Best illustrated books all over the world
Our belongings often carry more meaning than they first appear to. Over the years, many objects pile up in our homes, but some of them cannot be treated as mere things. Whatever form they take, we cannot bring ourselves to throw them away or replace them. They hold our memories, […]
Raquel Catalina is a Spanish illustrator living in Valencia. She studied Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid and later completed postgraduate studies in illustration at ESAT in Valencia. Her illustrations often balance warmth, humor, and detail, with a strong focus on everyday life and human gestures. She spends […]
Sean Qualls is an American illustrator and author of children’s books. He grew up in New Jersey and later moved to New York City, where he studied at Pratt Institute. His art is known for its layered, collage-like style that blends drawing, painting, and mixed media. Qualls often explores themes […]
Beni Montresor (1926–2001) was an Italian artist, film director, set and costume designer, author, and illustrator of children’s books. He worked extensively in the United States as a designer of sets and costumes for opera productions. From 1988 to 1989, he served as artistic director of the Rome Opera House […]
Original title: Аня в стране чудес In Nabokov’s free translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the familiar story turns into something sharper and more enigmatic. Gennadiev’s illustrations follow this shift completely. His Wonderland is not whimsical but introspective — a place where dreams blur into unease. The figures seem caught […]
Andrei Gennadiev (born 1947, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian painter and graphic artist. He graduated from the Leningrad Art and Graphic Pedagogical College. After finishing his studies, he twice attempted to enter the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), but was not accepted due […]
Robert Ingpen’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz feels like a rediscovery of a story we all think we know. His illustrations pull the reader back into the raw, original fairy tale — stranger, darker, and far more human than the film made it seem. The familiar yellow brick road turns […]
The nineteenth book in the Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classics series is Alice Through the Looking-Glass, with illustrations that the artist created on the eve of the 150th anniversary of the first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Robert Ingpen is the only Australian illustrator to receive the highest award in […]
Brian Pinkney (b. August 28, 1961) is an American illustrator of children’s books. He was born in Boston into a creative family — his father, Jerry Pinkney, was a celebrated illustrator, and his mother, Gloria Jean, was an author, milliner, and silversmith. Both parents kept studios at home, and Brian […]
Robert Ingpen’s Alice feels like a dream you once had and half-remember still. His illustrations soften the strangeness, turning Carroll’s mad world into something quietly magical. Each picture seems to pause the story for a breath — just enough to let you look closer and find the wonder in the […]
Robert Roger Ingpen (born 1936) is an Australian illustrator, author of children’s books, and graphic designer. He was born and raised in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) with a degree in art and illustration. In 1958, Ingpen began working for the […]
The Hello, Goodbye Window was written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Chris Raschka. The story is told by a little girl who describes the special kitchen window at her grandparents’ house. It’s the place where she waves hello, says goodbye, and sometimes imagines whole adventures while looking through it. […]
Chris Raschka is an American author and illustrator of children’s books, known for his loose, expressive style and the way he often lets the pictures carry as much meaning as the words. Raschka often writes about feelings in a way that’s simple enough for children, but very true to life. […]
Ulla Thynell is an independent artist and designer based in Finland. She has worked as a professional illustrator for eight years now. She mostly makes dream-like illustrations with fairytale, fantasy and nature themes. Her main focus is currently on her personal artwork, and her own designs such as art books […]
A timeless picture book about Max, a boy who sails to the land of the Wild Things and becomes their king. Maurice Sendak’s iconic story, blending sparse text with powerful illustrations, captures childhood imagination, mischief, and the comfort of home. Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal, it remains one of […]
Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) was an American children’s writer, illustrator, producer, actor, and director. He was born in America to Polish immigrants. At the age of 12, he was deeply impressed by the animated film Fantasia and decided to become an illustrator. He wrote his first book in 1951. He received […]
Dirk Zimmer (1943-2008) was a German artist, author and illustrator of children’s books. Dirk Zimmer was born in Lower Saxony, Germany, and grew up in Hamburg, where he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1968. Under the pseudonym Deasy, he had a short career as an avant-garde artist, […]
Ingri d’Aulaire (1904-1980) and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire (1898-1986) were American children’s book writers and illustrators who worked primarily in collaboration with each other. Ingri Mortenson was born in Norway and drew as a child; her artistic abilities were highly praised by the famous Norwegian artist Harriet Backer. From the age […]
Ingri d’Aulaire (1904-1980) and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire (1898-1986) were American children’s book writers and illustrators who worked primarily in collaboration with each other. Edgar Parin, a Swiss-born artist, was born in Munich, the son of Italian portrait artist Gino Parin and talented artist and musician Ella Auler (he later took […]
Ilya Iosifovich Kabakov, a famous conceptual artist, was born in Dnepropetrovsk in 1933. During the war, he was evacuated to Samarkand, where he entered the school at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. After the war, he moved to Moscow, studied at the Moscow Printing Institute. He worked […]