#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by James Mayhew from his retelling of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. The layers of handmade collage lying on top of each other are visible in the pages, which look slightly three-dimensional. Otter-Barry Books 1 Oct @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Shaun Tan, from Hometown, his latest spectacular exploration of difference and belonging. Its surreal visual metaphors tell a story about what home means. Walker Studio 8 Oct. Hand-made with watercolour, coloured pencil and ink pens on paper. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Mariachiara Di Georgio. From Who Knows the Way to Mr. Grimley’s Classroom? With text by Chris Priestley. About a girl on an errand through a school who doesn’t know the way. Wonderfully atmospheric and haunting pictures.Walker Books 24 Sept. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Kanako Abe from The Paper Girl, about a girl who stops trying to please everybody. Text by Caryl Lewis. The illustrations use kirie (Japanese cut-paper art) & origami. Some, such as this image of a state of mind, add colour. Frances Lincoln 8 Oct @quartokids.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Tom de Freston, illustrating his wife Kiran Millwood Hargrave's book about loss, The Raven's Gift. Starboard 8 Oct. The darkness and the jaggedness of the line and the strangeness of the shadows suggest emotions that make this not just the idyllic summer image you expect.

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Northern Irish author/illustrator Colleen Larmour from her picturebook Follow Me Moon, in which a child thinks of the moon as a personal friend. Simple & effective woodblock-style images in primary colours including shades of blue. Nosy Crow 8 Oct. @nosycrow.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Bianca Tulea from Magical Manacles, one of the Bright Star Bazaar series in which objects narrate biographies. This is Houdini's biography, written by Aldo de Pape. AsWeGrowLtd 6 Oct. Tulea's quirky, decorative detail make this terrifying scenario look circusy and fun.

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Zanna Goldhawk illustrating the South African story of a young girl who throws ash into the sky and creates the Milky Way, from A Universe Full of Stories, 50 tales about the skies and space. Retold by Angela McAllister. Frances Lincoln 8 Oct. @quartokids.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Andrew J Ross from his picturebook The Incredible Other Side. Multimedia image including collage and individually drawn bricks, and figures like Tomi Ungerer’s Three Robbers. Story with a twist to make you smile. Frances Lincoln paperback 1 Oct. @quarto-kids.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emily Gravett from her picturebook Don’t Feed The Troll, with fairytale characters. Rudeness is what feeds the troll, and making other people feel unhappy. Kindness shrinks him. Hand-drawn with dexterity, humour and rich colour. Two Hoots 1 Oct @twohootsbooks.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Half a spread by Leo Timmers from his stunning picturebook Kiki and me, Gecko Press 1 Oct, translated from Dutch by David Colmer. About the relationship between a horse and its owner. Skilled black-and-white drawings on other pages suggest Thelwell. @geckopress.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Mikey Please from The Thieves Beneath The Floorboards, in which René finds a sharing solution to having accidentally occupied the territory of other creatures. Characteristically bold and odd. HarperCollins 10 Sept. @mikeyplease.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emma Yarlett. Policeman‘s house from Finding Mister Tibbles, lift-the-flap picturebook with twists. Walker 10 Sept. Yarlett reminds us this is a drawing through irregular details (see the windows) that look like crayon. @emmayarlett.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Shinzo Nagasaki from The Squirrel Family’s Treehouse in The Mobile Construction Company series, for readers who love diggers & other construction vehicles (this is a grab loader). In a naive style with sticky-looking paint. Do Re Mi Books 24 Sept @doremibooks.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by  Cambridge School of Art MA Lyndsay Roberts Rayne. From The Messenger, an almost wordless picturebook telling the tale of a beloved dog trained to carry messages in the 1st World War. Making rich use of texture & light. Bloomsbury 24 Sept. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Petr Horacek from his picturebook How to Scare Blue Monster (he has never been afraid). Energetic image hand-made from media including collage, printing stamps, wax crayon, pencil, inks. Otter-Barry Books 26 Sept. @petrhoracek2025.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emily Sutton from Rewild, a poem by the late Benjamin Zephaniah. The figures, among teeming decoration, echo medieval art, as the child in the blue top travels through time to a hopeful present. Magic Cat 17 Sept. @emilysutton.bsky.social @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Bulgarian illustrator Kalina Muhova, based in Rome, & working in pastel & pencil crayon. From Footprints, with text by Stephen Davies telling the story of Mary Leakey’s discovery of Lucy, from a species between ape and human. Post Wave 17 Sept. @postwavebooks.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Half a spread by Rob Biddulph from his picturebook South, about a young goose who’s left behind when the rest of his family migrates. Snowy landscape with sunrise in candy colours. HarperCollins Children’s Books 10 Sept. @robbiddulph.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Julia Hansson from Grown-Ups Are Hard Work! Text by Eric Wennstam reverses roles & Sidney takes Dad to the office. Hand-drawn in pencil & digitally coloured. Translated from Swedish by Polly Lawson. Floris Books 17 Sept @florisbooks.bsky.social @juliahansson.bsky.social