Flower Guard Books

Welcome to the online home of work created by Andi Dawson. Here you’ll find a world of colour and imagination, where cute characters fill the page and show off the wonderful diversity of everyday life.

Andi’s illustrations are carefully created to engage even the youngest viewer . Her writing focuses on friendship, problem solving and fun and the majority of her books are written in rhyme to encourage a love of language and promote early reading for pleasure.

Ramblings

  • Ruff’s Return

    I created the character of Ruff years ago, just a simple pencil drawing of a nice, brown dog. Nothing special, but very cute…

  • First, the idea…

    Usually, a story idea bursts into my brain, often in the moments before I go to sleep, and I have to get my…

  • Life in Lockdown 2020

    In the middle of March my mom was given a diagnosis of ‘definitely coronavirus’ by a 111 operator. She wasn’t offered a test…

  • Look, a new book!

    Meet my latest characters, the wonderful animals from my soon to be published book, AAAAALPACAS! You may have seen them before if you…

  • Tonight I’m going to work like it’s 2020.

    Well folks, we’re halfway through the first month of 2020, how is everyone finding it? I can sum it up in one word…busy!…

  • A previous existence.

    Many years ago when my ten year old was just a nipper, a friend and I dabbled in the odd bit of craft.…