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Stéphane Jorisch

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Brussels, Belgium

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male

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Children's Books

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Stéphane Jorisch has been illustrating for the last twenty years “because,” he says, “he could not do much else besides draw—images for museums, magazines, and books. All sorts of books.” He started drawing very young because his dad drew a lot and this motivated him to continue. At school he, of course, drew in the margins of his notebooks, and his friends kept wanting to see more.

Stéphane prefers to draw from memory, putting away the reference materials once he starts to draw. He finds the work more fluid when not constantly looking over to images and other visual sources. He started his career doing renderings for architects but the use of rulers and T-squares drove him nuts, and there was little room for imagination.

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Books by Stéphane Jorisch

Average rating: 3.83 · 801 ratings · 302 reviews · 27 distinct works

	Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake by Michael B. Kaplan, Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator), Stephane Jorisch (Illustrations) 3.97 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Suki's Kimono by Chieri Uegaki, Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	My Father Knows the Names of Things by Jane Yolen, Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator), Stephane Jorisch (Illustrations) 3.81 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Betty Bunny Wants Everything by Michael B. Kaplan, Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator), Stephane Jorisch (Illustrations) 3.28 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	The Real Story of Stone Soup by Ying Chang Compestine, Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator) 3.61 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 2,137 ratings — published 1984 — 26 editions	My rating:
	New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story by April Halprin Wayland (Goodreads Author), Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator), Stephane Jorisch (Illustrations) 3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Oma's Quilt by Paulette Bourgeois, Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	What to Expect When You're Expecting Larvae: A Guide for Insect Parents by Bridget Heos (Goodreads Author), Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Rosie and Buttercup by Chieri Uegaki, Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator) 3.36 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2008	My rating: