Anthony Brown is one of my favourite children’s books illustrators. The following extract is from his book The Tunnel (Walker Books)

 “She threw her arms around the cold hard form, and wept. Very slowly, the figure began to change colour, becoming softer and warmer. Then little by little, it began to move. Her brother was there. ‘Rose! I knew you’d come’ he said. They ran back through the forest, through the wood, into the tunnel, and out again. Together.”