Alienation-Themed Storybook Illustrations Required

I am crafting a delicately themed children's storybook series and I need an illustrator skilled in creating engaging and touching visuals. Here's some helpful information:

- Target Audience: Our intended readers are children aged between 6-10 years, hence the illustration style and language should be suitable for this age group.
- Illustration Style: The project calls for an attractive cartoon-style approach to visually deliver the subject matter. Subtlety and warmth in the lines and images are very much appreciated.
- Color Preferences: We're aiming for illustrations in pastel hues. The chosen color palette should equally distribute focus throughout the pages, ensuring that it isn't too striking and simultaneously not too muted.
- Extra Attention: Given that the book touches on parent alienation, the visual narrative needs to be soft, enticing, yet profound. The art should serve as an aid, making the rather serious topic easily digestible for young readers.

Ideal candidates will have experience with kid’s books illustrations, particularly those tackling serious subjects, and will be capable of delivering an elegant blend of colors, character design, and scene compositions. Please include samples of past work depicting character development and story-telling, especially where you have used pastel colors and/or cartoon style illustrations. Characters do not need to be humans.