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Hi friends!
Today, I have a very special book haul for you which is dedicated to some lovely (new to me) illustrated stories!
Since I'm currently working on writing and illustrating my own story, I've been on the hunt for creative inspiration...and I found loads of it!
I'm so excited to show you how beautiful these books are!
I hope your April has been off to a wonderful start :)
Best wishes,
Carolyn Marie :)
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I literally want to buy all these books now!!! 📚☺️
I love collecting illustrated books. I own Alice in Wonderland illustrated by Rodney Matthews. If you haven’t seen his illustrations yet please check him out. I also love my gorgeous Russian edition of Les Miserables, it has more than 350 illustrations of French artists from the 19th century.
Ooo I’m not sure if I have seen his illustrations! I’ll definitely check them out :) Oh wow, sounds lovely!
Truly Arthur Rackham was an icon
Carolyn, are we sure Allsburg hasn't written the introduction as a frame for the drawings, to inspire speculation and make the miscellany more interesting? Just a thought. What a lovely video this is, your insights and appreciation deepened by your own expertise in illustration and art. Well done.
Yes, I immediately googled this because that’s what I thought and yes - Harris Burdick is fictional. It’s a very cool premise for the book, though!
A book I absolutely loved as a child was Alice in Wonderland with illustrations by Dusan Kallay, they are so unsettling and have this feel of a psychodelic trip which may explain why I grew up to be a horror fan 😅
Thank you so much for sharing these with us. I always love seeing your illustration recommendations. I'd definitely like to add a couple of these to my home library. Some illustrated childrens books I really like are: Imagine a Night, written by Sarah L Thomson and illustrated by Rob Gonsalves. There are a whole bunch of others too (eg Imagine a Day, Imagine a World, Imagine a Place etc) that look even more incredible but I haven't physically looked in them yet. I also love the edition of The Secret Garden that is illustrated by Inga Moore.
My pleasure! Thank you for the great recommendations as well!
Book introductions and prefaces can also be part of a fictional story, it seems to me that this is the case in Chris Allsburg's book, for that reason the drawings are similar to his.
Yes, I believe you’re right. That intro is a bit of fiction to create mystery and interest. I use that book to spark creative writing in my middle school English classes.
I love this video! Thanks so much for sharing those charming books, it helps me to decide which ones to get. Please do more videos of illustrated books 🤍💐
FIRST COMMENT!!! I love your videos Carolyn ❤
I’m so glad! 😊
Im always so excited to see a new video from you!! Truly not exaggerating when I say your recommendations always end up being beloved (Beartown especially). I feel like you’d especially love Cloud Cuckoo Land and The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
Aw I’m so happy to hear that! Ugh Beartown owns my heart 🥹 so glad you love it too! I haven’t read Cloud Cuckoo Land, but I did really enjoy The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
My favorite illustrator is Paul O. Zelenskyy. His art is stunningly gorgeous!
I love his work as well!
I love Rackham's art too (and Edmund Dulac - very similar style and era). My favourite illustrated book is by Errol le Cain and is a version of the Twelve Dancing Princesses. Going back to my childhood, some of my favourite books, (now OOP) were Trouble for Trumpets by Peter Cross, The Secret Harbour by Sam Smith, The Church Mouse series by Graham Oakley (fabulously accurate caricature rendering of 70s/80s Britain) and not OOP: The Mousehole Cat, by Antonia Barber, illus. by Nicola Bayley.
This is so wonderful! Also, thanks to your recommendation, I'm reading the Bear town series and loving it!
Hi Carolyn. I’m just wondering if you have read Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain? She’s an English writer. It’s an amazing book. It’s set before and during the First World War. It’s the story of her life. She comes from a privileged family, she wants to go to university but her mother doesn’t want her to become a ‘blue stocking’. The war takes over her life and the lives of those around her. She catalogues the seismic shifts in society brought about by the war, but in a deeply personal and sometimes profound way. I know you like a good war story 😂. I hope you read it and enjoy it. Walker 😊
I need to pick up The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore for my classroom. I do think that my Kindergarteners will enjoy it. It can be tricky finding picture books that are engaging but not too lengthy. This one looks perfect.
One of my favorite picture books is Seven Silly Eaters. It is illustrated by Marla Frazee. The story is about a mom trying to feed her seven picky kids. The illustrations are so detailed and chaotic, just like her life. I adore it and I don't even have kids.
8:20 ummm…. Chris Van Alsburg *is* Harris Burdick. Also Stephen King is Richard Bachman and Daniel Handler is Lemony Snicket.
I love your videos so much, I've already read and loved so many books this year that you've recommended (Neverwhere, A man called Ove, Wind in the Willows, Breasts and Eggs) and bought so many more that I'm looking forward to! My favorite favorite illustrator is Melissa Sweet. She illustrates by mixing her drawings with collages and found objects! She's done quite a few things but my favorite is Balloons Over Broadway, a biography of the creator of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons! I read it to my family every year and highly recommend!
the fantastic flying books of mr. morris is gooorgeous i need to add it to my collection!!
My favorite is The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer and illustrated by K.Y. Craft. Chef's kiss.
I could spend a whole day listening to you talk about illustration 😊
I loved your video! The books are amazing! You bring joy to my day! Thanks ❤
I have a few graphic novels: To Kill A Mockingbird, The Handmaid's Tale, and Anne Frank's Diary. I also have a couple comics: The Dark Knight Returns and Kami Garcia/Gabriel Picolo's box set of their first three Teen Titans comics. I think Gabriel Picolo's art especially is absolutely gorgeous. Even if you aren't into comics, you should check out his art.
So many wonderful books! I just ordered several 😮! 😊 Thank you for the lovely recommendations.
Do you know The Unwinding & Other Dreamings by Jackie Morris.....wonderfully illustrated. Thank you for a very
interesting video. I am new to your channel.
I love Elly MacKay and Emily Martin Winfield illustrations.
My favourite illustrator as a child was Steven Kellogg, I just loved all the detail, and how he wrote a story within a story by his illustrations. And now with my child, we love Oliver Jeffers, come to think of it, for the same reasons. Though he is a writer of his own stories, he uses words and illustrations in tandem to write beautiful stories. Maybe check them out at your local library before you buy them but I'm sure you'd love them ☺️
There's an interview with Chris Van Allsberg on TH-cam and he explains that Harris Burkdick was just a framing device for the story. All the drawing are his.
Hey Carolyn, nice to see you again. Some very nice illustrations there. Unlike you, rather than color or emotion, I look first to the use of space. In particular, I loved the ones with levitating objects - such as the over-the-head chair and the floating books - present huge panoramas on relatively small pieces of paper. Some try to do that with tricking the eye with perspective of big buildings, but I prefer the small objects making everything else look large.
Hi Carolyn, I'm an illustrator. I wrote a book, it's on Amazon, illustrated throughout. I think you'd like it. Unfortunately, I also wrote a book on conspiracy theories and now my other book is shadow banned. That means even if I put the title here this comment will be deleted. Buzz a reply if this message makes it to you.
Such a beautiful and inspirational video!
Still a huge fan from afar ...can't wait for your book to come out someday and ill be first in line..love all your videos and recommendations.. YAHOOOOO
HAVE YOU TRIED "The Great Controversy"?
My favorite illustrator is Benjamin Lacombe (he is french)
Are there any picturebooks that technically for adult. Like horror or scifi?
the harris burdick story is just a fictional framing device, the illustrations and writing are by allsburg
My last semester results are going to be out soon so I am very anxious today. I hope this video and these illustrations are going to make me feel a little better. Love always.❤
Best of luck! I hope they helped you feel a little better too!
They did. Thank you.❤
I recently read The Queen in the Cave by Júlia Sardà and loved it! The illustrations were so beautiful and contained so many details. Plus the story was absolutely adorable. I highly recommend it as you are looking for inspiration.
I’m 77 years old…one of my favorite books as a child was Holling C Holling’s Paddle To the Sea….the original story of a toys epic journey….set in the magnificent Great Lakes….and as a child in Detroit of special interest to me…..
That was great! Discovering illustrators through your book haul gave me the inspiration I needed! 😍
I’m so glad! 😊
Thank you for your recommendations! I’ll make sure my kids read them.
Thanks Much!
Mouse Look Out by Judi Waite
Great video! I noticed your video in my suggested list and so glad I watched it :) I will have beautiful books waiting for me at the local library. One illustrator that came to mind was Virginia Lee Burton, especially The Little House.
So glad you enjoyed it 😊 happy reading :)
These are so beautiful. 😘
I always like Graeme Base’s work such as the Eleventh Hour and Animalia. I also love the cute and playful style of Steven Kellogg. Anything by Paul Zelinsky. And I also like Jerry Pinkney…especially in the book called the Talking Eggs.
My favorite picture book, in term of illustrations, is "Blanche" by Pog and Alexandre Day, in which everything is in black and white and quite foggy or ashy
Hi Carolyn! I've been watching your (and Emma's) videos since last year. I started from the beginning, so it was a pleasure to see your journey, you're such an amazing artist. I just wanted to tell you how much I love your channel and your lovely, glowing personality. I feel like we're kindred spirits in so many ways. I love illustrated books too, my recommendations are:
- Lilly and the Sun Keeper and The Snow Sister by Maja Lunde
- Foxwood Tales Series by Cynthia Paterson (so similar to Beatrix Potter)
- The Complete Brambley Hedge by Jill Barklem (also Beatrix Potter vibes)
- anything by Sven Nordquist (especially The Christmas Porridge)
- The Christmas Pig by J. K. Rowling (I think it would make you cry)
- Pig Banda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury
And of course Beatrix Potter, but I know you have her beautiful box set. 😉Oh, and Where Snow Angels Go, I was so happy when you were talking about how much you enjoyed this story.
Love from Hungary❤
Carolyne, thank you for another inspiring video. After watching your recommendations I went hunting and came across the 2007 Spanish Children’s Award winning (I don’t know, is it a Novella?) 118 paged Kafka and the Traveling Doll, by Jordi Sierra i Fabra, translated into English by Jacqueline Minett in 2019…. A stunning story (not as many illustrations as the copy you shared, but) beautiful watercolors and the writing drips off the page. I was gripped by the poetic and intelligent style of the prose and was crying my eyes out by the 2nd chapter… I was surprised at how many emotional and thought provoking themes were woven into this longer version of the story. I thought you may want to check it out….Thank you for being a dedicated passionate source of inspiration. Kita
Some of my favorite illustrated books are from Jonathan Bean (Building Our House, Big Snow), and Brian Floca (Locomotive, Lightship). These are all lovely read-alouds too.
My favorite illustrator is roberto innocenti , Anton Lomaev, PJ Lynch, and Torben Kuhlmann
I love illustrated books. Like you, I love seeing different editions with different illustrators.
"Harris Burdick" is a fiction. Allsburg did the drawings and included the Burdick story to add another layer of mystery to the images. Like a frame story.
Very wonderful, I love you very much because you explain something about the book and also show us the inside
Willow's barking is so cute in the background! Does she like to read with you, too? Great selection of books, Carolyn! ♥
A little bit different but I just read a graphic memoir, ephemera, which was one of these most beautiful things I’ve seen. The story is told with almost no words and it is absolutely heartbreaking, it is a basically a woman reflecting on a childhood with an absent mother who suffered mental health problems, but it goes into their connection to nature and plants and gardens and is really stunning. Highly recommend!
Thank you for your video. I´ll buy some of the books you have shown :) I like the books from Torben Kuhlmann
Is your red rabbit painting sold in your Etsy shop? I've never been able to find it on there but maybe I'm just looking wrong 😂
I love John Rocco’s work, he’s the main illustrator for the Percy Jackson books (he did the original covers, plus the illustrated editions of the lightning thief, PJ’s Greek Gods, and Greek Heroes) his color work is so incredible
8:15 wait… what? Noooo… 😂I spy a children’s literature conspiracy.
Ollie’s Oddesy although I haven’t read it reminds me a bit of the velveteen rabbit!
Great haul love illustration books 📚☕ 🌈
Rich and privileged. I mean that as a compliment.
Such gorgeous illustrations. My wishlist just grew again. I should probably avoid Booktube, but I won't.
You asked about our favourite illustrated books. Here's mine:
1. The Illustrated versions of Harry Potter all have gorgeous illustrations.
2. Who Will be the Sun? Retold and beautifully illustrated by Joanna Troughton
3. It's a Book, written and illustrated by Lane Smith
4. Blossom Possum, written by Gina Newton and illustrated by Kilmeny Niland
5. Possum Magic, written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julia Vivas
6. Time for Bed, written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Jane Dyer