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IllustrationX represents many of the world's leading children's literature illustrators and animators, from award-winning established names to fresh, emerging talent, ready to help take your next book for children straight to the best-seller list.

Whether you're working on a children's, young adult or romance fiction book, or an educational or non-fiction book, our experienced agents and artists can help you create the classic children's books of the future, and to animate characters and content for the screen.

Every commission is managed by an agent who knows the children's publishing industry, and has experience of working on children's publishing commissions.


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Nancy Drew
Alison Kerry works on four retro-inspired audiobook covers for Spotify’s editions of Carolyn Keene’s Nancy Drew series.
Shelter
Isa Sonntag has created the latest title in Clara Freire’s Felicidade series for Capella Editorial, a children’s book centred on the idea of home as a place of safety and imagination.
Two Eras
Débora Islas works with Companhia das Letras’ imprint Seguinte for 'Os Dois Tempos de Beto Garcia' by Lucca Guadagnini.
Miracle Mold
Weston Wei creates illustrations for the DK Science Stories Series - Project Penicillin by Isabel Thomas.
Summer Word Puzzles
Greg Straight has created a vibrant series of illustrations for Usborne’s latest children’s activity title, 'Word Puzzles for the Summer'.
Backyard Index
Megan McKean creates a seek-and-find children’s book for Hardie Grant Explore, mapping everyday backyard environments.
Our Dark Unravelling
Caroline Rodriguez Fuenmayor creates a moody cover for 'Our Dark Unravelling', aligning gothic atmosphere with contemporary YA fiction.
Book of the Year!
Rohan Eason creates the cover and interior illustrations for Barrington Stoke’s 'The Boy at the Window', winner of the Peters Children’s Book of the Year.
Finalist Spotlight at Bologna
Anne Wilson joins the 2026 finalists exhibiting at the Bologna Children's Book Fair illustrators’ exhibition.
Airport Revealed
Maxim Usik turns airport operations into a playful, detailed adventure.
Hotel Zweefkees
Marieke Nelissen builds a world that sings for Hotel Zweefkees, a newly released musical children’s book.
Lear Reimagined
Sholto Walker reinterprets a literary classic with illustration, sound, and AI narration.