Iain Lauchlan

Iain Lauchlan Iain has been an actor, TV presenter and producer for more than 40 years. He has appeared in many TV dramas and has also presented a number of well-loved children’s programmes such as Playschool, Fingermouse and Playdays. Iain also created TV programmes such as Boo, Fun Song Factory and the Bafta-winning Tweenies. Iain still creates his ownprogrammes for his online TV channel called CheekyChimpsTV.com. Molly’s Tree is his first published book for apre-school audience. After graduating from art college in Suffolk, Nik Afia started as a storyboard artist on Teletubbies, before going on to do a number of character designs and various illustrations for several TV production companies. He subsequently worked as an artist and illustrator on The Tweenies. Since then, he’s worked as an illustrator and graphic designer on children’s books, and as storyboard artist and character designer on TV shows such as Eastenders and Red Dwarf. He also occasionally teaches drawing and illustration to children in places such as The London Cartoon Museum and Chiswick Holiday Courses. Mood Bears were designed and created by Joanna Proud, following her own mental health struggles. They were designed to encourage children to talk, listen and understand their feelings, thoughts and moods. She had a vision of the Mood Bears helping children’s mental health in the form of a book, so contacted the talented Iain Lauchlan, who created the wonderful Molly’s Tree, to help children to understand and work through feelings of grief.Find out more about Mood Bears: www.moodbears.co.ukInstagram @MoodBearsTwitter @themoodbearswww.facebook.com/MoodBears.co.uk