ny ▁H ale ▁( born ▁ 1 9 5 9 ) ▁is ▁an ▁Australian ▁illustr ator ▁and ▁author ▁who ▁has ▁published ▁ 2 0 ▁children ' s ▁picture ▁books , ▁including ▁the ▁Double ▁Del ight ▁f lap ▁books ▁with ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁copies ▁in ▁print . ▁Her ▁illustr ation ▁styles ▁range ▁from ▁na ï ve ▁and ▁c ute ▁( for ▁to dd lers ) ▁to ▁ ▁detailed ▁water col our ▁real ism . ▁Jen ny ▁often ▁h ides ▁characters ▁and ▁little ▁j okes ▁in ▁her ▁pictures ▁for ▁children ▁to ▁find . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Jen ny ▁is ▁the ▁fifth ▁of ▁seven ▁children , ▁all ▁of ▁whom ▁showed ▁drawing ▁talent . ▁From ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 8 , ▁her ▁draw ings ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Sun - Her ald ▁children ’ s ▁lift - out ▁ ▁pages , ▁and ▁she ▁won ▁pri zes ▁in ▁compet itions ▁as ▁diverse ▁as ▁the ▁C oca - Col a ▁summer ▁beach ▁sand ▁mod elling ▁competition , ▁bill board ▁painting , ▁and ▁a ▁D ul ux ▁egg ▁painting ▁competition ▁at ▁E aster ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁After ▁comple ting ▁Graph ic ▁Design ▁at ▁Rand wick ▁T AF E , ▁she ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁fre el ance ▁illustr ator , ▁graph ic ▁designer ▁and ▁copy writer . ▁ ▁Work ▁ ▁Jen ny ▁works ▁in ▁past el , ▁water col our , ▁col oured ▁p enc il , ▁and ▁in ▁Phot osh op , ▁concentr ating ▁on ▁figure ▁illustr ation . ▁Her ▁illustr ations ▁are ▁often ▁bright ly ▁colored