Wild Animals of the North by Dieter Braun
This book shows beautiful illustrations of animals of the northern hemisphere and facts about the animals. I like that this book is educational but also so fun as it has so many images in it. I love the simple shapes and limited colour palette used to create the different animals. I think it's so clever to make an educational book so fun with illustrations, it means so many people will read it and retain the information compared to when reading a boring looking book with facts in.
Fiction
The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith
I came across this book in Waterstones and I had to pick it up and have a look through just because of the cover. I just love the printing style, it has a playful sense to it as it is a children's book but also something so beautiful and elegant as well. Although its a children's book I feel like the illustrations can be appreciated by anyone of any age.
Picture
Il Etait Une Fois by Benjamin Lacombe
A pop up picture book shows 8 different fairy tales with amazing pop ups. This book was brought in by a student the other day when we had to bring in illustrated books. I couldn't stop opening this one, the pop ups are just so clever, nothing like I'd ever seen before, and I also have some kind of attachments to fairy tales since I was a child and this one contains all of them! I will be purchasing this soon. And I really want to try making my own pop up book.
Self Published
101 Artists To Listed To Before You Die by Ricardo Cavolo
I have seen this book before in a small shop in Leeds and I wanted to buy it buy poor life. And then this book was also brought in by a student into class the other day and I got to have a proper look. It's a really fun read as music is something I am so interested in. I love all the colours, it's almost like the illustrator is drawing the sound and energy. I also love the way it is written in a diary style and how the illustrator has just written down and drawn his favourite artists, made it into a book and sold it, how cool is that.
