Quentin Blake unveils his cover design for new Beatrix Potter book The Tale of Kitty in Boots

Quentin Blake’s cover design for a newly-discovered Beatrix Potter story has been revealed. In January we learnt that the illustrator had been commissioned to create the cover images for Potter’s The Tale of Kitty in Boots, a story unpublished for a hundred years and with only a single illustration by the author. The book is to be published on 1 September by Penguin Random House.

Jo Hanks, publisher at Penguin Random House Children’s, says: “It’s a challenging brief to illustrate a manuscript written over a hundred years ago by one of the world’s most beloved authors, but we knew that Quentin’s energy, rebelliousness and humour were in keeping with Beatrix’s own artistic sensibilities and therefore exactly what this fantastic book called out for.”

Blake’s work for the book is to go on show at an exhibition at the House of Illustration in London from 2 September.