Children's book illustrations/writing

We require a children's book writer/illustrator to help produce a new range of early learning story books. We have developed a set of characters, who would need to be animated in a style that would be appealing to children.
Our vision is for these children to look fairly realistic and have their own personalities developed.
We are very conscious of the national curriculum and so literacy and numeracy skills will be an important factor within the stories. Any experience in children's writing would be preferable to help form the correct style for our story idea.
There is a possibility of future work as we hope to create a range of books.
Please reply for any extra information.