Moera
Coldplay’s music video for their latest track, Feels Like I’m Falling in Love, features gorgeous animation in a zingy pastel colour palette by Moera. You can watch the full video here.
Also by Moera and hot off the scanner are these cool characters in pen and ink, which would work brilliantly for black and white fiction, don’t you think?!
Rachael Dean
As a fan of the original story, Rachael Dean was thrilled to have the opportunity to illustrate the cover of Anthea Simmon's modern re-imagining of the beloved classic 'The Secret Garden'. The Secret Garden Rewilded is published by Andersen Press.
 | Hanako ClulowHanako Clulow has teamed up with author Sabine Adeyinka to illustrate the cover of Three Cheers for the River School, the third book in Sabine's adventure series set in a boarding school in Nigeria. Published by Chicken House. |
Alice McKinley
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Voyage to Mermaid Mountain is the fourth book Alice McKinley has illustrated for author Jack Ryder and a sequel to last year's 'Wish'. Once again Alice brings to life Jack's fantastical world of magical mystery, with returning characters, mermaids and a pirate ship. Out now from Hachette Children's Books.
Katie Hickey
Meet the experts for one last time in The Birthday Bike, the fourth and final title in 'The Repair Shop' series written by Amy Sparkes and illustrated by Katie Hickey. Katie’s warm, atmospheric illustrations have captured the nostalgia of Amy’s picture book story beautifully once again. Published by Walker Books.
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Awards!
   | 2024 LolliesA huge well done to authors Sam Copeland & Jenny Pearson and illustrators Robin Boyden & Katie Kear on the news that 'The Underpants of Chaos' has been shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards in the aged 9-12 category. Voting is open and you can cast your vote for this genuinely hilarious middle grade romp here. A Lammy for Poppy!Congratulations to author Nina LaCour and illustrator Sònia Albert whose middle grade novel The Apartment House on Poppy Hill has won the LGBTQ+ Children’s Books Category at the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards! 2024 New Brunswick Book AwardsWe’re over the moon for Sara O’ Leary, author of The Little Books for the Little Brontës, who has been awarded the Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children's Writing this month! Whilst this is a writing-specific award, Briony May Smith’s ‘achingly beautiful’ illustrations get a lovely mention in Quill and Quire's review: “The Little Books of the Little Brontës is, in a word, gorgeous. A sublime blend of tender and thoughtfully playful writing by O’Leary, and bucolic, rosy-cheeked mixed media illustrations by Smith, this is an exceptional picture book.” |