Ahh, this is lovely to see. I’m chuffed that year 2 enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing :)

The reviews are in 🦁👦🏻

"My Friend Billy Whiskers is a playful, heart-warming tale about the magic of imaginary friends, brimming with energy and adventure. Celebrate the fun, mischief, and comfort of friendship with award-winning author-illustrator David Litchfield." @theguardian.com guardianbookshop.com/my-friend-bi...

Love my little town ❤️ youtu.be/eWnVTUmrmjI?...

Good morning all. I have a new newsletter out today looking at the sketches and the development of the cover design for my latest book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ 🦁 Have a read here: substack.com/app-link/pos...

Good morning all. I have a new newsletter out today looking at the sketches and the development of the cover design for my latest book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ 🦁 Have a read here: substack.com/app-link/pos...

New Newsletter for your perusal 🦁 👦 davidlitchfield.substack.com/p/my-friend-...

The Final Day of my Instagram Takeover is now up on the Frances Lincoln Insta page. This time I look at my personal favourite pages from my new book 'My Friend Billy Whiskers' and the journey they took from early sketches to final artwork www.instagram.com/flcbooks/p/D...

The Final Day of my Instagram Takeover is now up on the Frances Lincoln Insta page. This time I look at my personal favourite pages from my new book 'My Friend Billy Whiskers' and the journey they took from early sketches to final artwork www.instagram.com/flcbooks/p/D...

Day 3 of my Instagram Takeover is up now. In this one I talk about the cover design for my new book 'My Friend Billy Whiskers', sketchbooks and also why I changed the name of the book. Have a look here: www.instagram.com/flcbooks/p/D...

Fellow Brits. There is a lot going on in our fractured nation. But the question that I really want to ask you all is this: Is it time to put on my big coat?

It’s Day 2 of my Instagram Takeover of Frances Lincoln Children's Books page. Today I’m chatting about the character development of ‘Billy’ from my new book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ Check it out here: www.instagram.com/p/DPySObYiBi...

It’s Day 2 of my Instagram Takeover of Frances Lincoln Children's Books page. Today I’m chatting about the character development of ‘Billy’ from my new book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ Check it out here: www.instagram.com/p/DPySObYiBi...

Hello all. Head over to Instagram to see my takeover of Frances Lincoln Children's books page where I am dropping lots of tasty behind the scenes info on the making of my latest picture book 'My Friend Billy Whiskers' www.instagram.com/p/DPv3O-0iDm...

New Book Alert! 'My Friend Billy Whiskers' is OUT NOW. open.substack.com/pub/davidlit...

Thanks so much for this lovely review Simon. It means a heck of a lot. Particularly the penultimate sentence 🤗❤️

What a lovely title, @dc-litchfield.bsky.social.

OUT TODAY ❤️ My brand new author/illustrator book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ is officially in shops TODAY. I hope that you all enjoy it 🦁👦🏻

OUT TODAY ❤️ My brand new author/illustrator book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ is officially in shops TODAY. I hope that you all enjoy it 🦁👦🏻

In case you missed Derek reading my book 'The Dinosaur Next Door' on Channel 5's StoryDen, you can catch up here 🦕🎂: www.channel5.com/show/milksha...

New Book Coming THIS WEEK! I can’t wait for you all to meet ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ 🦁👦🏻 #illustration #newbook #picturebook #kidlitart #booksforkids

ENDS TODAY! #bookgiveaway

It is (imho). Thank you 🦁

Thank you Hazel 😊

Thank you Natasha. He is a charming fellow with a pretty cool name :)

1 More Day to Win ❤️

#Competition Time. Win a signed copy of my new Picture book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’. All you have to do is Like, Repost and Follow me to be in with a chance. I’ll pick at random a winner on Monday 6th October. Good Luck all 🤞🦁👦🏻 #giveaway #picturebook

What a perfect title!

Win Win Win 🏆

#Competition Time. Win a signed copy of my new Picture book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’. All you have to do is Like, Repost and Follow me to be in with a chance. I’ll pick at random a winner on Monday 6th October. Good Luck all 🤞🦁👦🏻 #giveaway #picturebook

TODAY!!!! at 9:15am the legendary Derek will be reading my book ‘The Dinosaur Next Door’ on the brilliant milkshake_tv on channel5 (uk)….and don’t fret if you miss it as it will also be available on catchup on the Channel 5 app. How exciting 😊😊😊🦕🏡 @magiccatpublishing

Hello Bluesky friends. I am absolutely over the moon to share that I have illustrated the brand new picture book edition of ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ which will be published by the truly lovely Scholastic in February 2026…🐰

Wahoo!!! There is just 3 weeks left until ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ is out in the big wide world 👦🏻🦁 #newbook #illustration #kidlitart #picturebook #instaart #instabook #instaillustration #snowday

Wahoo!!! There is just 3 weeks left until ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ is out in the big wide world 👦🏻🦁 #newbook #illustration #kidlitart #picturebook #instaart #instabook #instaillustration #snowday

I’m very excited that in just 1 MONTH you will all get to meet ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ 🧒🦁 ....my new book will be in bookshops from 9th October x #illustration #instaart #newbook #myfriendbillywhiskers #picturebooks

Here's a lovely review of 'My Friend Billy Whiskers' 👦🦁 Thank you #forewordreviews www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/my-f...

Hello all. Now, I know Its technically been a year long celebration but TODAY is officially the 10 YEAR BIRTHDAY of ‘The Bear & The Piano’ which was first published on 3rd September 2015. Wahoo!! What a bonkers 10 years. Here are some thank yous...🧵 #thebearandthepiano #illustration #picturebook

This is Patrick. Patrick is often alone whilst the other children play. But Patrick isn’t really alone- he has Billy Whiskers, an imaginary friend only he can see. I can’t wait for you all to meet them both in ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ my new book published by @flcbooks this October 👦🏻🦁

…there might even be a great children’s book idea in all of this 🎈

These are absolutely wonderful 😍 @bridgeanne.bsky.social 👀

THE WIZARD OF OZ was released 86 years ago today. One of the most influential movies ever made, and the film that catapulted the career of Hollywood icon Judy Garland, the story of how it was made will have you heading for the yellow brick road… 1/58

Bedford in the news ❤️….. a very short thread by me. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

The Dinosaur Next Door by @dc-litchfield.bsky.social is a delight. Beautifully simple story about identity and allowing people to live their lives. Dazzling illustrations on every page. His use of colour to show emotion at different times is something that children will love exploring.

We are in Italy by the lakes. It’s pretty bloomin stunning…

Wonderful

I absolutely cannot wait to return to @edbookfest.bsky.social this Sunday to carry on the 10 Year Anniversary celebrations for ‘The Bear & The Piano’ Join us for musical story time, songs and arty goodness on 10th August in the Courtyard Theatre. More info at edbookfest.co.uk 🐻🎹

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GOOD NEWS!!!! From 28th July (today) until 31st of July you can save 25% on pre-orders on my new book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ at @waterstones Use the code SUMMER25 at check out. But make haste all, it’s only available for a few days 😬😬😬 🦁👦🏻 #myfriendbillywhiskers #WPreorder

GOOD NEWS!!!! From 28th July (today) until 31st of July you can save 25% on pre-orders on my new book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ at @waterstones Use the code SUMMER25 at check out. But make haste all, it’s only available for a few days 😬😬😬 🦁👦🏻 #myfriendbillywhiskers #WPreorder

Billy and Patrick on a snowy bike ride to the cafe. From my new picture book 'My Friend Billy Whiskers' on its way this October 🦁👦🏻