Dandi Palmer

Biography

An illustrator for over thirty years, Dandi Palmer has been commissioned by the Radio Times, Prima, UNESCO, BBC Focus, and many more publications. www.dandipal.uk has a selection of picture books as well as samples of other illustrations and portfolio of published work.
The illustrator also writes science fiction, fiction, and supernatural/fantasy novels for adults under the name of Jane Palmer.

Where to find Dandi Palmer online

Where to buy in print

Series

Sketchbook Drawings
Pictures to use as screen backgrounds, greetings cards and in other craftwork: or download the high resolution PDFs from the links at the end of the book to print out and frame.

Books

Shakespeare Characters
Price: Free! Words: 2,530. Language: British English. Published: January 23, 2024 by Dodo Books. Categories: Plays » Shakespeare
Illustrations of well known, and lesser known, characters from some of Shakespeare's plays, such as The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet.
Bird Tattoos
Price: $1.50 USD. Words: 20. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2020 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Body art, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Applied arts » Decorative arts
10 pages of bird images for small tattoos including an eagle, lovebirds, hummingbirds, cockatoo, osprey, cinereous vulture, goose and mute swan.
Tattoo Motifs
Price: $1.50 USD. Words: 20. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2020 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Body art, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Applied arts » General
14 pages of motifs for small tattoos. Full colour decorative designs to download, print out, and adapt if required.
Animal Tattoos
Price: $1.50 USD. Language: English. Published: August 20, 2020 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Body art, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Animals
Ten pages of animal tattoo suggestions including a chameleon, clouded leopard, smilodon, bulldog, saluki, turtle, wolf, giraffe, crocodile and impala.
Tattoo Designs
Price: $1.50 USD. Words: 20. Language: English. Published: August 1, 2020 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Body art, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Subjects & themes / general
10 pages of tattoo suggestions, including a cheetah, feather, Ganesha, Green Man, anchor and eel, sun, snake, beetle and dragon.
Flower Tattoos
Price: $1.50 USD. Words: 20. Language: English. Published: June 11, 2020 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Subjects & themes / plants & animals, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Nature
10 pages of flower designs for small tattoos. A lily, thistle, sea holly, iris, daisy, rose, waterlily, peony, tulip and orchids.
Original Drawings of Wild Flowers
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 70. Language: English. Published: September 21, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Botany, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings of a Flower Collection
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 90. Language: English. Published: September 17, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints, Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Gardening » Flowers / General
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings Including Roses, Lavatera, Acanthus and Hypericum
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 90. Language: English. Published: September 12, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Gardening » Flowers / Roses, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings of Flowers Including Aquilegia, Sunflowers, Chinese Lanterns and Laburnum
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 100. Language: English. Published: September 7, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints, Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Gardening » Flowers / General
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Short Stories for Older Children
Series: Short Stories · Fiction for Older Children and Teenagers. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 12,360. Language: English. Published: September 3, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Short Stories
It is easy to think that the reality we know is the only one. But the galaxy is immense and full of other possibilities. There are also dimensions where existence is not tangible for its inhabitants. We would call them ghosts. With illustrations.
Original Drawings of Frogs, Rabbits, Rats and the South Bank
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 90. Language: English. Published: September 1, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » Europe
Pencil sketches of London Views and Animals. Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings of Lilies
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 80. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Gardening » Flowers / Bulbs, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings of Leaves and Climbing Plants
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 80. Language: English. Published: August 25, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Gardening » Ornamental Plants, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings Including Ginger, Yew, Hawthorn & Capsicum
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 90. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints, Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Gardening » Herbs
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings of Fruit, Foxgloves and Shells
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 90. Language: English. Published: August 20, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Nature, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings Including Chrysanthemums, Freesias and Rudbeckias
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 80. Language: English. Published: August 18, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints, Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Gardening » Flowers / Annuals
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings of Narcissus, Gladioli, Tulips and Other Bulbs
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 80. Language: English. Published: August 16, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Gardening » Flowers / Bulbs, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Original Drawings of Anthuriums, Antirrhinums, Proteas and a Penstemon
Series: Sketchbook Drawings. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 80. Language: English. Published: August 16, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Prints, Nonfiction » Home & Garden » Gardening » Flowers / General
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
Dinosaurs
Price: Free! Words: 760. Language: English. Published: March 15, 2018 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Paleontology
15 dinosaurs - ferocious, fleet-footed, feathered, voracious, long-necked, huge and very weird. Full colour pictures selected from the 42 line drawings in A Colouring Book of Dinosaurs by Dandi Palmer, published by Dodo Books
Heavenly Scent
Price: Free! Words: 1,120. Language: English. Published: November 1, 2017 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues
Some people, like Selena, blithely skip through life without bothering to read warning notices until they breathe in fumes which propel them into an alternative dimension of chattering moons, floating cities and aquatic genies.
Puddles
Price: Free! Words: 760. Language: English. Published: September 11, 2017 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Short Stories, Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Lola loves puddles, but then she falls through one and into the strange world underneath it. An unlikely tale with full colour pictures.
Short Stories, Sinister Tales for Teens
Series: Fiction for Older Children and Teenagers · Short Stories. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 16,790. Language: English. Published: March 14, 2017 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Anthology, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
Don’t look now because the clown from Hell is right behind you, the smog is melting people away into another dimension, and monsters roam the golf course. Your friendly, helpful smartphone could be the portal to Purgatory and that mysterious toyshop holds a secret to turn the toughest teenage mind. Not suitable for younger children.
Fantasy Designs
Price: Free! Words: 130. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2014 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Applied arts » Decorative arts, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Crafts - General
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
20 detailed line drawings. Suggestions for embroidery, greetings cards and other craftwork.
Short Stories: Fantasy, Fiction and Horror
Series: Short Stories · Fiction for Older Children and Teenagers. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 18,320. Language: English. Published: October 5, 2014 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Anthology, Fiction » Children’s books » Short Stories
(3.00 from 1 review)
Reality can be more astounding than fantasy, and often unfurls a mysterious tendril to draw in the unsuspecting person. Encounters with troglodytes in a crypt, fluorescent honey and the house that goes to the ultimate extreme to get rid of its inhabitants, can happen.
Flower Designs
Price: Free! Words: 130. Language: English. Published: June 17, 2014 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Crafts - General, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Applied arts » Decorative arts
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
21 detailed line drawings. Suggestions for embroidery, greetings cards and other craftwork.
Patterns
Price: Free! Words: 130. Language: English. Published: May 16, 2014 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Applied arts » Decorative arts, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Crafts - General
20 detailed line drawings. Suggestions for embroidery, greetings cards and other craftwork.
Click!
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,110. Language: English. Published: May 31, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
Minty finds a magical mouse which transforms weeds into sunflowers, lizards into dinosaurs, and her brother into a dog. Picture story with line illustrations.
Possomly's Bomb
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 12. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 700. Language: English. Published: May 26, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
(5.00 from 1 review)
Ancient astronauts in the distant past escape to new worlds. Picture story with 32 colour illustrations.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 11. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 190. Language: English. Published: May 26, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
A bucket, a broom, and badly cast spell… Picture book with 32 colour illustrations.
The Love for Three Oranges
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 10. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 540. Language: English. Published: May 25, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
(5.00 from 1 review)
A hypochondriac prince is cursed with the love for three oranges for laughing at the disguise of the wicked witch, Fata Morgana. Adapted from the opera by Sergei Prokofiev which is based on the commedia dell'arte play by Carlo Gozzi.
Mr Blot
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 9. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,550. Language: English. Published: May 21, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
Meet Mr Blot, the officious teapot who insists that there is a form to be filled in for everything. A picture book with 34 illustrations in full colour.
Ganesha, the Elephant-faced God
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 8. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 490. Language: English. Published: May 21, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
Ganesha rides in the moonlight on his demon rat, which is scared by a snake. A picture story with 32 full colour illustrations.
King of Dolphin Island
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 7. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 520. Language: English. Published: May 18, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
A haunted volcanic island takes revenge on pirates. A picture story with 32 full colour illustrations.
Beaky and Squeaky
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 6. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 420. Language: English. Published: May 17, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
This is the picture story of twins, two dolphins and a very jealous macaw. 30 full colour illustrations.
Bumblechunk and Tangle-Toof
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 5. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 410. Language: English. Published: May 15, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
(5.00 from 1 review)
Two dragons - one forest. They both believe it belongs to them. Picture story with 30 full colour illustrations.
Barnaby Bell's Hot Air Balloon
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 4. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 390. Language: English. Published: May 12, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
Picture story about an adventurous 18th century inventor with full colour illustrations.
Angelo and the Sunbeam Jewel
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 40. Language: English. Published: May 12, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
A picture story about a boy who finds a magical meteorite. 32 full colour illustrations.
The Grunnick
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 530. Language: English. Published: May 8, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
(4.00 from 1 review)
Like most bullies, the Grunnick was full of nothing but hot air. 32 colour illustrations.
An Odd Alphabet
Series: Full Colour Picture Books, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 220. Language: English. Published: May 5, 2011 by Dodo Books. Categories: Nonfiction » Children's Books » Fairy tales & fables, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Art
A journey through an alphabet of unlikely characters and odd ideas. 30 full colour illustrations.
Green Fingers
Series: Fiction for Older Children and Teenagers, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 28,800. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2010 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
There is a strange glow in Penny’s greenhouse. She knows how to grow every flower, fruit and vegetable you can name, and perhaps even ones that come from another planet.
Different Dragons
Series: Fiction for Older Children and Teenagers, Book 3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 15,660. Language: English. Published: October 25, 2010 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
Everyone has dragons. Charlie is best friends with his. Mandy doesn’t recognise hers until she loses her spaceship. The only way to travel in the universe of the imagination is by dragon.
The Glee Machine
Series: Fiction for Older Children and Teenagers, Book 2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 19,860. Language: English. Published: October 25, 2010 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
The Glee Machine can conjure up every fantastic world you could want to visit. It also conjures up murderous gargoyles that want to suck your mind dry. 
Short Stories For Older, and Not Quite So Old, Children
Series: Short Stories, Book 1 · Fiction for Older Children and Teenagers, Book 4. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 15,240. Language: English. Published: October 23, 2010 by Dodo Books. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction
Tales about sticky confectionary, talking fish, restless gargoyles, mysterious magical eggs in the depths of space, a reasonable giant rat, worlds made with words and worlds drowned in rivers of chocolate… For teenagers and children. (Some suitable for adults as well.)

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