Best illustrated books all over the world
G. A. V. Traugot is the collective signature under which the book illustrations of three artists were published: Georgy Traugot and his sons Alexander and Valery. Georgy (1903–1961), Alexander (born 1931), and Valery (1936–2009) Traugot began working in children’s book illustration in 1956. The first books were illustrated jointly by […]
Dhan Gopal Mukerji was perhaps the best-known Indian writer of the early 20th century who published in English. In the 1910s, he took part in the Bengali resistance, and at the age of twenty, he was forced to leave India. Soon after, he settled in New York. Cut off from […]
Shaydullah is a beggar who wants to know why his prayers go unanswered. One day, he sets off on a journey, visiting different people and asking for guidance. Each encounter gives him an answer, but it’s never quite what he expects — and Shaydullah struggles to put it into practice. […]
Boris Mikhailovich Artsybashev (1899–1965) was an American artist, designer, and illustrator of Russian origin. He was the son of the writer Mikhail Artsybashev. Born in Kharkiv, he emigrated to the United States during the Russian Civil War. In 1919, he began working in an engraving studio in New York, where […]
Dmitry Alexandrovich Trubin (b. 1961) — Russian artist and illustrator. Born in Kotlas, Arkhangelsk Region, Trubin first graduated from a maritime college before completing his studies at the Art Faculty of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute. He has illustrated more than one hundred children’s books, including Thumbelina and The Steadfast Tin […]
Heorhiy Vyacheslavovych Yakutovich (1930–2000) was a Ukrainian artist, graphic artist, and book illustrator. He was born on 14 February 1930 in Kyiv, where he lived and worked until his death on 5 September 2000. Yakutovich studied at the Kyiv State Art Institute (now the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture), graduating in 1954, […]
Frédéric Clément (1949) is a celebrated French artist, illustrator, writer, and designer. Over the years, he has brought to life a number of enchanting stories, including The Merchant of Marvels and The Peddler of Dreams, as well as The Boy Who Drew Cats, a Japanese fairy tale adapted by Arthur […]
Elsa Beskow (1874–1953) was a Swedish children’s writer and illustrator of children’s books. She studied art history at the Faculty of Arts of the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. After the publication of her book Putte’s Adventures in the Blueberry Forest (Puttes äventyr i Blåbärsskogen) in 1901 — […]
Mauri Tapio Kunnas (1950) is a Finnish writer, comic artist, and illustrator of children’s books. He graduated from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. Kunnas is best known for his large body of self-illustrated children’s books. His first illustrated children’s book, The Book of Finnish Elves, was published […]
John Alcorn (1935–1992) was an American artist and designer, as well as a children’s book illustrator. John Alcorn was known for his original and vibrant solutions in commercial design. He created advertising materials, packaging, title sequences for several Federico Fellini films, and designed numerous book covers. His works were featured […]
Evgeny Mikhailovich Rachev (1906–1997) was an artist and book illustrator. He was born in Tomsk and spent his childhood in a village with his grandmother. In 1920, he traveled on his own to Novorossiysk to join his mother, worked in the port, studied at a maritime vocational school, and later […]
Svetozar Aleksandrovich Ostrov (1941–2024) was an artist, graphic designer, and illustrator. He was born in Leningrad into a family of artists. He began drawing at the age of five. He studied at the Leningrad Secondary Art School and later graduated from the Faculty of Graphics of the I. E. Repin […]
Iwona Chmielewska (born 1960) is a Polish illustrator and author. Iwona Chmielewska studied graphic design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, where she now lives, works, and teaches courses related to the author’s book and creative writing. She has become especially sought-after in […]