Author-illustrator Nicola Robson has published her first children’s picture book, Dizzy Izzy.
Nicola, from Southport, is looking forward to the official launch of Dizzy Izzu this Tuesday (3rd February 2026).
Nicola said: “Dizzy Izzy tells the story of a young girl who can feel the world spinning.
“Izzy struggles through life, unable to cope in the same way as those around her, until she has a brilliant idea which will change everything!
“I was diagnosed with Autism and ADHD in 2025, and after struggling my whole life and not knowing why, I wanted to write a book to creatively explain what this was like that would help children, and that late diagnosed adults would relate to.
“I wrote this book but I kept being unhappy with it, and in true ADHD style I wrote another book to procrastinate fixing the first.
“That’s where Dizzy Izzy came in! It was based on an idea I had about 17 years ago and I built upon it.
“I wanted it to be a fun and imaginative story with a positive way of solving a problem, but subconsciously it turned into a metaphor for being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world!
“The official launch date is 3rd February 2026 and it will be available on Amazon!
“I’m hopeful to eventually get it into some local bookshops too.”
The book originally had a different title, until Nicola decided that Dizzy Izzy would be a perfect fit.
She said: “For a while I was overthinking the title and trying to make it too clever or complex.
“When I stepped back and remembered it was a children’s book, I realised Dizzy Izzy was perfect, fun and catchy.
“For a while, it was called Spin, but it felt too much like the exercise and was worried about confusion when marketing the book.
“I’ve been illustrating picture books and book covers for the last year for self-publishing authors and will continue to do this alongside writing and illustrating my own.”
- To buy a copy of Dizzy Izzy by Nicola Robson please visit the Amazon website: Dizzy Izzy: Amazon.co.uk: Robson, Nicola: 9781919416113: Books
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