Nina’s Portfolio

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"This Is The Dog" 
Written by Maura Finn, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Scholastic New Zealand

Digital illustration

"This Is The Dog" 
Written by Maura Finn, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Scholastic New Zealand

Digital illustration

"This Is The Dog" 
Written by Maura Finn, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Scholastic New Zealand

Digital illustration

"The Grasshopper's Dance"
Written by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Scholastic, NZ

"The Grasshopper's Dance"
Written by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Scholastic, NZ

"Boom Bah!"
Written by Phil Cummings, illustrated by Nina Rycroft 
Published by Kane Miller and Working Title Press 

Watercolour and Conte pencil

Winner of the International Best Book Award, "Boom Bah!" was adapted into an award-winning stage production, touring Australia and New Zealand as part of a literacy initiative between Windmill and the advertiser, Little Big Book Club.

May 2014, "Boom Bah!" was presented to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to commemorate their visit to the Playford Library, as part of their tour of Australia.

"Boom Bah!"
Written by Phil Cummings, illustrated by Nina Rycroft 
Published by Kane Miller and Working Title Press 

Watercolour and Conte pencil

"Good Dog Hank"
Written by Jackie French, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Harper Collins, Australia

Watercolour and Conte pencil

"Good Dog Hank"
Written by Jackie French, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Harper Collins, Australia

Watercolour and Conte pencil

"Dinosaurs Love Cheese"
Written by Jackie French, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Harper Collins, Australia

Illustrated using acrylic paint and coloured pencil

To celebrate the Centenary Festival of Australian Children’s Literature in Canberra, Nina's thumbnail sketches, character designs, storyboards, and final artworks were exhibited as part of the book launch celebrations with Australian Laurette Jackie French. 

The complete works for "Dinosaurs Love Cheese" is a part of the Lu Rees Archives.

"Dinosaurs Love Cheese"
Written by Jackie French, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Harper Collins, Australia

Illustrated using acrylic paint and coloured pencil

"Ballroom Bonanza" 
By Nina Rycroft
Published by Working Title Press and Abrams, New York

Finalist 3rd International CJ Picture Book Awards, 2011.
Finalist Young Hoosier Book Awards, 2011.

Illustrated using watercolour and gouache and coloured pencils.

"Ballroom Bonanza" 
By Nina Rycroft
Published by Working Title Press and Abrams, New York

Finalist 3rd International CJ Picture Book Awards, 2011.
Finalist Young Hoosier Book Awards, 2011.

Illustrated using watercolour and gouache and coloured pencils.

"Once a Creepy Crocodile", written by Peter Taylor, illustrated by Nina Rycroft
Published by Five Mile Press

2015 Book of the Year Award by Speech Pathology Australia