Category Archives: Books

Sally Kindberg meets Mr Doodle (briefly)

Meeting  and chatting with Mr Doodle today on Primrose Hill bridge, where he was doodling away – part of London Mural Festival – reminded me of one of my Draw It! series, the Doodle a Day book.  

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Sally Kindberg and pirates

One of my Draw It! series of six books was this one about pirates, and I loved working on it, as I rather fancied myself as a pirate.  I only got as far as firstly, rowing a little boat on … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and sloths

It’s funny how the same images and interests pop up again and again in my work over the years! This rather battered copy of ‘Fascinating Facts’ was one of four published by Grafton Books (part of Collins) when my daughter … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg at the Fitzrovia Fete 2023

With thanks to all the Fitzrovia Fete visitors, who with my encouragement, pulled faces and/or drew them. This included newsreader and local resident Paddy O’Connell (who opened the Fete), and poet Jimmy Andrex amongst others.  There were musicians, more poets, … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and quails in space (again)

Thinking about quails again at the moment (as you do), and currently drawing a new story, a distraction I admit from a slowly ongoing and more complicated project. The comic strip above was part of an earlier iteration. Animal pioneers … Continue reading

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When Sally Kindberg and her robots went south

Last week I visited the Bargehouse on the river Thames’s south bank, site of a remarkable exhibition twenty-five years ago, held at the Museum Of, and organised by curator Clare Patey. During the exhibition, a film crew from Welsh TV … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and skipping

Skipping can be fun!  As three of my siblings have now died from various forms of cancer I’ve decided to skip one hundred times a day during February to try and raise funds for Cancer Research UK.  If you think … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s Draw It! London and a child’s drawing

I do enjoy seeing how readers respond to my Draw It! books!  This sent from a young reader in New Zealand, a page from my Draw It! London book.  The young artist has obviously aimed high, hooray!

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Sally Kindberg, knots and sailors

I like knots, in fact I once wrote and illustrated a book about them, as well as learning how  to tie them, on a basic sailing course on the North Sea years ago. It was fascinating to talk to former … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg Dinosaur Wrangling in Fitzrovia

  Dinosaurs extinct? Pah, nonsense!  Lots of Dinos emerged in fantastic drawings by visitors of all ages at the wondrous Pollocks Toy Museum Fitzrovia Fete on Saturday. I had some trouble with my ears, confusing cats with dinosaurs but it … Continue reading

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