George and Martha: Complete Stories of Two Best Friends
James Marshall is one of the first children’s book illustrators I was ever introduced to. My mother always found reading to be essential (bless her) and Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard was a...
View ArticleMoon Man
Huge thanks to Ricky for sharing these wonderful five books! It’s been really fun reading about his favorites. (And sorry I took so long to post them!) I can’t believe that I have gone so long in my...
View ArticlePLOC Magazine
The first issue of PLOC Magazine is a fun publication of games, puzzles, and stories for little ones. It’s filled with happy kids, animals, food, trucks and trains, all by French illustrator Alain...
View ArticleThree Sardines on a Bench
Three Sardines on a Bench is a tiny book full of big, fantastical ideas. It is written by French children’s book author Michaël Escoffier, and illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo. The book itself is like a...
View ArticleJellona Suuri
Jellona Suuri is a new Finnish children’s book by illustrator Anne Vasko. Jellona Suuri translates to Lion the Great, and follows a cute red cat through pages of adventures. The illustrations are done...
View ArticleGreve
I’m not sure what this Portugese picture book is about but the illustrations are totally awesome. They mix collage and drawing and texture in a way I haven’t seen before. The style is nostalgic and...
View ArticlePeople
People is the most recent book from Blexbolex, a French illustrator now working in Berlin. Blexbolex’s style references printmaking techniques, and is built from layering graphic shapes. Everything...
View ArticleRue de L’Articho
For Editions Thierry Magnier’s latest book, they asked 16 illustrators to each create an shop for an imaginary street. Rue de L’Articho then came to life, packed with a flower shop, joke shop, fruit...
View ArticleComo É Que Uma Galinha…
Como É Que Uma Galinha…, by Isabel Minhós Martins and Yara Kono was recently released by Portugese publisher Planeta Tangerina. The title translates to “How does a chicken…” and the book uncovers what...
View ArticleTodos Fazemos Tudo
This book couldn’t be more awesome. The illustrations are fantastic, the colors are bright and then the flipping is astonishing. Each new flip is so impressive – so many scenes, so many ideas, so many...
View ArticleAtop a Hill in Frostville
This is Little Otsu’s first venture into publishing children’s books and I would definitely consider it a successful one! Wordless and colorful, this humorous world created by illustrator Daniel Frost...
View ArticleRufus
Tomi Ungerer books are cheeky little secrets. Reading them, I’m slyly giggling all the way… and I read them over and over again. His early stories focused on seemingly detestable characters – vulture,...
View ArticleThe Wonderful World of Fifi Lapin
I have a magically self-renewing subscription to Lucky magazine. I do enjoy looking at the clothes even though I occasionally (often) get whipped into an irate frenzy over their “lucky girl’ column...
View ArticleCrabtree
As someone who loses her keys every single day, I really related to the main character, Alfred Crabtree, in this charming kid’s book. One day Alfred wakes up and can’t find his false teeth. He looks...
View ArticlePippi Fixes Everything
In the 1940s, Pippi was already a progressive creation, but seventy years later she’s still a joyous celebration of youthful irreverence. In Pippi Fixes Everything, author Astrid Lindgren speaks...
View ArticleFaces Note, Notes 2 Face
(The title is what Google translated for me from Japanese, so I’m sure it’s incorrect.) This little book was a gift from Alicia that she picked up at the Muji store a couple years ago. I love when...
View ArticleLittle Big Books
Wednesday will be my fourth class teaching seniors at RISD in the Illustration department. While advising them on building their portfolios, I’m also supposed to give them some business guidance and...
View ArticleRecipe
This is the most fun book you will read this year. It feels so wide-eyed and it makes me giggle. If you aren’t aware of McSweeney’s new line of children’s books called McMullens, you should be. Many of...
View ArticleTopsy Turvy World
I ‘m a huge fan of the folksy painted work of German illustrator Atak, so I was super thrilled to receive this book from Nobrow’s children’s imprint Flying Eye Books. In Atak’s Topsy Turvy World,...
View ArticleAnimal Sleep Stories
When I was a kid my favorite book was called ‘goldfish on the train’ (actually There’s a Goldfish by Alain Grée) I loved it so much I made my parents read it to me every night until I could recite the...
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