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Strictly speaking yesterday's #NewIllustrationoftheDay is not an illustration. George Butler’s drawings are observations from life, not responses to text. But I wanted to highlight his skill and importance and our upcoming event 30 Oct. George Butler Royal Drawing School Walker Books

##NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Catherine Rayner again. From Molly, Olive & Dexter: Who’s Afraid of the Dark? Three timorous animals enjoy a nocturnal rainstorm. Rayner brings light to the dark, as well as her usual rich texture. Walker Books 7 Nov ⁦@BIGPictureBooks⁩ ⁦

Preparing for this year’s #halloweenbooksgiveaway. Anyone else doing this? (Photo from a previous year.) #puttingthebooinbooks #halloween2024

#NewIllustrationoftheDay. Victorian astronauts bouncing off the walls by Evangeline Gallagher, illustrating Jules Verne’s story ‘From the Earth to the Moon’ in Adam Roberts’ collection of classic science fiction: Tales From Beyond the Stars ⁦⁦From Big Picture Press⁩ 7 Nov

For Halloween. #NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Exuberant little witches in digital caricatures by Steven Lenton from The Green-Fingered Witch, text by Helen Docherty. Growing pumpkins in the ground is also magic. Published in paperback by ⁦HarperCollins Children's Books⁩. ⁦@StevenLenton⁩

Everything went, including several more boxes of books and another bucketload of sweets. #halloweenbooksgiveaway

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Chloe Savage again from her 2nd picturebook In Search of Carmella, following her Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize winner. Again a marine hunt for a mythical creature, in which the journey is the joy. Walker Books⁩ 7 Nov ⁦Chloe Savage⁩

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by ⁦Philip Giordano⁩ from his stylish picturebook The Swallow Who Stayed, translated by Ariellle Aaronson. Mixed media, clean lines & simple shapes in a story about a swallow who stays over winter & finds a friend. From ⁦Greystone Kids⁩ 7 Nov.

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Charlie Mackesy, Loose penwork shows Blackthorn Bush Ball from a collection of more-or-less rhyming stories by Vicky Cowie about a child playing in a magic wood. Tales From Muggleswick Wood from ⁦Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK⁩ on 7 Nov. ⁦charlie mackesy⁩

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Michele Ganser from Michael Slavaric’s Amazing Jellyfish. Drawn with a pencil and then with the dots technique using a very thin Fineliner pen and scanned and finalised in Photoshop. From ⁦Pushkin Children's Books⁩ on 7 Nov. #NNFN2024 ⁦FCBG⁩

21 of the 55 books nominated for the 2025 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration have featured in #NewIllustrationoftheDay. Before March I picked 3 more for Sunday Times reviews. And a further 9 nominated illustrators have been on this hashtag with different books. The Carnegies

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Sara Ogilvie, with her cheery touch. Mixed emotions in response to news, from The Muttcracker (text by Anna Kemp), another picturebook about the dog who does ballet. Also about rising above disappointment to do your best. Out in pb Simon & Schuster Children's Books 7 Nov.

The other name of the Statue of Liberty: Mother of Exiles. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me …" - Emma Lazarus's 1883 sonnet, from the Statue.

Congratulations to all these The Carnegies-nominated illustrators.

Bird is Dead featured in this lovely Books for Keeps article 🐦💚 Read the full review here: booksforkeeps.co.uk/?p=54794 #kidsliterature #booksaboutgrief

#NewIllustrationoftheDay. Teeming decoration by Lithuanian artist Monika Mitkute who lives in Ireland. From The Fairy Queen by Chrissy Donoghue Ward. The fairy turns Travellers into leprechauns to escape a tyrannical regime. From ⁦Skein Press⁩ Little Island Books⁩ 7 Nov.

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by James Mayhew: Saint Saens’ Carnival of the Animals in collage and prints. From A Symphony of Stories, his beautiful collection of six stories told by pieces of music. ⁦From Otter-Barry Books⁩ 14 Nov. See also Bluesky @nicolettejones.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationoftheDay (now earlier on IG and Bluesky) by Peter Sis. From In Praise of Mystery by US Poet Laureate Ada Limon: ‘We are creatures of constant awe, curious at beauty…’. Part of a spread: the detailed tree bears different fruits and flowers. Norton Books 12 Nov.

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