Terrible Horses

Ken Wilson-Max’s illustrations artfully combine depictions of the children in their home alongside the inner world of the young boy’s feelings and imagination, with the horses rendered in brightly coloured pencil marks. – Imogen Carter * The Observer *A picture book about empathy and loneliness. * The Bookseller *Raymond Antrobus has penned a seemingly simple tale of sibling rivalry, but it’s one that conveys feelings relating to discord and empathy, both of which Ken Wilson-Max captures so adeptly in his illustrations of humans and of horses. * Red Reading Hub *A poignant, expressive picture book about fraught sibling relationships. – Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian *Ken Wilson-Max’s powerful mixed media, somewhat whimsical scenes, work beautifully in tandem with the author’s carefully chosen, poetic words… Altogether a demonstration of how storytelling can result in better understanding between people. * Books for Keeps *

Raymond Antrobus became the first poet to be awarded the Rathbone Folio Prize, and in 2021 he was awarded an MBE for his services to literature. His adult poetry collection The Perseverence won Raymond the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and the Ted Hughes Award. His poetry collection, All the Names Given, was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize. Can Bears Ski?, illustrated by Polly Dunbar, was Raymond’s picture book debut.

Ken Wilson-Max was born in Zimbabwe, where he trained to be a graphic designer. He is the author-illustrator of over 70 children’s books worldwide and in more than ten different languages. He says that he has always believed that people are more similar than different, and that that is worth celebrating.