[3] Russell has illustrated over 80 books, including The Cow That Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill, Quacky Quack-Quack!
and Whiff both by Ian Whybrow, and The Witch’s Children series by Ursula Jones.
[4] His illustration of The Witch’s Children go to School by Ursula Jones won the 2008 inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
[5] Russell’s illustrations for The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas (2012) written by Andy Cutbill were adapted into an animated short film for the BBC,[6] featuring the voices of Johnny Vegas and Miriam Margoles.
In 2015, SLR Productions launched a series of 52 x 11 minute animated episodes[7] based on the picture books Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs written by Giles Andre and illustrated by Russell Ayto.