10 CHILDREN'S books worth seeing! In SEARCH of BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOKS.

[@novelideea]

Truly a fantastic assortment!

[@Shellyish]

Thank you!

[@flowerb8636]

Hello Shelly! As I'm in the midst of watching all (and I mean all) of your videos regarding children's picture books, I just wanted to say thank you! Your enthusiasm and passion for beautifully illustrated picture books has truly inspired me and has exacerbated my ever growing love for children's books. I am a soon to be primary/elementary teacher and I never knew how deeply I enjoyed (or that I was even "allowed" to personally enjoy) children's books until recently. There is something so beautiful about seeing adults passionate and excited about books, nonetheless, children's books at that. So thank you for sharing your deep passion for children's picture books and representing that there is no age limit for such things. I look forward to hearing your lovely thoughts in your future videos! Happy page flipping, Caytlyn

[@novelideea]

That yellow background color reminds me of freshly churned butter 🤗

[@Shellyish]

A great description!

[@timadams940]

Immediately recognized McDonnell's art as he is the creator of the wonderful daily strip Mutts.

[@LadyTresureLive]

New follower....like your vibe

[@joleenhavens4852]

I hear you are a Hannah Louis Poston fan :) I am too. Going to start commenting to support your channel as a lover of reading children's books to my 4 small children I have collected quiet a lot over the years and discovered I love reading to them as much as they enjoy listening to me. I frequent the thrift stores that have hundreds of children's books so I started watching to memorize the ones I should look out for that I may have accidentally left behind. That and to give as gifts for birthdays and Christmas's if I choose to buy new/ used ones Amazon. ❤ thank you 😊

[@Shellyish]

I’m a big HLP fan. How did you know! And thank you! I love a beautiful picture book and often thrift mine as well.

[@joleenhavens4852]

You have picked up some of her mannerisms which I love and also the over head video with keeping the sound on while the video is fast forwarding. So satisfying and I LOVE to watch it. Never ever change it haha 🤣

[@Shellyish]

@@joleenhavens4852 That’s awesome! I’ll keep things the same. ☺️☺️

[@Dinadoesyoga]

Those are just beautiful. I always admire the art and design that goes into children's books. This a totally biased recommendation, but a family member of mine has published two children's books that she both wrote and illustrated. The Peculiar Pig and The Cutest Brave Little Bunny by Joy Steuerwald. They are both about learning and accepting who you are. ❤

[@mimishimaineko1173]

I'm intrigued by writers who illustrate their own books, "translating" their words into images!🧡

[@Shellyish]

I agree!

[@deborahborne4861]

Thank you! I love love love picture books, too. I have a couple of recs for you: "Our Animal Friends At Maple Hill Farm" and the companion book, "A Year At Maple Hill Farm" by Alice and Martin Provensen AND the series of Mr. Putter and Tabby books by Cynthia Rylant. Other fav illustrators are Jan Brett and Eloise Wilkins.

[@victoriah.2083]

I keep thinking of other Children's illustrators including: Jan Brett Chris Dunn Tabitha Paige

[@patriciacrea1186]

Hi Shelly, I recently found out about a beautifully illustrated book : it's "Dans un jardin" by Atak. BTW I love your children books presentation !

[@Shellyish]

I just looked the book up! It’s gorgeous!!

[@mediumjohnsilver]

“Hundreds of cats, Thousands of cats, Millions and billions and trillions of cats.” I’m delighted to see you present my favorite childhood book, _Millions of Cats._

[@Shellyish]

It’s a perfect book!

[@spreadbookjoy]

Absolutely beautiful! So many books going on my list of books to seek out! I love a limited colour palette - so powerful. That yellow reminds me of wild primroses which are everywhere here at the moment. The illustrated Aesop’s Fables is stunning. Lost and Found! 🩵🩵🩵 One of my favourite illustrators is Melissa Castrillon who has a beautiful illustration style and choose a limited palette which is so effective and just stunning!

[@Shellyish]

I remember picking up a Melissa Castrillon book because of you! :)

[@celiamaness8856]

Look for Anne Anderson, Edmond Dulac, Kay Neilson. I hope I got the spellings right. And of course Arthur Rackham. These are some of my absolute favorites.

[@NovelteaCorner]

Some of my favourite children's book illustrators are Jeannie Baker and Shaun Tan. Some more recent(ish) picture books where I've loved the illustrations include Gargoyle by Zana Fraillon and Ross Morgan and Timeless by Kelly Canby (who I'm using for my illustrator deep dive prompt) and anything by Jess McGeachin.

[@Shellyish]

Thanks for sharing!

[@weaversnorway459]

I am norwegian, so i will share my two favorite norwegian illustrators/authors of pic books: Lisa Aisato and Stian Hole. I assume they have been translated. For old-fashioned swedish, check out Elsa Beskow. Thanks for a fun video!

[@Shellyish]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@ellunaguma7789]

Hey, I think I may have said this in another comment under an older video. You may like Daniela Drescher's illustrations, particularly her fairy books, like "Little Fairy Makes a Wish." In German, many of her books rhyme, which sadly they don't seem to in English? I'm not sure though.

[@kathrynwatt6615]

Great recommendation, her work is so dreamy

[@Farish2023]

Hi :) New subscriber. I would like to recommend some books with gorgeous illustrations and beautiful stories behind them. Library Bus, If You See A Bluebird, and A Sky-Blue Bench all by Bahram Rahman. These Olive trees by Aya Ghanameh and Homeland My Fathers dreams of Palestine by Hannah Moushabeck.

[@thesesweetpages]

I’m share picture books on Instagram so I own a couple (of thousand) and I actually think the most beautifully illustrated are Brambly Hedge or the original Angelina Ballerina. I love Mouse’s Wood too, and it hadn’t occurred to me that my favourites are all about mice until I wrote this comment 😂

[@Shellyish]

Thank you for thus! :)

[@ragoodvin44]

Hi! When you said "picture this" it made me think of a book called "Picture This" by Molly Bang. It's a book that describes graphic design ideas through imagery and how design affects story. I thought you might enjoy it because you mentioned drawing in a previous video. ❤

[@Shellyish]

I love Molly Bang’s book. Thank you for reminding me of it. ☺️

[@michellemitchell5112]

The Storyteller’s Handbook, created by Elise Hurst

[@BethanyBartholomew]

I collect books illustrated by Trina Swart Hyman :) she influenced my childhood and imagination greatly! Such an amazing visual storyteller!

[@Shellyish]

I love her as well.

[@mydarling-howareyou]

my all-time illustrated picture book is called 'Heckedy Peg' . Audrey & Don Wood's story and illustrations are rich and entrancing. My copy from childhood no longer has a spine- it fell completely to pieces I flipped through it so often. If you aren't familiar, I highly recommend checking it out.

[@Shellyish]

I love that book as well!

[@adrienne4028]

Three of my favorite illustrators are: Jan Brett, Paul O. Zelensky and Eric Carle. 👩🏼‍🎨

[@Shellyish]

Thanks for sharing!

[@starlasell5698]

Such a fun, whimsical video. Maybe by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Gabriella Barouch a book you might enjoy.

[@Shellyish]

Oh thank you!

[@susanbolster]

Please check out the Mr Putter and Tabby books by Cynthia Rylant , illustrations by Arthur Howard. They are for young readers and are adorable!

[@Shellyish]

Thank you for sharing!

[@socaltoobie8984]

Maybe you’re thinking of “eggshell” for that color?? 🥚🤔

[@Shellyish]

YESS! That's probably it!

[@deborahborne4861]

@@Shellyish I was thinking it looked more like a pale peach than pale yellow (-:

[@lisashirtz7224]

Animalia by Graeme Base

[@Shellyish]

I featured him in a previous video.