.

Illustration by Aly Indermühle of two cats sitting together, a large grumpy cat and a small smug kitten with her paws on a red tuna can, with the title Monkey's New Sister in hand lettered white and red text on a dark wavy background.
Illustration by Aly Indermühle of two cats sitting together, a large grumpy cat and a small smug kitten with her paws on a red tuna can, with the title Monkey's New Sister in hand lettered white and red text on a dark wavy background.

Monkey's New Sister

Monkey the cat has a pretty great life. All the tuna. All the cuddles. All of his Mum's attention, all of the time.

Then Mum brings home a tiny fluffy monster and ruins absolutely everything.

HISS! SCRATCH! HOWL!

Will Monkey's new sister wreck his perfect life? Can he figure out how to get rid of her? And most importantly, what about his tuna?

Illustration by Aly Indermühle of an enormous panicked cockatoo with wings spread wide perched in a tiny nest, with a small red caterpillar below, titled Edgar the Brave in hand lettered text with BRAVE in bold red.
Illustration by Aly Indermühle of an enormous panicked cockatoo with wings spread wide perched in a tiny nest, with a small red caterpillar below, titled Edgar the Brave in hand lettered text with BRAVE in bold red.

Edgar the Brave

Meet Edgar. He's a cockatoo. A big one. An extremely, embarrassingly, can't-quite-fit-in-his-nest big one.

Edgar knows he should probably learn to fly. He's just not going to do it today. Or possibly ever.

But when an accidental tumble sends him plummeting from his treetop home, Edgar finds himself in a world that's TOO BIG, TOO LOUD, and TOO SCARY.

Which is saying something, coming from the biggest, loudest, most dramatic bird in the tree.

Illustration by Aly Indermühle of two stylish cats dancing on a city stage, one wearing red pants and a hat, the other in a red striped top with a bow, surrounded by red musical notes, titled Jazzy Pants and Jellybean Toes in hand lettered white text
Illustration by Aly Indermühle of two stylish cats dancing on a city stage, one wearing red pants and a hat, the other in a red striped top with a bow, surrounded by red musical notes, titled Jazzy Pants and Jellybean Toes in hand lettered white text

Jazzy Pants and Jellybean Toes

Jazzy Pants and Jellybean Toes are the grooviest cats in town. Their fancy footwork has everyone's tails wiggling and their hips swaying and the whole city feeling fine.

But what happens when the music suddenly stops?

Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.

Can these jive kitties get the city grooving again or will the silence last forever?

Illustration by Aly Indermuhle of a crap holding a red toothbrush. Children's book illustration cover.
Illustration by Aly Indermuhle of a crap holding a red toothbrush. Children's book illustration cover.

Pinchy's Toothy Adventure

On a sunny morning, while the waves tickle the shore, Pinchy discovers something extraordinary on the ocean floor.

It's long. It has teeth. And it is causing absolute chaos.

GRAB! POKE! PINCH!

Pinchy has no idea what this mysterious toothy thing is. Neither does anyone else on the sea floor. Which makes sense, really. Crabs don't have teeth.