I nominate my son!

Colin White, currently 14, is the illustrator of Coolhead Luke and Other Stories, and On the Edge with Coolhead Luke. Check out some samples of his quirky work here:

http://coolheadluke.com/poems-and-drawin...

What do you think?

I was glad to see Dav Pilkey on a couple of lists.

But, no one said Kadir Nelson! His pictures are amazing! Check out his books like, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands and Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life!

Garth Williams, for E. B. White's books: Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan.

Leo and Diane Dillon, who won the Caldecott for Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, and who have done great cover art for Sabriel and A Wrinkle in Time.

Trina Schart Hyman, who won the Caldecott for Saint George and the Dragon.

Eric Carle, I love his bright kid friendly colors.

David Wiesner, who has now won the Caldecott three times! I love Tuesday and Flotsam for their weird humor. And I admire the creativity in his The Three Pigs.

Jan Brett, for all the detail she puts in to her borders. I love The Mitten and Annie and the Wild Animals.

Lucy Cousins for her Maisy books, so kid perfect.

Jim Arnosky. I love his watercolors of wildlife.

Eric Rohmann, for his book The Cinder-Eyed Cats, and Time Flies.

Jim LaMarche, for The Raft and Albert.

my favorite illustrators are Michael Hague, Maurice Sendak, Mercer Mayer, Dr. Suess.

1. Jan Brett
2. Peter Reynolds
3. Johnathan London
4. Quentin Blake
5. David Catrow
6. Dr. Seuss
7. Beatrix Potter
8. Kevin Henkes
9. Tasha Tudor
10. Dav Pilkey

A few off of the top of my head:

1. Dav Pilkey
2. Jan Pienkowski
3. Garth Williams
4. Dr. Suess
5. Beatrix Potter
6. Lynley Dodd
7. Peter Kent
8. Peter McCarty
9. Henry J. Ford
10. Aliki

I'll throw out Gramae Base. His books are so captivating. I can spend hours pouring over just a couple of pages of his illustrations.

Actually there are lots of good illustrators in Indonesia...

But,
Too bad.. they heve not published Internationally...

So,
I couldn't show you, guys!

=(

-Ria-

yeah!

I like Quentin Blake!
He worked for Mathilda illustrataion, right? If I'm not mistaken. The story by Roald Dahl?

=P~~
-Ria-

Yikes, I could go on forever too! But I will just add ten to the already great list going here:

William Steig
Quentin Blake
David Small
Lane Smith
Simms Taback
Douglas Florian
Stephen Gammell
Henrik Drescher
Uri Shulevitz
Lisbeth Zwerger

Yikes, I could go on forever too! But I will just add ten to the already great list going here:

William Steig
Quentin Blake
David Small
Lane Smith
Simms Taback
Douglas Florian
Stephen Gammell
Henrik Drescher
Uri Shulevitz
Lisbeth Zwerger

Here are my other 9:
Eric Carle
Lois Ehlert
Jim Arnosky
Tedd Arnold
Bryan Collier
Chris Van Allsburg
Betsy Lewin
Denise Fleming
John Butler

My favorite illustrator is David Catrow.I'll have to think a while to come up with 9 others.

Well I'm not sure if these are ones that everyone should know but they are some of my favorites:

Chris Van Dusen (author and illustrator)
Chris Van Allsburg (author and illustrator)
Adam Rex (author and illustrator)
J. Otto Seibold (author and illustrator)
David Shannon (author and illustrator)
Jill McElmurry
Robert Ingpen
Kevin Hawkes
LeUyen Pham
Vladimir Radunsky
David Wiesner (author and illustrator)
Melanie Watt (author and illustrator)
Lauren Child (author and illustrator)
Rob Gonsalves
Wallace Edwards (author and illustrator)
Dianna Bonder (author and illustrator)

Also for really great retro style illustrations that were done in flash animation then transfered to the page check out Chris Mizzoni and his book Clancy with the Puck

Gosh this is fun. I could go on forever. Please note that I'm sure some of the people I listed above could be authors as well as illustrators that I didn't make note of.

After thinking about it some, here are my votes.

For the very young (in no particular order):
1. Ann Jonas
2. Tomie De Paola
3. Mo Willems
4. Dr. Seuss
5. Pat Hutchins
6. Denise Fleming
7. Lois Ehlert
8. Leslie Patricelli
9. Donald Crews
10. Molly Bang

Honorable mentions:
Byron Barton, Kit Allen, Gene Zion, Eric Carle

For elementary school-aged through adult:
1. Chris Raschka
2. Peter Sis
3. Leo and Diane Dillon
4. Maurice Sendak
5. Chris Van Allsburg
6. Aliki
7. Christopher Myers
8. Jerry Pinkney
9. Barbara Cooney
10. Kevin Henkes

Honorable mentions:
Bryan Collier, Brian Pinkney, Ian Falconer, Ezra Jack Keats, Arnold Lobel, Robert McCloskey, Uri Shulevitz

ha ha!

I like Eric Carle (I forgot the right spelling of his name)

I like some othe persons whom I forgot the names. I'll try to remember and share you =)

-Ria-

In a similar vein to the other top ten list question, let us know whose illustrations captivate the kids in your life (and which ones dazzle you, too).