This is a list of illustrated books (children’s and adult) I’ve discussed on this blog. The list is organized by the author’s last name.
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Milo Cleveland Beach
The Adventures of Rama ★★☆☆☆
— with illus. from a 16th-century Mughal manuscript
Cécile Benoist
Every Tree Has a Story ★★★★★
— transl. from the French by Sylvia Rucker, illus. by Charlotte Gastaut
Coralie Bickford-Smith (illus.)
The Worm and the Bird ★★☆☆☆ ½
The Fox and the Star ★★☆☆☆ ½
Sophie Blackall
Hello Lighthouse ★★★★★
Fanny Britt (illus.)
Jane, the Fox, and Me ★★★☆☆
Nathan Bryon
Rocket Says Look Up! ★★★★☆
— illus. by Dapo Adeola
C
Randy Cecil (illus.)
Lucy ★★★☆☆ ½
Henry Cole (illus.)
Spot the Cat
Spot, the Cat (Book 1) ★★★★☆
Spot & Dot (Book 2) ★★★★☆
D
Matt de la Peña
Milo Imagines the World ★★★★★
— illus. by Christian Robinson
Kelly DiPucchio
Oona
— illus. by Raissa Figueroa ★★★☆☆
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Terry & Eric Fan (illus.)
Amélie Fléchais (illus.)
The Little Red Wolf ★★★★☆ ½
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Clive Gifford
The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World ★★★★★
— illus. by Marc-Étienne Peintre
Guojing (illus.)
The Only Child ★★★★☆ ½
H
Ben Hatke (illus.)
Julia’s House Moves On ★★★☆☆
K
Torben Kuhlmann (illus.)
Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon ★★★☆☆ ½
M
Charlie Mackesy (illus.)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse ★★☆☆☆
Gregory Manchess (illus.)
Above the Timberline ★★★☆☆
George R.R. Martin
The Ice Dragon ★★★☆☆
— illus. by Luis Royo
Poonam Mistry (illus.)
How the Stars Came to Be ★★★★☆ ½
Akiko Miyakoshi (illus.)
The Tea Party in the Woods ★★★☆☆
The Storm ★★★☆☆
The Way Home in the Night ★★★★☆
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B.J. Novak
The Book With No Pictures ★★★★★
P
Sanjay Patel (illus.)
Ramayana: Divine Loophole ★★★★★
Charles Perrault
Cinderella: or The Little Glass Slipper ★★★★☆
— illus. by Camille Rose Garcia
R
Lauren Redniss (illus.)
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future ★★★★★
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1) ★★★☆☆ ½
— illus. by Jim Kay
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Kate Samworth (illus.)
Grand Isle ★★★☆☆
Alessandro Sanna (illus.)
The River ★★★★☆
Francesca Sanna (illus.)
The Journey ★★★★★
Brian Selznick (illus.)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret ★★★★☆
Catherine Stock (illus.)
Where Are You Going, Manyoni? ★★☆☆☆
T
Victoria Turnbull (illus.)
Pandora ★★☆☆☆ ½
U
Myron Uhlberg
The Sound of All Things ★★★★★
— illus. by Ted Papoulas
V
Chris Van Allsburg (illus.)
The Widow’s Broom ★★★★☆
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Phoebe Wahl (illus.)
Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest ★★★☆☆
Ellis Weiner
Templeton Twins
The Templeton Twins Have an Idea (Book 1) ★★★★★
David Wiesner (illus.)
Flotsam ★★★☆☆
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Germano Zullo
Sky High ★★★★★
— illus. by Albertine