Time to share this brilliant reading of my book ‘Kid Christmas’ again. It’s truly a joy to behold. Great work to all involved ❤️🥰🎅 youtu.be/tdtOEDL0hGY?...

Love this review. Thank you :)

It's always a treat to get our favourite #Christmas #picturebooks out. Over the years my #festive #pinterest board has grown 🎄 🎁 🦌 de.pinterest.com/cjfriess/chr... #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #BookSky @dc-litchfield.bsky.social @fionawritesbooks.bsky.social @laurabakerbooks.bsky.social #bookblog

That’s wonderful. Thank you Simon. I’m very proud that Billy has made your top 25 😊👍

Thank you Waterstones for including 'My Friend Billy Whiskers' on your Best Baby & Toddlers Books of 2025 🥰 www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...

Tomorrow is the last #KidLitArtPostcard of 2025. My holiday wish is for #kidlit editors, agents, and art directors to connect with illustrators right here on Bluesky. I can't wait to see everyone's art tomorrow! Learn more at: www.ginaperry.com/postcard

More lovely news to share as ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ has been named as one of @childmindinstitute Best Books of 2025. This one really means a lot to me. Read their lovely review and see the whole list here: childmind.org/.../the-best... ...

I just saw the the AI Coke advert for the first time. It’s truly horrible isn’t it?

Last week I had a couple of days visiting the lovely bookshop Bookbugs & Dragontales in Norwich and I got to paint this window celebrating my new book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’….1/2

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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 👀