I hope #NewIllustrationoftheDay , which continues tomorrow, demonstrates the standard & variety of artwork in children's books, leads readers to new joys, & inspires illustrators. The response to this post, celebrating 50 yrs in print, also shows that childhood pics are for life.

31 daily #NewIllustrationoftheDay images have been posted on my timeline since 19 March, pegged to publication, prizes or events. Happily, every single one has been reposted and multiply liked. But this was liked the most: congrats Britta Teckentrup for the #NewIllustrationoftheMonth .

I'll be talking to Lauren Child about her new book, Smile, in which Clarice Bean hopes to save the planet. Theatre Royal, Winchester 20 April 3pm. Funny book, inspiring author, thought-provoking theme, beautiful venue, perfect Saturday afternoon interlude. winchesterbooksfestival.com/events/clarice…

#NewIllustrationoftheDay The Jhalak Prize shortlist for writers of colour, announced today, includes Erika Meza's To the Other Side: a child's game turns out to be a desperate journey. Clever use of masks, brilliant colour & grey to convey play & reality @hachettekids Erika Meza

Ruby Redfort’s guide to smiles in Lauren Child’s new, very funny Clarice Bean book: Smile. Hear us talk about it & bring a smile (1 or 2) to yr face at Winchester Lit Fest, Sat 20 Apr. I'm flashing smile 4: 'do come!' ⁦⁦Theatre Royal Winchester⁩ theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk/whats-on/laure… ⁦HarperCollins Children's Books

#NewIllustrationoftheDay ‘As everyone who lives in New York City knows, each building must have at least one working opera singer.’ From The Doorman’s Repose written 2017 & illus by ⁦Chris Raschka, linked stories about an NY apt building. Just re-pub’d ⁦Books at NYRB⁩

That was fun. Talking to Rox and Rich of ⁦Rich & Rox • ADHD Love 🩵⁩ about their forthcoming picture book Ady and Me and Olympian ⁦Fatima Whitbread⁩ about hers: My Bright Shining Star, about a child in care, as she was. For ⁦Quarto⁩. Important books, lovely people.

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . The impressive pencil draughtsmanship of David Wyatt in a scene from Podkin and the Singing Spear, the latest in Kieran Larwood’s Podkin One-Ear rabbit fantasy series for 9-12. ⁦Faber Children's⁩ ⁦Kieran Larwood⁩ ⁦David Wyatt Illustration⁩

Fantastic to hear the process of pencil, watercolour, Photoshop. Thanks, David Litchfield. #NewIllustrationoftheDay

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . Teeming half-spread of town scattered with sunflowers & other happy things eg daisies, swings, ducks, bunting. By David Litchfield from A Sprinkle of Happiness with Lucy Rowland now in pb about spreading sunflowers & love Scholastic UK David Litchfield

Apologies. Tom Gauld is not American. He’s Scottish.

#NewIllustrationoftheDay Half spread by Isobel Lundie from A Midsummer Night's Drama by Louie Stowell. Thespian bear can't sleep after triumphant woodland performance. Shakespeare, anthropomorphism, comedy, detailed interiors/exteriors: a lot goes on in pics & text Little Tiger Books

Wonderful to hear the process, thank you.

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . An inventor makes a wooden robot in The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by US cartoonist Tom Gauld. Bringing together scrupulous exactitude and intiguing profusion. The fairy tale adventure is now in paperback. Templar Books

The first President of the Double Crown Club was Holbrook Jackson. He was said to be a model for James Joyce’s Leopold Bloom. This is my father John Jones’s drawing of him (available as a postcard). johnedwardjones.co.uk

Always glad to hear about the materials and techniques used by #NewIllustrationoftheDay artists.