Toad's Tale – Best illustrated books all over the world

Uncle Remus Tales

These illustrations are among Kalinovsky’s most distinctive works. They earned him two major international awards — a silver medal at the Leipzig Book Fair and the Golden Apple at the 1977 Biennial of Illustration Bratislava. Kalinovsky approached the American folktales of Joel Chandler Harris not as light children’s stories but

Forgetful Fred

Fred forgets everything — his head is filled only with music. The flute plays, and all else just slips away. Even when he’s sent to fetch the Bitter Fruit of Satisfaction for the richest man in the world, he seems more tuned in to melody than to mission. Along the

Hail to Mail

The letter, almost like a living character, rushes across the pages: picked up by postmen, flying in airplanes, sailing on ships, riding on horseback, even sliding on sleds. Each time it finds a new messenger hurrying to deliver it to the right place. And though the letter is always a

Yellow Butterfly

Oleksandr Shatokhin’s Yellow Butterfly is a wordless picture book from Ukraine. No text, just images — black lines, watercolor, and a single butterfly in yellow. The child walks through ruins and barbed wire, and the butterfly leads her toward light. It’s simple but sharp: the butterfly is hope, the color

Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits

Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits (Candlewick, 2005) is exactly what the title promises: 26 jazz greats, one for each letter of the alphabet. The words come from Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter, bandleader, and walking encyclopedia of jazz. Instead of writing mini-biographies, he plays with form. Each

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Rivers

Books conceal magical worlds where someone is always hiding in a dark forest, unreachable kingdoms lie beyond the mountains, and the seas and oceans are ruled by the elements. Each fairy-tale setting has its own symbolism and its own origin story. And the illustrators are the very wizards who brings […]

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Yellow Butterfly

Kintsugi

Kintsugi is a Japanese art form of repairing broken pottery by covering the chipped area with urushi lacquer, with gold, silver, or platinum added. This tradition carries a special philosophy: the breakage is part of the life and history of…

Raíces del bosque

The forest is a vast world where all living and nonliving entities are interconnected, governed by their own laws and traditions. A secret underground network of fungi transmits signals, and animals maintain balance, keeping life in constant motion. Trees connect…

Per mille camicette al giorno

Not long ago, I wrote about how objects often carry more than just their material function — they hold memories, emotions, and the stories they witness. In “Per mille camicette al giorno”, Serena Ballista allowed such an object to tell…