Take Care Before You Share! by Samantha Williams

Samantha Williams is a children’s author and illustrator of books and resources that support the mental well-being of children and young people. With a primary focus on fostering emotional resilience and empowering young minds. Early on in her career, she would take on commissioned illustration work many of which were highly commended and one of her clients won the Mums Choice Awards for a picture book she illustrated called Before I Was Born. Samantha is also the founder of The Little Star Design Studio the online space dedicated to raising awareness of mental health issues both on and offline.

Samantha says; “I see my books as conversation starters, for parents and teachers to be able to approach what might be a difficult topic for a child or young person, the research that goes onto the books and activities and all the subsidence supporting materials is quite extensive, but it is very necessary to be able to support parents and teachers with the materials they need to help make a difference in a child’s life.”

Samantha says “I don’t believe in hiding big ideas from children, but I do believe that supporting the adults in a child’s life the best we can help make a real and lasting difference.”