Best illustrated books all over the world
Valery Andreyevich Dmitryuk (1940–2020) — artist, illustrator, and caricaturist. Born in Nizhny Novgorod, Dmitryuk began his artistic career as a designer at the Ordzhonikidze Aviation Plant after finishing school, while also drawing cartoons for local newspapers. He graduated from the Faculty of Artistic and Technical Design of Printed Materials at […]
Stephen Gammell (1943) — American children’s book illustrator known for his distinctive, surreal, and often haunting visual style. Gammell grew up in Iowa, where his father worked as an art director for a major magazine and encouraged his son’s artistic curiosity from an early age. Though he never received formal […]
A Bear, a Bobcat, and Three Ghosts — a slightly surreal Halloween poem written in loose blank verse, follows the wandering trader Timothy Todd on his nocturnal adventure. On the eve of Halloween, Todd sets out to visit old friends — to sell a bit, buy a bit, and share […]
Anne F. Rockwell (1934–2018) was an American children’s-book writer and illustrator who created over one hundred titles. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and attended the Sculpture Center and the Pratt Graphic Arts Center in New York. Rockwell began working in publishing and advertising in the early 1950s, and in […]
Jeannie Baker (born November 2, 1950) is a British-born Australian author, illustrator and visual artist of children’s picture books. She was born in Croydon, London, and studied graphic design at the Croydon School of Art and Brighton Polytechnic in England. After receiving her honours degree in Art and Design, she […]
Original title: Собачки This book was both written and illustrated by Vera Mikhailovna Ermolaeva (1893–1937), one of the most remarkable figures of the Russian avant-garde. A practicing artist as well as a leading theorist, she headed the Laboratory of Color at the State Institute of Artistic Culture (GINKhUK) in Petrograd, […]
Vera Mikhailovna Ermolaeva (1893–1937) — Russian painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. Born into a landowning family, Ermolaeva received her education in Paris and Lausanne. She graduated from Princess Obolenskaya’s Gymnasium in St. Petersburg in 1910 and from the Archaeological Institute in 1917. She studied in M. Bernstein’s studio and was […]
Hilary Knight brings Cinderella to life with characters endowed with the same humor, zest, and personality that made readers adore his most famous creation, Eloise. His version includes delightful touches: house cats, a blue fairy godmother, and a slightly plump Prince Charming, that dance across the pages and into readers’ […]
Hilary Knight (born November 1, 1926) is an American artist, author, and illustrator of children’s books. Over the course of his long and distinguished career, he has illustrated more than fifty titles. He is best known as the illustrator of Eloise, the iconic series of books written by Kay Thompson, […]
Clara Dackenberg (1987) is a Swedish illustrator and visual artist. She was born in Umeå and is currently based in Malmö. Dackenberg studied at HDK in Gothenburg and holds an MFA from Konstfack in Stockholm. She debuted as a children’s-book illustrator around 2010. Her work spans picture books, wood-carving, and […]
Original title: Сказы Павла Бажова Oleg Korovin, a gifted Russian artist and illustrator, became closely associated with the legendary Ural folktales of Pavel Bazhov. In the late 1940s, he began working on illustrations for Bazhov’s stories, participating alongside other artists in the 1949 edition of The Malachite Box. Korovin gained […]
Rafail Adolfovich Volsky (October 31, 1938 – 2007) was a Soviet theater designer, graphic artist, and illustrator. Born in Moscow, he, together with his brother Viktor Volsky, designed more than 200 operatic, ballet, and dramatic productions for major theaters. For many years, their work appeared on the stages of the […]
André Neves (born October 31, 1973) is a Brazilian writer and illustrator of children’s books. He was born in Recife, Pernambuco, and holds a degree in Social Communication from the University of Pernambuco. In 1995 he began formal art studies, taking courses in painting and graphic arts and participating in […]
Kim Jihyun is an illustrator, graphic designer and picture book creator from South Korea. She studied Design and Illustration at the University of Brighton, UK, and Seoul National University, South Korea, and lives in Seoul with her husband and their young daughter. Instagram | irenekimji Website | kim-ji.com Amazon | […]
Emma Lewis is a London-based illustrator and designer working across narrative and commercial illustration. She writes and illustrates picture books while also taking on editorial and branded work. Her style is shaped by folk and naive art, the picture-books of the mid-20th century, and her travels. She studied illustration at […]
Savva Grigoryevich Brodsky (1923–1982) was an artist, book illustrator, sculptor, and poet. He was born in Gomel and moved with his family to Petrograd in early childhood, where he later graduated from an art school. In 1944, he enrolled at the Moscow Architectural Institute. After completing his studies, he worked […]
Anatoly Zinovyevich Itkin (born 1931) is a Russian artist and book illustrator. He graduated in 1956 from the Graphic Arts Department of the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow and also studied in the book illustration workshop of Professor B. A. Dekhterev. Itkin has been illustrating children’s books since 1953 and […]
Benjamin Chaud (born 1975) is a French illustrator and children’s book author. He studied drawing and applied arts in Paris at the École des Arts Appliqués and later at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg. He works with many publishers and creates both illustrations and his own picture books. […]
The story centers on an old woman who lives alone by a river and prefers it that way. Her house is tidy, filled with old lamps, odd treasures, and not a trace of anything – or anyone – she hasn’t personally approved. She dislikes visitors, and animals even more. But […]
In this classic picture book, Ipcar follows a young farm family through a long, chaotic growing season. The farmer plants his crops in early spring and immediately finds himself in a nonstop tug-of-war with every creature around. Crows go for the seeds, ducks wander into the strawberries, rabbits slip into […]