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Suggested Reading: Children's Book Illustrators

The following books give great insight into children’s book illustration and illustrators.


Picture This: How Pictures Work

Bang, Molly
SeaStar Books, New York. 2000

Children’s Book Illustration and Design
Cummins, Julie
2 volumes. PBC International, New York. 1998

Wings of an Artist: Children’s Book Illustrators Talk About Their Art
Cummins, Julie
Harry N. Abrams, New York. 1999

Talking With Artists. Conversations with Illustrators
Cummings, Pat
3 volumes. Clarion Books, New York

A Caldecott Celebration: Six Artists and Their Paths to the Caldecott Medal
Marcus, Leonard
Walker & Company, New York. 1998

Side by Side: Five Favorite Picture-Book Teams Go to Work
Marcus, Leonard
Walker & Company, New York. 2001

Ways of Telling: Conversations on the Art of the Picture Book
Marcus, Leonard
Dutton Children’s Books, New York. 2002

Writing With Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children’s Books
Shulevitz, Uri
Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. 1985.

 

Bibliography compiled by Nick Glass of www.TeachingBooks.net .
 

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