The Illustrated Mum is a children's novel by English author Jacqueline Wilson, first published by Transworld in 1999 with illustrations by Nick Sharratt. Set in London, and narrated in first-person by a girl named "Dolphin", the story centers on her mother, Marigold, the heavily-tattooed title character. The book's title is a reference to The Illustrated Man, a 1951 book of short stories by Ray Bradbury, also named for tattoos. Wilson and The Illustrated Mum won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, judged by a panel of British children's writers.