About Mummy's Fables
Hi, I’m Mel, a London-based children’s author-illustrator. I create colourful rhyming picture books for children aged 3 to 6, and offer children’s author school visits in London and the Home Counties.
My stories are designed to entertain children while helping grown-ups open up conversations about big everyday lessons, including honesty, kindness, patience and friendship.
Mummy’s Fables began in August 2024, when I was at home with two boys under two and noticed that lessons seemed to land better when they were delivered through a story. That idea brought together two things that had shaped my path already: a degree in Fine Art, and experience as a Research Assistant in Pedagogy, the academic study of how children learn. I set out to create proper read-aloud stories that children would love, with useful messages woven through the adventure.
Since publishing The Wizard’s Assistant, I have delivered sessions to more than 1,000 pupils across schools and nurseries in London. I also share tips on using picture books as teaching tools across social media, often somewhere between school runs, sketchbooks and generally surviving the chaos of life with two small children (and two dogs).
Picture Books as Teaching Tools
Join me over on Instagram for research-backed tips, insights and honest reflections on using stories to help children understand big ideas. I share our favourite children’s books, behind-the-scenes glimpses of my own writing and illustration process, and practical ways to use picture books as teaching tools at home, in nurseries and in the classroom. My posts draw on research into how children learn, alongside real experience from school visits, story times, and motherhood.
Interested in an author visit?
I offer lively, interactive author visits for schools, nurseries, libraries and early years settings across London and the Home Counties.
My interactive sessions use storytelling, role play, and discussion to help children explore big ideas, including honesty, kindness, choices and consequences, in a way that feels fun, memorable and age-appropriate.