About

Padweasel is a small independent publisher of childrens' books, based in Northumberland. We are currently featuring solely the work of author illustrator Kit Harker.

Message from Kit

Padweasel was created in 2020 as umbrella under which to publish my work. The first couple of books were ever so sweet. Charming and amusing (though I do say so myself!). Fun to create but not quite 'me'. I then spent a few years working only on commissioned work. Dogs mainly. I drew A LOT of dogs. I mean, really, so many dogs. By 2024 I had drawn every dog who had ever existed and needed something new. 

I started to create the sort of books I would have been drawn to when I was younger. I was an odd child. And I have always loved ghost stories. So odd books and ghost stories it was. True to the brief, the first two books I have released are A Short Book About A Potato (odd) and Tidy Up Thomas (ghost). 

My stories are in the spirit of Grimm's fairy tales (though so far I haven't produced any based directly on them...)

Happily ever afters are never guaranteed (don't say I didn't warn you).