{"id":2099,"date":"2014-04-09T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2018-03-15T22:32:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T11:32:12","slug":"childrens-toys-in-better-than-a-superhero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/childrens-toys-in-better-than-a-superhero\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s toys in Better Than A Superhero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week Belinda Francis and I are celebrating the release of our book Better Than A Superhero. I have to say the the response to this new release has been pretty positive already. This is so encouraging as it is Belinda&#8217;s debut picture book. Belinda featured in the Queensland Times news with a rather flattering caption &#8220;Belinda is following in Ednid&#8217;s steps.&#8221; (referring to the author Enid Blyton.) Well I am sure Belinda is quite capable and I was honored to be asked to illustrate Better Than A Superhero. Belinda is also celebrating the birth of a gorgeous new bubby.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2121\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/childrens-toys-in-better-than-a-superhero\/belinda-is-following-in-enids-steps-_-ipswich-queensland-times\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times.jpg?fit=600%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,864\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Better Than A Superhero. Picture book by Belinda Francis and Kayleen West. Wombat Books, Even Before Publishing.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Better Than A Superhero. Picture book by Belinda Francis and Kayleen West. Wombat Books, Even Before Publishing.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Better Than A Superhero. New picture book by Belinda Francis and Kayleen West. Even Before Publishing.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times.jpg?fit=416%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2121\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times-208x300.jpg?resize=208%2C300\" alt=\"Better Than A Superhero. Picture book by Belinda Francis and Kayleen West. Wombat Books, Even Before Publishing.\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times.jpg?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times.jpg?resize=138%2C200&amp;ssl=1 138w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times.jpg?resize=416%2C600&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Better Than A Superhero. New picture book by Belinda Francis and Kayleen West. Even Before Publishing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When brainstorming the book I wanted to be as original as possible. There are so many book about Jesus even if not about this kind of friendship so I wanted the illustrations to be different. The story is talking to the reader about how awesome Jesus is and how we can have a best friend type relationship with him. Rather than have another religious looking Christian book I decided to make it fun and used the child and his toys as props. The child talks about Jesus using his toys to play-role the story. I hope it brings a smile to many children and helps draw them into a closer relationship with our superhero &#8211; Jesus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2122\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?attachment_id=2122\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BTASuperhero-page05.jpg?fit=450%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,632\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Props used in Better Than A Superhero may be found in a child&amp;#8217;s room. Picture book by Belinda Francis and Kayleen West. Even Before Publishing\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Props used in Better Than A Superhero may be found in a child&amp;#8217;s room. Picture book by Belinda Francis and Kayleen West. Even Before Publishing&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BTASuperhero-page05.jpg?fit=427%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2122\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BTASuperhero-page05.jpg?resize=450%2C632\" alt=\"Props used in Better Than A Superhero may be found in a child's room. Picture book by Belinda Francis and Kayleen West. 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