Best illustrated books all over the world
Published in 2003, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers tells the story of Philippe Petit, a French street performer who walked a high wire between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. Gerstein captures both the daring of the feat and the poetry of the moment […]
The Nine Lives of Aristotle by Dick King-Smith, illustrated by Bob Graham, tells the story of a small, fearless kitten living with a kind witch named Bella Donna. Aristotle rushes headfirst into every possible danger — tumbling down chimneys, spilling milk jugs, falling into rivers, and escaping dogs and trains. […]
The distant, cold, unreal expanses of the Nordic lands hide a warm fairy tale about the boundless sacrificial love between the beautiful black swan Kjel, an outcast from the swan flock, and the equally enchanting white swan Agnette. In order to realize their love, they had to overcome numerous obstacles […]
William Shakespeare’s World in Angela Barrett’s Illustrations Angela Barrett is among the most renowned British book illustrators of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Her works for The Wild Swans and Beauty and the Beast gained wide recognition and attracted great interest from collectors. Barrett’s style is characterised by […]
When you’re the only pink armadillo in a family of nine green ones, you can’t help but stand out. This little fellow decides the best way to shine is to be better at everything — and he’s not shy about saying so. His bragging grows as fast as his ambitions, […]