Category Archives: Books

Robots, bots and AI

Posted on March 5, 2026 by SallyK

It’s true I have a penchant for robots … the clockwork ones in particular, but definitely not the crawler bots who’ve been visiting my site recently.  You know who you are … or possibly you don’t, although I’ve heard bot … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and Palmers Pet Shop in Camden Town, London

Posted on February 23, 2026 by SallyK

Not far from London Zoo is the facade of what was once a famous pet shop.  It claimed Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin were its customers but who knows? Now it’s one of the ubiquitous Gail’s Cafes. I saw neither … Continue reading →

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Travels in Space

Posted on February 11, 2026 by SallyK

Although not yet an astronaut, I have drawn and written about them.  Curiosity about space travel started early on.  As a child I was a big fan of the exploits of handsome ‘pilot of the future’ Dan Dare in the … Continue reading →

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Snowy

Posted on January 20, 2026 by SallyK

Years ago I worked part-time at a Camden bookshop, before having my first series of children’s books published by Grafton. The bookshop is long gone, its site now occupied by a Tortilla takeaway.My Saturday task was to cash up the … Continue reading →

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Teeth

Posted on June 10, 2025 by SallyK

Recently I visited Apsley House, once home of the Duke of Wellington, for the first time.  Nothing to do with his teeth (featured above), but because I’m reading Laura Cumming’s excellent book The Vanishing Man about a lost painting by … Continue reading →

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Tricky Tricks

Posted on February 20, 2025 by SallyK

Yesterday experienced a bit of nostalgia … for when the world wasn’t quite so bonkers, and when you could actually go and visit a publisher with an idea and some pictures after talking to them on the phone. The publisher … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg meets Mr Doodle (briefly)

Posted on October 7, 2024 by SallyK

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

Posted on September 25, 2024 by SallyK

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

Posted on November 21, 2023 by SallyK

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

Posted on August 18, 2023 by SallyK

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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