Today is editor Sarah's birthday, and she's going to shelter in one of her favourite books. Would you join her in Carrie Hepple's Garden? Or perhaps up the cherry tree? Or if you are missing your friends, perhaps you'd join her in Busytown.
![sheltering places](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_fc3be11ee7294a7f86ec01a0c50e1ba4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_fc3be11ee7294a7f86ec01a0c50e1ba4~mv2.jpg)
![picture books make good shelter](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_96d7f76ad83340f9960f5714de162e35~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_96d7f76ad83340f9960f5714de162e35~mv2.jpg)
![the books that comfort me tmost are about the sense of place](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_5f7a56949c324d2aa8f80dea9cb527d8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_5f7a56949c324d2aa8f80dea9cb527d8~mv2.jpg)
![Mr Rabbit and the Lovely Present](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_30a09c44e48d41d795187bd6df460c85~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_30a09c44e48d41d795187bd6df460c85~mv2.jpg)
![The Black Pebble](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_321ae0126ae14c1cb1d83d1f0097afd0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_321ae0126ae14c1cb1d83d1f0097afd0~mv2.jpg)
![Carrie Hepple's Garden](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_2709a40dfcde4d9aa1ce5c306072aed8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_2709a40dfcde4d9aa1ce5c306072aed8~mv2.jpg)
![But you might take refuge in Busytown](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_c972681c651d44fd888f3583b01d402d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_c972681c651d44fd888f3583b01d402d~mv2.jpg)
![or with a friend in Paris](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_0d8d990d2ca04f8ab918031770b30ab0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_0d8d990d2ca04f8ab918031770b30ab0~mv2.jpg)
![or a lighthouse (includes meal service)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_4fb1b5c6ce7a4c38968b445cc79c54e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_4fb1b5c6ce7a4c38968b445cc79c54e4~mv2.jpg)
![you cold be in the cherry tree](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_04bd1c3e76ab4f99b7aaed7e02ecd11c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_04bd1c3e76ab4f99b7aaed7e02ecd11c~mv2.jpg)
![or maybe you go underground with the bogeyman](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09ef90_3647d826f381463c83647c2ca2f8e047~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/09ef90_3647d826f381463c83647c2ca2f8e047~mv2.jpg)
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giselle clarkson
Giselle Clarkson is a freelance illustrator and comic creator from Wellington. Her work has appeared in a bunch of School Journals as well as Gecko Press’ ANNUAL. She illustrated the 2018 picture book Secret World of Butterflies by Courtney Sina Meredith (Allen & Unwin NZ) and the 2019 children's novel Hazel and the Snails by Nan Blanchard (Annual Ink/Massey University Press). Her most recent illustrations are in The Gobbledegook Book, by Joy Cowley (Gecko Press). Giselle's secret talent is rescuing moths from the shower without accidentally drowning them. Visit her website: www.giselledraws.com.