Kimberly Pope
Fabulous black and white illustrations by Kimberly Pope that she has produced as samples for proposed book illustrations.
Feeling Festive with Alex T Smith
After an unusually challenging year it's comforting to know that Christmas is only a matter of weeks away. With eager young book worms to treat it's time to start our Christmas book wish lists, what better way to start the festive season than with a seasonally suitable picture book. In Iceland it's a long held tradition to present your nearest and dearest with a new book, this celebration is called Jolabokaflod, which translates roughly to “Christmas book flood” and we can't think of a better Christmas treat than a copy of The Twelve Days of Christmas by Alex T. Smith published by Macmillan Children's Books
We made the 2021 Blue Peter Book Award Short-list!
We were completely thrilled to see the big reveal of the prestigious 2021 Blue Peter Book Award shortlist. What a dazzling array of brilliant books for all ages and reading abilities. We are especially excited to see Aleksei Bitskoff featured in the books for 9-11 year old category with Life of Riley: Beginner’s Luck written by Simon James Green and published by Scholastic. You can read more in our blog post here. Since 2000, the enormously popular and influential Blue Peter Book Awards have been recognising and celebrating the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children. Watch a short introduction to this amazing shortlist HERE.
This funny, gentle story is packed with snappy humour and hilarious characters. You can’t help but love Riley, a brilliant, witty, world-weary kid and long-suffering underdog. There’s a lovely message about being grateful for all the things that you have and for appreciating the people who support you, no matter what. Perfect for Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans or children about to start secondary school, though there’s a lot of fun to be had for grown ups here too.
You can grab a copy of Life of Riley Beginner's Luck HERE
Aleksei Bitzkoff is represented by Arena Illustration, you can view his online portfolio HERE
Magic Cat’s The Dragon Ark, Illustrated by Tomislav Tomic
This month unveils this long awaited, large format and beautifully bound book The Dragon Ark with exquisite illustrations on every page by Tomislav Tomic.
Little Monsters by David Walliams, Illustrated by Adam Stower
We are very excited to announce the publication of a new picture book partnership, Britain’s best-selling author David Walliams with super talented Arena illustrator Adam Stower.
Daniela Terrazzini illustrates “Where Snow Angles Go”; Maggie O’Farrell’s first childrens book.
Daniela Terrazzini has illustrated acclaimed novelist Maggie O’Farrell’s first children’s book, Where Snow Angels Go; an incredible collaboration between two exceptional artists. Daniela’s dreamy illustrations are perfectly partnered with the modern fairy tale's exploration of the fragility of life and the places we find strength.
Lucy Truman – Mills & Boon – A New Era of Greetings Card Designers – Meet Jon Lau… (Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator, Licensing)
Meet Me In London, the brand new romance by celebrity author Georgia Toffolo, has officially hit the shelves; sporting this elegantly festive cover illustration by Lucy Truman. To see more of Lucy’s work, click here.
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.