The Making
of Kooky Kolle
The story behind Kooky Kolle, her dream pet and her side-kick Kage
Kooky Kolle first came to life when I was working as a nanny. Every night, the children I looked after would say, “Patch, tell us a story before bed!”
Fed up with reading the same storybooks over and over, I started to make up my own stories. One night, I told them about a kooky little girl who dreamed of having a pet koala of her very own.
Kolle loved animals. She even had a pet lizard, but her dream pet was a koala. She loved koalas so much that she was determined to have one as a pet!
To my surprise, the story became an instant favourite. The children wanted to hear it every single night.
Even after I left that job, the story of Kolle stayed with me. i dint say it as often but i would sometimes write little notes on my phone or think of different versions of Kolle and her kooky style.
Three years later i first came up with the idea of kooky kolle, my cousins encouraged me to start writing again, something I’d always loved but never really pursued seriously. I didn’t even know where to begin, but I decided to follow my dream. That’s when I started looking for an illustrator, and luckily, I found the wonderfully talented Mentari.
She took my ideas and instructions and brought Kolle to life just as I imagined her — with her big, sparkling green eyes, her favorite coat, and of course, her lovable sidekick, Kage.
And just like that, Kooky Kolle stepped out of my imagination and into the world.
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