During November, libraries and literacy groups celebrate Picture Book Month, a reading initiative started by a group of authors and illustrators to encourage parents and children to read. Picture ...

The Golden Age of children’s book illustration is understood to have run more or less from 1860 to 1930. The spread of literacy, newfangled methods of production and an almost mystical efflorescence ...

A particular pleasure of ordering new titles for the library’s picture-book collection is getting to see all of the variety in their illustrations. From watercolors to mixed-media collages to digital ...

Illustrations in children’s books may have been long seen as less important than fine art, but French illustrator Joelle Jolivet hopes picture book illustrations will receive as much appreciation as ...

Industry figures assess the current picture book market and hail the importance of awards for new talent in a crowded field. Illustrator and former Cambridge School of Art lecturer Pam Smy calls it ...

November is Picture Book Month, an international literacy celebration of the beauty and value of picture books, and the Beaufort County Library is the perfect place to explore the stunning artwork ...

It was an unusual scene for an art museum. Against the backdrop of a large treehouse mural, under leafy twinkle lights and seated on a carpet of faux grass, adult visitors sat reading beloved classic ...

Paddy Donnelly is a picture book illustrator and author. Originally from Bally-castle, Co Antrim, he is now based in Belgium. He has been nominated twice for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration ...

Emma Farrarons has won the £5,000 2025 Klaus Flugge Prize for her illustrations in My Hair Is As Long As River, written by Charlie Castle (Macmillan Children’s Books). In the book, through a "series ...