Paula Bowles

About The Author

Paula Bowles is an award winning illustrator, who graduated from Falmouth University in 2005. She now lives by the sea in Weston-super-Mare. Her publisher list includes Simon & Schuster, Nosy Crow, OUP, Bonnier, and many more. Paula won The Portsmouth Picture Book Award 2023 for her picture book ‘Tiny Crab is a Tidy Crab’. She won the Lancashire School Library Service ‘Brilliant Book Award’ 2023 for her book ‘Marv and the Mega Robot’ (written by Alex Falase-Koya). She was also shortlisted for many more including The Indie Book Awards 2023, The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2023, and The Week Junior ‘Children’s illustrated book of the year’. 

When she’s not working, she enjoys going to the theatre, seeing live music, being outside and looking for wildlife.

Books by Paula Bowles

Bear's Wild Home
By Paula Bowles

A charming story about rewilding, teamwork and the importance of sharing our natural spaces.

Bear is busy building the most amazing den. He chops down wood, he tidies weeds, he clears out the river. But what Bear doesn’t understand is that by building his own home, he’s taken aw...

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