‘It’s all about the adventure’: Street artist’s new kids book backed by CSIRO

August 4th, 2025

James O Hanlon, the street artist who is literally painting the town red, and blue and pink and every other colour of the rainbow with his incredible murals, has written and illustrated a children’s book.

Mr O’Hanlon’s book, titled “Sid and the very hard to find squid’ was inspired by his own experiences as a research scientist, where he spent a lot of time out in the wilderness trying to find ‘very hard to find animals.

Read more: https://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/story/9030114/artist-james-ohanlon-paints-stories-for-kids/