Joshua decides to accompany Aden and his mum to the side street where she has parked her car. In the background is his friend Aden who is about to leave for home with his mum. Laila has captured his conflicting emotions. Joshua is seven and the presence of his nine year old brother Ethan, is comforting. He loves school and is happy there, however today his big brother is not at school and he is feeling a little lost. His mum works and cannot take him home until after 4.00 pm. He is among the last of the children to be collected from school. Joshua is at school where lessons are finished for the day. The focus of the foundation is to teach child safety in schools and the wider community. His abduction and subsequent murder prompted his parents to form the Daniel Morecombe Foundation. Day for Daniel was held on 28th October 16 and all children are encouraged to wear a red shirt in memory of Daniel Morecombe who disappeared in 2003. She replied that she'd felt very strongly that the shirt must be red. She was thrilled to know the connection of the red shirt with the stranger danger message. I asked her if she was aware of Red Shirt Day, or if the red shirt was the result of her intuition. Laila lives in South Australia and her busy work load leaves little time for watching television. I was amazed to see Laila had depicted Joshua with a red shirt. The images arrived two days before Red Shirt Day for Daniel Morecombe. Laila is an intuitive artist and has put her heart and soul into bringing Joshua and Stranger Danger to life. Her work is so full of expression and fits the story perfectly. I am extremely pleased with Laila Savolainen first illustration in the book Joshua and Stranger Danger.
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