Best illustrated books all over the world
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 […]
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 the object, and should not be hidden. Issa Watanabe’s Kintsugi, […]
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 through their roots, forming a gigantic system that supports the […]
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 its own story — the narrative is told from the […]
Some books don’t give answers – instead, they offer endless questions, like a corridor of doors leading to the unknown. The Book of Questions, the last great work of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, was written just a few months before his death in 1973. It is full […]
Some books carry a whole new world inside them, so enchanting that it envelops you completely and pulls you in. When you open such books, you feel like Alice falling down the rabbit hole. In “Sentiers”, the main character invites the reader to embark on a journey with them — […]
Sometimes it’s so exciting to spy on your neighbors, looking out the window! In other people’s apartments, incredible things often happen. In Finestre, the main character loves to watch the residents of other apartments. Each has its own story, which, through her rich imagination, turns into a mini-movie: some are […]
Art is like plasticine — in human hands, it takes whatever form they choose. It is a powerful tool, that is capable of changing people’s opinions, becoming both a means of protest and a call to action. In “Art is a Voice”, Kripa shows that art can not only tell […]
The neighbor’s house has been empty for a long time. Looking at it from her window, Stella sighs. She has already stopped hoping for a neighbor her age, when suddenly a miracle happens: Moon itself descends from the sky, and moves in next door! A friendship quickly blossoms between them […]
Cocorico, kokokeko, cock-a-doodle-do? What does a rooster crow in your language? Cockerels sound the same everywhere in the world. Yet its onomatopoeia varies from one country to the next. Join us on a cultural trip around the world! Each cockerel is surrounded by emblematic cultural symbols of its country. From […]
Today, kitties will plant an entire vegetable and herb garden, showing and explaining everything along the way! You will need to find a good sunny spot, get rid of weeds, sow the seeds, and don’t forget to take a break to admire the fireflies. Just imagine how much can be […]
A tiny masked figure quietly wanders across the rooftops of a large city. He’s a ninja, but not a dangerous one; his mission is not revenge or battle, but love. The little ninja has fallen in love with the Moon and is now trying with all his might to reach […]
Have you noticed the world is full of weird people? Someone says words nobody understands. Someone dresses funny. Someone always does things “just in case,” even when they don’t make sense. Someone laughs when it isn’t funny. Someone always thinks about others instead of themselves. Everyone around me is weird. […]
Taught by bitter experience, Little Red Riding Hood has put together a handbook on how to trick a wolf, with a dozen unusual tactics. Among them: feeding the wolf pastries with hot chili pepper, competing to see who hides best, wearing a wolf costume on the way to the forest, […]
Here and There is the story of Dan, the owner of a small seaside café, and Aki, a sailor who is always on the move. Two people, two different worlds: one cherishes stability, the other seeks novelty. Yet both sometimes feel lonely. When their paths cross, the world suddenly feels […]
Once upon a time, there was a special place in Baghdad: the House of Wisdom, or Bayt al-Hikmah, where scholars, translators, and thinkers gathered together during the Islamic Golden Age. They studied medicine, alchemy, physics, mathematics, and more. Ideas traveled across languages and cultures, bringing new knowledge and discoveries to […]