Best illustrated books all over the world
Berta Hoerner Hader (1890-1976) and Elmer Stanley Hader (1889-1973) were an American couple who illustrated more than seventy children’s books together, about half of which they wrote. They won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow, and were two Caldecott Award winners (in 1940 for Cock-a-doodle-doo and in 1944 […]
Jeanette Winter (born 1939) is an American writer and illustrator, best known for her children’s books. Jeanette Winter’s signature style, which draws heavily from folk art traditions, is easily recognizable; she uses bright, clean colors and fills flat, volume-less elements with them. Winter has had a prolific career working on […]
Gerald McDermott (1941–2012) was an American author, illustrator, and filmmaker best known for his children’s picture books inspired by folktales and world mythology. He was born on January 31, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan, where he began studying art at a very young age, taking classes at the Detroit Institute of […]
Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968) was an American author and illustrator of children’s books. She was born into a family of a dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a poetess; Virginia’s love for literature manifested itself in early childhood. When she was 8 years old, her family moved to […]
Roger Duvoisin (August 28, 1900 – June 30, 1980) was an American writer and illustrator of Swiss origin, best known for his children’s picture books. Roger Duvoisin was born in Geneva. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He began his career as a decorator […]
David Christiana (b. 1960) is an American illustrator, writer, and educator known primarily for his work in children’s book illustration. He has illustrated more than twenty children’s books, and has also written four books of his own. His illustration work spans picture books and literary adaptations, often characterized by detailed […]
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop (1891–1980) was an American author and illustrator of children’s books, known for her delicate, detailed drawings and her deep interest in nature and animals. She was born in Albany, New York. Lathrop began her professional career as an illustrator in 1919 with The Three Mulla-Mulgars by Walter […]
Cliff Roberts (1929–1999) was an American cartoonist, animator, and illustrator. He began his career in commercial advertising, working as a freelance artist and photographer while also producing comics and illustrations for magazines, including Playboy and The New Yorker. Roberts later moved into animation, where he worked as a designer and […]
Patrick McDonnell (born 1956) is an American cartoonist, author, and playwright. He is best known as the creator of the long-running comic strip Mutts, launched in 1994 and widely syndicated in newspapers. Before that, he created the comic Bad Baby, which ran for about a decade in Parents magazine. McDonnell […]
Leo Dillon (1933 — 2012) was an American illustrator and artist, best known for his long partnership with his wife, Diane Dillon. He was born on March 2, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York to Trinidadian parents and grew up in the city. He studied art at the Parsons School of […]
Nancy Ekholm Burkert is an American artist and illustrator. The first book she illustrated was the classic fairy tale James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl in 1961. Her illustrations for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs brought her the New York Times Notable Book Award and the Caldecott […]
Boris Mikhailovich Artsybashev (1899–1965) was an American artist, designer, and illustrator of Russian origin. He was the son of the writer Mikhail Artsybashev. Born in Kharkiv, he emigrated to the United States during the Russian Civil War. In 1919, he began working in an engraving studio in New York, where […]
John Alcorn (1935–1992) was an American artist and designer, as well as a children’s book illustrator. John Alcorn was known for his original and vibrant solutions in commercial design. He created advertising materials, packaging, title sequences for several Federico Fellini films, and designed numerous book covers. His works were featured […]