Monday, November 17, 2008

Who is your favorite children’s book illustrator?

Eloise Wilkin. Three days ago that would have been my answer. But after discovering Show and Tell - Exploring the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration by Dilys Evans I’m not so sure.

Evans explores the work of several award winning children’s book illustrators. She gives a brief background of each and traces the path the artist took to becoming published. In addition, she analyzes a few examples of each illustrator’s work for content and style. After reading this book, I am looking forward to reading books by these illustrators: Harry Bliss, Bryan Collier, Denise Fleming, Trina Schart Hyman, Hilary Knight, Betsy Lewin, Petra Mathers, David Shannon, David Wiesner, and Paul Zelinksy.

Who is your favorite?

2 comments:

Rimas Kurtinaitis said...

All time favorite -- Richard Scarry

Current favorite -- Oliver Jeffers

You should put links to each of the illustrators you mention.

morningstar said...

Good idea. Click on the illustrator's name to see examples.