The initial idea for the book "What are they looking at?" came from a conversation I had with my then 3 year-old son. He had been staring at someone wearing a cast on their leg, thinking the cast was a sock. He asked me why this person was wearing just a sock and no shoe on his leg. It was late at night, close to bedtime, and my son, who had never seen a cast before, was confused and perhaps a bit scared by the unusual sight. So, I came up with a story about melting ice cream that spotted his shoe and he had to take it off, leaving him with just his sock. From then on, I began to think about a book that would give creative and imaginative answers to children's unexpected questions. Over time, as I gradually deconstructed the idea, I was left with the question "What are they looking at? With the question fixed, I began to make up creative answers, sometimes inspired by everyday life, sometimes by an imaginary dream world. To incorporate these into the design of the book, I used cut-outs to give a glimpse of the answer on the next page. To emphasise the dreamy and imaginative aspect, I used watercolour, aquarelle and ink as well as collage.