Illustrator Interviews
It's time to get to know your favorite (or soon to be favorite) illustrators by reading our exclusive interviews! Get ready to feast your eyes on some truly super artwork.
Artwork is a very important part of children’s books, especially picture books and graphic novels, and now many chapter books too. When you read an illustrator interview on The Children’s Book Review, you’ll often get an insiders look or a behind the scenes visit of the illustrator’s studio and creative process. You could also learn how the illustrator’s own life experiences shaped their artwork and storytelling abilities, or what their most used art supply is, or which children’s book character they would love to create artwork with. With so many featured illustrators, there is certainly something for everyone here, but we wonder which illustrators will be or are your faves. Be sure to let us know through our Twitter handle, and share your thoughts with us on Instagram or Facebook with #thechildrensbookreview.
To get you started, here are some of our more recent illustrator interviews:
Illustration Inspiration: Renée Graef, Illustrator of Thérèse Makes a Tapestry
Caldecott Honor-Winning John Rocco Talks About Blizzard
Deborah Underwood and Claudia Rueda Discuss Here Comes the Easter Cat
Be sure to peruse through the illustrator interviews below, you’ll be so glad you did!
In this episode, I talk with Marc Brown, the creator of the bestselling Arthur Adventure books. We discuss Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur
New York Times bestselling author Eva Chen and illustrator Sophie Diao talk about their picture book I Am Golden, a moving ode to the immigrant experience.
Noted anthropologist and educator Dr. Johnetta Betsch Cole and award-winning illustrator Nelda La Teef talk about African Proverbs for All Ages.
Designer, author, and illustrator Kristen Balouch has created eight books for children, including If You Are the Dreamer published by Cameron Kids.
An illustration inspiration interview with Maria Biktimirova aka Manka Kasha. Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster is her debut picture book.
In this video, Elisha Cooper himself gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of his picture book Yes & No. Watch it now …
Here we discuss Mary Jane Begin’s latest picture book, Ping Meets Pang, a great story for opening conversations about inclusivity.
Take a peek inside Sean Rubin’s studio and see his latest picture book, This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth.
In this episode, I talk with two-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Sophie Blackall. We discuss Neative Cat, The Beatryce Prophecy, and Milkwood Farm.
In Big Apple Diaries, a diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school―until September 11, 2001.