Geoff’s New View

Project Overview

Geoff’s New View by Jennie Cavanagh is a quiet, important picture book about what happens when a child finally finds the environment that suits him. Geoff has felt out of place in his classroom — unsure, uncomfortable, not quite belonging — until he is introduced to the sensory room, a space designed to support his unique needs. There, something shifts. Geoff finds comfort, joy, and the confidence to engage with school on his own terms. Jennie Cavanagh writes with a gentleness that respects both Geoff’s experience and the adults around him, avoiding blame while celebrating the power of appropriate support.

The illustration challenge was making the sensory room feel genuinely transformative on the page — it needed to look visually different from the rest of the school, with a warmth, softness, and sense of safety that made Geoff’s relief and joy completely legible the moment he entered it.

Role

Full book illustration covered contrasting classroom and sensory room environment design, neurodiversity-sensitive expression and body language illustration, and print-ready file preparation for Mascot Books.

The core challenge was making the sensory room feel genuinely transformative on the page: visually distinct from the rest of the school, with a warmth and softness that made Geoff’s relief and joy legible the moment he stepped inside it.

Process

Every project follows this same structured path, so you always know where we are and what comes next. You review and approve at the sketch stage and the line art stage — nothing moves to color until you’re happy. By the time the final spread is rendered, there are no surprises.