#childrens books

Original art from The Little Fur Family (1946) written by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Garth Williams

Arnold Lobel - Owl at Home (1975)

The March Wind - written by Inez Rice, illustrated by Vladimir Bobri (1957).

P.D Eastman, Sam and the Firefly(1958)

Elinor Lander Horwitz, When the Sky Is Like Lace (1975) Illustrations by Barbara Cooney

from Chanticleer and the Fox, 1958. Barbara Cooney.

The Crows of Pearblossom - written by Aldous Huxley, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, 1967.

Christmas in the Barn, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, 1952.

We’re thrilled to introduce #RememberReading, a new bookish podcast from HarperKids Books! Listen to the pilot episode with authors Jodi Kendall and Lisa Greenwald about the children’s classic, Charlotte’s Web!

Harold’s always in style… 

Andrew Lang, editor, Little Wildrose and Other Stories(fromThe Crimson FairyBook), (London: Longmans, Green & Co.,1906). Illustrated by Henry J. Ford.

There came a whistling in the air. And there came a shining: down through the air floated a table spread with gold and silver dishes. And in the dishes - what food!

Ruth Manning-Sanders,The Glass Man and the Golden Bird, illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus (New York: Roy Publishers, Inc.,1968).Hungarian Folk and Fairy Tales.

… the maiden runs out of the kitchen, finds the king, and flingsherself at his feet.

Ruth Manning-Sanders,The Glass Man and the Golden Bird, illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus (New York: Roy Publishers, Inc.,1968).Hungarian Folk and Fairy Tales.

And away they all went, the lad playing, the golden-fleeced ram dancing, and the girl, the woman and the priest flinging up their feet and hopping and skipping behind.

Ruth Manning-Sanders,The Glass Man and the Golden Bird, illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus (New York: Roy Publishers, Inc.,1968).Hungarian Folk and Fairy Tales.

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Meet the Artist: @novva​

Hi y'all! My name is Lily A. (aka Novva), and I’m a children’s book illustrator and vocalist! I love working with vibrant colors and drawing characters who look like me. I’m currently an HBCU student studying Digital Art and am working on a picture book pitch about my Caribbean-American heritage.

Great to meet you, Lily! We’ve asked her to pick out some of her artworks to share below.

Check out more of Lily’s illustrations over at @novva!

The simplicity of soft cats and sunbeams.

We haven’t checked in with Nancy Drew in a while.

Above, The Hidden Staircase. Grosset & Dunlap.
May 15, 1959 (revised edition).

Yay, evil moons and horror! This is the book cover I made for the children’s illustrated horror novel No escuches a la luna (Don’t listen to the moon) by Marina Tena Tena, soon to be published by Literup. Only in Spanish so far, sorry. And yes, I’ll be making the illustrations (maniacal laughter).