Ashley Spires

About The Author

Ashley Spires has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and a Graduate Diploma in Illustration from Sheridan College. In addition to her illustration, Ashley has founded Chicken Tika Creations, which sells her hand-make felt creations across Canada. The felt finger puppets that inspired Penguin and the Cupcake are available at her website www.chickentika.com. Ashley was the illustrator of A Bloom of Friendship: The Story of the Canadian Tulip Festival, which was nominated for the Silver Birch Award, the Hackmatack Children's Choice Award and the 2007 Red Cedar Award. She was a featured illustrator for the BC Libraries Summer Reading Club in 2006.

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Books by Ashley Spires

The Red Shoes

By Eleri Glass

Illustrated by Ashley Spires

All of the shoes in the shoe store are plain and dull except for one pair: the apple red shoes, just waiting to be picked. The little girl knows that they are the shoes for her, but can she convince her mom? This cheerful tale is matched with charming illustrations that depict the fashions of the...

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