Best illustrated books all over the world
Original title: Pepelka Alenka Sottler’s Pepelka is a timeless retelling of the classic Cinderella story, as recorded by the Brothers Grimm two centuries ago, now reimagined through her distinctive illustrative style. Sottler’s illustrations move beyond the familiar stereotype of Cinderella as a simple tale of virtue rewarded over vice. Instead, […]
Original title: Вниз по волшебной реке This fairy tale introduces readers to Mitya, a boy who spends his summer in the countryside and unexpectedly crosses into the world of Russian folklore. Alongside characters such as Baba Yaga, Vasiliisa the Wise, the Gray Wolf, and the Tsar, he faces Koshchei the […]
Dizzy (2006) is Jonah Winter’s picture-book biography of jazz great Dizzy Gillespie, brought to life with Sean Qualls’s bold, rhythmic art. Winter tells Gillespie’s story with a text that bounces and swings, echoing the playful, unpredictable nature of Dizzy’s music. It isn’t a dry retelling of dates and facts — […]
Little Tree brings together the quiet poem of E. E. Cummings and Chris Raschka’s unusual pictures. The words move slowly, almost like a soft chant, following a small evergreen from the forest into a family’s home. Raschka paints with sharp shapes — triangles, squares, shifting patches of color. The tree, […]