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!
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.
Remy Lai is the award-winning creator of Pie in the Sky—one of our very favorite books here at TCBR headquarters. Come and take a peek inside her *studio* and learn about her creative process while you’re here!
In this episode of the Growing Readers Podcast, I talk with the absolutely incredible, award-winning author-illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal about Zonia’s Rain Forest.
Award-winning team Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant talk about Hudson and Tallulah Take Sides.
My Writing and Reading Life: Dorien Brouwers, Creator of Sail, started writing and illustrating books as a gift for her son.
Annelouise Mahoney, creator of the bedtime picture book Julius and Macy: A Very Brave Night, gives us a peek inside her studio.
In this episode of the Growing Readers Podcast, I talk with bestselling superstar duo Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham about Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn.
Julia Kuo is a Taiwanese-American illustrator who has worked with The New York Times, Google, and Science Friday. Here we explore I DREAM OF POPO.