Emily Fox Illustrates Celebrity Joke Book
It's a dream project for an illustrator when asked to create illustrations for a joke book and in this case, they picked wonderful super-skilled character creator Emily Fox to adorn the pages of TV personality, politician, and master of funny Gyles Brandreth's hilarious new (bad) joke book.
Christopher Nielsen for Pixar
Phosphor's Christopher Nielsen was commissioned to create some images for Pixar’s Instagram feed with characters from The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Wall-E, Up, Coco and Finding Nemo having fun in the sun with the theme “Any weather is better with you”.
Chris enjoyed the challenge of illustrating existing (and rather famous!) characters, as opposed to designing characters for picture books himself, as he is more used to doing.
Find more of Christopher Nielsen's work in his Phosphor portfolio.
The Mouse’s Apples Illustrated by Kristyna Litten
There's always room on the bookshelf for a new beautiful picture book and this sweet offering from author Frances Stickley and illustrator Kristyna Litten is a delight from start to finish.
American History
Iratxe López de Munáin works on a new book published by Callisto about the immigrants who have helped shape the US.
When We Became Humans
Hannah Bailey has illustrated this truly beautiful book ‘When we Became Humans’ by Michael Bright. It explores our evolutionary tale and brings it to life.
I Really Want to Win!
Lucia Gaggiotti sequel to ‘I Really Want the Cake’ is a timely release during sports day season. "I Really Want to Win" is a stella follow up and has a great message with this excellent character getting up to even more mischief.
Behind the Book: The World Book Day Monster illustrated by Ada Grey
Following the festivity of World Book Day earlier this month, it was timely to go behind the scenes of the magical new picture book The World Book Day Monster written by Adam & Charlotte Guillain. The book, from Egmont, is a celebration of stories, capturing all the excitement and imagination the day inspires as one young reader tries to find someone to share the magic of her favourite book with.
Carrie May – Ever Dark
Carrie May was honoured to be asked to illustrate Abi Elphinstone's World Book Day title Ever Dark published by Simon & Schuster. Carrie's stunning cover transports us to another world, making her ethereal style a great choice for this enthralling tale.
Carrie May is represented by Kids Corner Illustration
How Winston Delivered Christmas by Alex T. Smith
Deck the halls, buff your baubles and whack another batch of mince pies in the oven because we have the most festive of Christmas treats for you! Presenting the MUST HAVE Christmas book of the year, How Winston Delivered Christmas by our very own Alex T Smith , published by Macmillan Children’s Books.