#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Nicola Killen from her picturebook Ollie’s Busy Bee About a child who makes a bee-friendly garden. Gentle image in monochrome with touches of colour and highlights. Simon & Schuster 23 April.
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Robert Sae-Heng from How to Build a Chocolate Bridge with text by Roma Agrawal, an entertaining exploration of materials, with experiments that use the wrong ones. Laurence King 9 April. The colours and vignettes on each page are enticing. @hachettechildrens.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by author/illustrator Marie Dorleans from her picturebook The Blanket, translated by Katy Lockwood-Holmes. About a boy afraid of everything without his blanket. Hand-drawn with graphite pencil & watercolour & finished digitally. Floris Bks 23 April. @florisbooks.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Owen Davey, known for his clear, accurate and elegant graphic style. Informative page from Natural World: a Visual Compendium of Wonders from Nature, by Amanda Wood and Mike Jolley. Wide Eyed Editions paperback 9 April. @quartokids.bsky.social @owendaveydraws.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Spanish illustrator Anuska Allepuz, (MA Cambridge School of Art) from her lively picturebook Move Your Body! Text by Madhvi Ramani. Paperback from Two Hoots 19 April. Charming childlike multimedia image with varied textures. @twohootsbooks.bsky.social @madhvi.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Australian Illustrator Jess Racklyeft from Storm, a non-fiction picturebook about stages of a storm on a beach, with text by Claire Saxby. Allen & Unwin 2 April. Light-filled watercolour and collage. @allenandunwin.bsky.social @clairesaxby.bsky.social jessracklyeft.com
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Anthony Browne from Once Upon a Time in the Woods, in which three boys learn not to make assumptions about others. With Browne's exceptional miniaturist detail, in the branches, the thatched roof, the leaf-covered forest floor. Puffin 16 April @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Americans Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell from Wild Footprints, with rhyming text (plus facts) about animal tracks by Judy Wise. In the style of cosy 1950s/60s illustration even though ultimately the image is digitally assembled. Scholastic 9 April. @scholasticuk.bsky.social
I'm told this #NewIllustrationoftheDay is in gouache. Sorry for misreading the marks.
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Taiwanese Cindy Wume (Cambridge School of Art MA) from her picturebook Home is a Hug. This picture seems to be drawn with felt pen (plus digital touches) & tells us that home is the warm place where the books and the cats are. Post Wave 9 April. @postwavebooks.bsky.social
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Lucy Ruth Cummins from her picturebook Dalmartian, about a green-spotted dog who is an alien from outer space, with human habits. Drawn with clarity, warmth, simplicity, and a big, soft line. Published in paperback, Simon & Schuster 9 April. @simonandschuster.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Kip Alizadeh from I Am Strong Just Being Me with text by Laura Dockrill about different kinds of everyday strength. Image full of the joys of spring, harking back to Wildsmith despite the use of technology. Little Tiger 3 April @littletigeruk.bsky.social @kipalizadeh.net
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Half a spread by Alexis Deacon from his inspired picturebook King School. About a young king who teaches his people we can all learn like kings if we have fun and love nature. With something of Maurice Sendak about it. Otter-Barry Books 5 April @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
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Ali Stearn from her picturebook Jack Brock and the Walk, about a pony that visits patients in hospital, and about lots of dogs. Graffeg 2 April. Unpolished but lovingly recorded pencil and watercolour relishing the character of different breeds. @graffegbooks.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Spread by Dublin-based April Suddendorf from her paperback picturebook See You Later… about an alligator who sneaks into a grand house. Cross-section like a doll’s house in pinks and greens with a bold-outlined cartoon style. Flying Eye 2 April. @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Julia Moscardo who studied in Valencia, Leeds & Cambridge. From her picturebook Moon’s Lullaby, about a mother goose’s bedtime story. Painterly enjoyment of the effects of light above, on the surface of, & below the water. Little Tiger 2 April. @littletigeruk.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Montse Galbany. Endpaper from What Makes a Bird?: An Illustrated Guide to the Bird World. Informative stylised graphic with strong colour on black in a satisfying pattern. Text by Nadeem Perera. Flying Eye 2 April. @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social @montsegalbany.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. One of the wonderfully strange illustrations by Beatrice Alemagna from her picturebook The Mud Princess, about an angry child processing her feelings in an underworld reached through a sewer. With pencil crayon plants. Thames & Hudson 2 April. @thamesandhudson.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Rebecca Crane from My Very Own Space, picturebook with text by Pippa Goodhart about a little rabbit looking for peace & quiet to read. Busy but airy composition, with appealing creatures, in shades of sienna & eau de nil. Flying Eye pb 5 March @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Charles Santoso from Kobi Yamada’s beautiful picturebook Others, about our common humanity. It refutes the othering of people from elsewhere/beyond the hedge, seen here as wrongly imagined. Ten Speed Press 31 March. @tenspeedpress.bsky.social @charlessantoso.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Fatima Ordinola, from her lift-the-flap board book Where is Bear? Post Wave 26 March. Double-page spread made from collage in lovely colours with a bear hiding, delightful details of objects on and by the coat rack, and a card in the letterbox. @postwavebooks.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by award-winning French Canadian illustrator Gerard DuBois, from The Other Side of the Forest. Text by Nadine Robert, translated by Paula Ayer. Picturebook about curiosity and community. Muted double page, with Victorian setting and hares as people. Greystone Kids 26 March.
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Spread by Polly Dunbar from The Adventures of Portly the Otter: Untold Tales From The Wind in the Willows, by M G Leonard. Portly (bottom right) spies on weasels, sly-eyed and exuberant, partying by moonlight in the Wild Wood. Farshore 26 March. @farshorebooks.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jacob Souva, making technology pretty, in Whirby, a picturebook by Molly Harris about a robot who learns how not to burn out (with a routine of enough reading, rest and sleep). Harper Collins Children’s Books 26 March. @harpercollins.bsky.social @jacobsouva.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Half spread by Emma Chichester Clark from her picturebook Absolutely Fine, about accepting companionship when we need it. Gorgeous colour and sweet drawing create an inviting scene. Out in paperback from Harper Collins Children’s Books 26 March. @harpercollins.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Julia Moscardo from Home of the Wild, with text by Louise Greig. The story of a boy who cares for wild things including a fawn until it is time for her to be set free. Scratchy drawing and landscape conjured in wash. Picture Kelpies 19 March. @discoverkelpies.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jiu’er from Aya Has Never Seen a Bear, a picturebook about the Orogen people of Northern China. Aya and her grandfather ride into the forest in search of bears. Text by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane, translated by Paul Qiao, adapted by Helen Mixter. Greystone Kids 19 March.
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It's the two year anniversary of #NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Nicolette Jones does such good work celebrating book art and artists.
