In keeping with one of the themes of the current issue of PaperTigers – books published for good causes, I just wanted to flag up the visual treat recently published (September) to raise funds for The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and presented by Eric Carle himself. Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk about Their Art is awe-inspiring and down-to earth at the same time. This is the book for anyone with an interest in getting behind the scenes and finding out what makes different illustrators tick. Each artist has written a letter about how/ why they became an artist and/or their musings about being an artist – and these are some of the big names in children’s book illustration today. In fact, if they weren’t all listed both on the museum’s website and here (with links), I would feel compelled to list them all, so inspirational is what they each have to say.

The layout of the book provides a photograph of each illustrator as a child, a full page illustration and then a fold-out containing further examples of their work. Take a look at this full review from Planet Esme.

And if you’re lucky enough to live in the US and are aged 6-9, you still have a chance (until 28th December) to win a copy of the book and more – for details look here! Thank you Book Worm’s Diary for pointing this out (ages ago!).

Books of Wonder in New York is hosting an Artist to Artist event on Thursday 6th December – but it’s for Museum Members only and you need to book ahead… See here for information on how to become a member.

Posted by: Marjorie | This entry was posted on Monday, December 3rd, 2007 at 5:42 am and is filed under Eventful World, International, Middle Grade Books, Young Adult Books. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Tags: Artist to Artist, Books of Wonder, Children's Books, Eric Carle, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, events, Illustrators