Now that I’ve graduated from a dual-masters degree at
Simmons College I have a lot of free time on my hands. I’ve been emailing back
and forth with an awesome blogger lately who blogs about picturebook design and
she’s inspired me to start writing here again. So naturally I’ve decided to move,
reformat, and rename my blog. I've copy-and-pasted the past posts from the other site here and tagged them as best I can so I can finally say...
Welcome to Let’s Talk Picturebooks!
In honor of this grand re-opening, I’ve decided to post
something a bit different. Usually I like to pick a theme or concept and
discuss a few books that strongly encompass those themes/concepts, but today I
want to break from the usual and focus on one illustrator in particular, Isol.
I’ve chosen her because she was recently chosen to win 2013’s
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Swedish government awards the £500,000
prize annually to an individual or organization working "in the spirit of
Astrid Lindgren [to] safeguard democratic values.” A jury of twelve picked her
out of 207 candidates, praising her ability to create picturebooks “from the
eye level of the child," and the award will be presented later this month.
I’ve long been in love with her illustrations, and I’m so excited to see her
earning the praise she deserves.
My personal favorite is Nocturne: Dream Recipes, an anthology of sorts that provides dream “recipes” for its readers just
before bed time. Suffice it to say there’s a lot of glow-in-the-dark ink.
