I started teaching English in 1976. Four years later, at a Parents' Evening, I met the parents of a youngster whose step-father was an artist/illustrator.
Our discussion focused on how vocabulary relied on how much young people read. Their daughter was in my Year 8 English class, as it was then.
He had just been commissioned to design the front covers of the 1980's reprint of "The Mallory Towers" Enid Blyton books and used his step-daughter as the model for the designs. She was a lovely, kind and gentle child and went on to be a fashion feature writer for "The Sunday Telegraph" and also author of several books. If anyone would like to read one of her books..."Green, the new Black" please pm me.