Comments on: Playpen: New Children’s Book Illustration

By: Mei Lynn cheung

Mei Lynn cheung — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:13:21 +0000

I bought this book in the weekend and thought it was a great source for any one interested in either children’s books or illustration. Great for variation and very informative.

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:56:31 +0000

Great!

By: Abbey H

Abbey H — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:44:52 +0000

This book looks amazing. I used to work at a picture book art museum and they had (and continue to have) amazing exhibitions of artwork from picture books. Seibold, Russell, and Fanelli were three of my faves. I also love Shaun Tan’s work. BTW- the museum is The Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, Mass.- if you’re in that area, I highly recommend checking it out.

By: sosser

sosser — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:51:35 +0000

be still, my heart… this is too too good! i may be abusing a credit card this afternoon.

By: mike lowery

mike lowery — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:50:54 +0000

Amazing. I JUST found out about this book this weekend and was going to recommend it. For folks in the DC area, they sell it at the National Building Museum’s bookshop (if visiting the area, you all should be sure to check out this little-known museum. My wife and I love it).

It is interesting to see that the pages that you selected from the book (as are most of the pages in the book), really showcase how “contemporary” children’s illustration looks more than a little like…”non contemporary” illustration. I see this a lot in design circles, and unique bookshops but not as much in the chain bookstores. Maybe in a few years?

By: karin

karin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:56:47 +0000

Fantastic.

By: claire

claire — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:39:59 +0000

a book that makes you buy more books. super.

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:18:12 +0000

Aww, you found my secret source of awesome foreign children’s books as potential gifts. No art books are safe from Julia’s collecting!