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Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,093,280 ratings — published 1963
The Arrival (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.35 — 61,245 ratings — published 2007
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.55 — 254,002 ratings — published 2019
Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.17 — 437 ratings — published 2005
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.00 — 136,098 ratings — published 1993
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.06 — 24,524 ratings — published 2010
How to Be an Illustrator (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.02 — 331 ratings — published 2008
Picture This: How Pictures Work (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,337 ratings — published 1991
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as illustration)
avg rating 3.99 — 457,488 ratings — published 1865
I Want My Hat Back (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.35 — 37,163 ratings — published 2011
Creative Illustration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,334 ratings — published 1947
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,635,210 ratings — published 1943
Amphigorey (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.06 — 63,653 ratings — published 1972
Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as illustration)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,254 ratings — published 2014
Tales from Outer Suburbia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.33 — 10,254 ratings — published 2008
The Lost Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.31 — 6,043 ratings — published 2000
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.11 — 9,503 ratings — published 2009
The Principles of Uncertainty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.05 — 10,088 ratings — published 2007
The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.08 — 85,013 ratings — published 1963
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as illustration)
avg rating 3.96 — 25,851 ratings — published 1943
The Animator's Survival Kit (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,236 ratings — published 2001
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as illustration)
avg rating 3.97 — 357,292 ratings — published 2012
Flotsam (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.24 — 27,271 ratings — published 2006
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Board book)
by (shelved 12 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.35 — 560,548 ratings — published 1969
The Sleeper and the Spindle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as illustration)
avg rating 3.86 — 54,705 ratings — published 2013
Journey (Journey Trilogy #1)
by (shelved 12 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.38 — 13,796 ratings — published 2013
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,545,742 ratings — published 1974
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.34 — 299,102 ratings — published 2011
Amphigorey Also (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,867 ratings — published 1983
Jane, the Fox & Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as illustration)
avg rating 3.98 — 11,158 ratings — published 2012
Lost & Found (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.20 — 8,954 ratings — published 2011
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.41 — 219,361 ratings — published 2007
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.23 — 264,387 ratings — published 1901
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,269,259 ratings — published 1964
An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as illustration)
avg rating 3.73 — 26,494 ratings — published 2008
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.22 — 191,997 ratings — published 2007
Writing with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.20 — 543 ratings — published 1985
Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines (Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines)
by (shelved 10 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,405 ratings — published 1984
How to Be a Children’s Book Illustrator: A Guide to Visual Storytelling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.47 — 127 ratings — published 2021
Framed Ink (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,174 ratings — published 2010
Hello Lighthouse (Caldecott Medal Winner) (Sophie Blackall’s House Stories, 1)
by (shelved 10 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.38 — 7,989 ratings — published 2018
The Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.08 — 13,819 ratings — published 2013
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,560 ratings — published 2009
The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.58 — 268,144 ratings — published 1992
Green Eggs and Ham (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.32 — 869,177 ratings — published 1960
Illustration Now! (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.06 — 250 ratings — published 2008
Faeries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as illustration)
avg rating 3.92 — 75,861 ratings — published 1978
Sea Prayer (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.11 — 62,143 ratings — published 2018
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.06 — 626,981 ratings — published 1871
East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as illustration)
avg rating 4.37 — 628 ratings — published 1914
“Mitsumasa Anno : A child's mind, unlike an adult's, can absorb anything and accept any number of new ideas. For this reason, it is not always good to teach only "correct" ideas to children. Scientific understanding is important, but imagination should also be encouraged. When some adults see a rainbow, they think they must explain the color spectrum to a child. The sense of wonder at such things should come first.
Recently, I spoke to a group of schoolchildren in Sydney, Australia. I told them that I had been afraid to come "down under" to Sydney lest I fall off the earth on my way. They laughed and then explained to me that "the world is round but there are also some flat places where it is safe." These children did not yet know the difference between imagination and reality. It is important to let them imagine things in their own way for a while before teaching them differently.”
― Show Me a Story!: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators
Recently, I spoke to a group of schoolchildren in Sydney, Australia. I told them that I had been afraid to come "down under" to Sydney lest I fall off the earth on my way. They laughed and then explained to me that "the world is round but there are also some flat places where it is safe." These children did not yet know the difference between imagination and reality. It is important to let them imagine things in their own way for a while before teaching them differently.”
― Show Me a Story!: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators
“What we look at determines what we see, and what we see, really see, becomes part of an inner museum of pictures and references, a mental collection that for most of us is not so much curated as acquired in a haphazard way. There is an opportunity with children to show them art and illustration that will furnish their minds with beauty and mystery, symmetry and wonder. The simplest mechanism for this is the selection of picture books that we share with them.”
― The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction – A Neuroscience Guide for Parents on Brain Development and Family Bonds
― The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction – A Neuroscience Guide for Parents on Brain Development and Family Bonds
