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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Katie Ponder from Myths of Japan written by Masako Carey. Dorling Kindersley 6 Aug. Ponder’s handsome, stylised graphics delight in patterns & are influenced by the cultures they illustrate. In this tale a rescued crane turns into a woman. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Alison Jay from her board book Tree and Me, with text by Ruth Huddleston. About 2 children who plant magic acorns that grow into huge oak trees in a year. Jay combines airy, decorative elegance with the naivety of folk art. Old Barn Books 6 Aug. @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Sophie Bass, from How The Rivermaid Grew Her Tail and Other West African & Caribbean Myths, told by Jessica Wilson. For a Yoruba tale about loneliness, the colours & patterns of a teeming underwater scene nod to folk art. Words & Pictures 6 Aug. @quarto-kids.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Viviane Schwarz. Part spread illustrating ‘The Song of the Slow’ a poem by Kate Wakeling from her collection The Flying Machine of Dreams. Lively drawing, bold outlines & digital techniques. Otter-Barry Books 6 August. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @vivschwarz.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jill Calder, from Cass and the Beast, with text by Claire Mabey. A girl in her glowing orange coat at night, on her fearless way to befriend a wild creature. Drawn with wild lines expressing a childlike freedom. Coming from Gecko Press on 4 August. @geckopress.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Alex Willmore for Neighbour’s Cat with text by Michael Rosen. Comic digital depiction of a luxurious bath – or what the neighbour’s cat gets up to in your house when you’re out. From reclusive Walker Books 2 July. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Finnish-born, UK-based, digital artist Johanna Tarkela. For Steve Cole’s Wild Ones, about a world from which humans vanish. Companions Scamp, Chandelier, Falstaff and Punzel seek safety from the Things. Scholastic 30 July. @johannatarkela.com @stevecolewriter.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay for fans of cute anthropomorphism. Detail of Harvest Festival, a busy autumn spread by Freya Hartas from lift-the-flap book Here We Go Round the Woodland Year, with rhymes by Rachel Piercey. With images from previous books. Magic Cat 23 July. @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Denis Angelov from Stanley Said No!, with text by Sue Meikle. About a boy whose habit of saying no gets him into monstrous trouble. Ladybird 16 July. A stylish frieze with successive vignettes of indignation at the queue-jumper on a rainy day. @ladybirdbooks.bsky.social

An excellent piece by Mat Tobin in Books for Keeps about how to share reading with children and foster reading for pleasure. @mattobin.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by James Munro. Endpaper from Us and Them, a 40,000-year history of humans keeping pets. Paperback out from Graffeg, 16 July. With text by James Carter. Comical caricatures of some improbable pet owners. Note: don’t take a bath with your goldfish. @graffegbooks.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. A cheerful scene by Australian illustrator Joanna Bartel from Ben’s Library, a bibliophiles’ story about a new friendship and a ‘little free library’. This book also promotes public libraries. Text by Amani Uduman. New Frontier Publishing 16 July. @booksource.bsky.social

In July's @booksforkeeps.bsky.social my Picture This looks at illustrations that widen the net of readers: in Kate Rolfe's Wiggling Words, Elina Ellis's The Truth About Books & Claire Sahara Lemp's My Dad Can. @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social @quartokids.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/pict...

My interview with Lauren Child in today's Sunday Times about her Lotta and Lola picturebook Pudding NOW Please. @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Lauren Child: my life with Charlie and LolaThe former children’s laureate talks about her popular series and why the latest instalment has taken her 20 years to writewww.thetimes.com

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Ellie Snowdon from Leaving the House, an O’Hare Family story cleverly told by Sally Nicholls. Anthropomorphised hares in a well-observed scene of family life. Note the mother’s expression (& the blue shoes come up again). Andersen Press 16 July. @andersenpress.bsky.social

Correction: Baljinder Kaur. Apologies.

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Market scene by Baljinder Jaur, Highly Commended for the Shirley Hughes Sketchbook Award. Her book The Sleeper Train also won this year’s V&A Illustration Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. @shirleyhughes.bsky.social @orangebeak.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Lucia Para. Because I love sketchbooks I can’t resist another example. Sharing a page from the runner-up for the Shirley Hughes Sketchbook Award, announced yesterday. Several studies observing ways small children sit. @shirleyhughes.bsky.social @orangebeak.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Page of sketches by Signe Torp, winner, from 400 entries, of the Shirley Hughes Sketchbook Award announced today, Shirley’s 99th birthday. Torp was runner-up last year. Contest run by Orange Beak Studio & Shirley’s family. @shirleyhughes.bsky.social @orangebeak.bsky.social.

My interview with illustrator Britta Teckentrup in the new issue of @booksforkeeps.bsky.social: booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/laye.... Free online, & including interviews with the new Children’s Laureate Patrice Lawrence, and John Agard who won the CliPPA children’s poetry award for the third time.