CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

YAY! The CBIG 2023 Illustration Directories are now Live!  Please go directly to  cbig-nyc.com/portfolio   to   flip thru the COLOR and the Black & White Directory PDFs and see ALL the participating members promo pages.  Kudos to the illustrators that made the covers of the directories!   Yuko Torii , Diana Ting Delosh , Navina Chhabria , Leeza Hernandez Ann D. Koffsky , Yuko Torii , Paulette Bogan , Diana Ting Delosh Finally a shout out to the CBIG Directory Team:  Diana Ting Delosh  for putting together the directories,  Deb Cuneo  for all the image collection and dealing with all sorts of minutiae and  Vicky Rubin  for proof reading and checking for inconsistencies. Do go and check out ALL the wonderful illustration Promo Pages of  the participating members that make up Both Directories. Enjoy! CBIG 2023 Illustration Directories cbig-nyc.com Follow us on  Instagram  and  Twitter

 Tag Dah! The CBIG 2022 Illustration Directories are now Live and finally up on the website: cbig-nyc.com ! To flip thru the Directory PDFs and see ALL the participating members promo pages please go to cbig-nyc.com/portfolio Kudos to the illustrators that made the covers of the directories. Paulette Bogan , Anne Appert , Laura Wertkin , Yuko Torii Wallace West , Leeza Hernandez , Zihua Yang , Yuko Torii A shout out to the CBIG Directory Team: Diana Ting Delosh for putting together the directories, Deb Cuneo for all the image collection and dealing with all sorts of minutiae and Vicky Rubin for proof reading. Please go and check out ALL the gorgeous illustration Promo Pages of  the participating members that make up Both Directories. Enjoy! cbig-nyc.com Follow us on Instagram and Twitter

Congratulations to the cover winners of the 2018 Illustration Directories! Click on the covers to see BIGGER. http://cbig-nyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018CBIG-BWDir-LR.pdf Yuko Torii , Kimberly Rose Batti , Nancy Armo , Stephen Ingram http://cbig-nyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018CBIG-Col-Dir-LR.pdf Sharon Lane Holm , Diana Ting Delosh , Lorraine Dey , Nancy Armo Check out out both directories in the sidebar. Click to view all the pages. 2018 COLOR Illustration Directory 2018 BLACK & WHITE Illustration Directories or download from our website at  cbig-nyc.com We will be featuring the individual Illustrator promo pages in the upcoming posts.

Happy to announce that the 2018 CBIG Postcard has been printed and mailed out into the kidlit publishing world! The front of our postcard gives a peek at the range of styles among our members. The back of the card lists all of our current members. Members on the front of the card, starting from the top are: Row 1: Sun Min Park, Kimberly Batti, Lisa Falkenstern, Suzanne Morris, Stephen Ingram. Row 2: Susie Lee Jin, Karen Romagna, Laura Smollett Kutscera, Stephanie Ruble, Diana Ting Delosh. Row 3: Erica De Chavez, Donna Miskend, Lorraine Dey, Barbara Wilcox DiLorenzo, Deborah Cuneo. Row 4: H. Ruth Karpes, T. T. Tyler, Patricia Keeler, Christine Mix, Saki Tanaka. Row 5: Jason Kirschner, Yuko Yorii, Vicky Rubin, April Kim Tonin, Amalia Hoffman. Row 6: Sophia Furman, Annie Zngarowicz, Angelique Anderson, Madonna Davidoff, Leeza Hernandez. Row 7: Nancy Armo, Kathryn Howard, Jung Yuen Shin Lisa Cinelli, MaryLouise Alu Curto.   Please visit  cb...

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Hi Everyone! I now have a new website and a new blog . Please click on this link to my new website. My New Website click on this link for my new blog. My New Blog

3 CBIG Illustrators: Diana Ting Delosh, Mike Ciccotello and Doris Ettlinger are running Give Aways. Hop over to Kathy Temean's Blog   to be in the running to win 1 of the following: 2018 Animal Fair  Calendar - Diana Ting Delosh click HERE to flip through the calendar OR Panda Print - Mike Ciccotello OR Dogs in Hats Note Cards - Doris Ettlinger Good Luck!

Happy to announce the 2017 CBIG Postcard has been printed and mailed! The front of our postcard gives a peek at the range of illustration styles among our members. The back of the card lists all of our 2017 members. Member illustrators on the front of the card, starting from the top are: Row 1: Lisa Falkenstern, Patricia Keeler, Lisa Cinelli, Suzanne Morris, Nancy Armo. Row 2: Doris, Ettlinger, Madonna Davidoff, Melissa Iwai, Marylouise Alu Curto, Deborah Cuneo. Row 3: Barbara DiLorenzo, Donna Miskend, Claire Lordon, Christine Mix, Annie Zygarowicz. Row 4: Mike Ciccotello, T. T. Tyler, Beth Ann Bogert, Susan Bednarski, Sybel Cohen. Row 5: Stephanie Ruble, Sharon Holm, Yuko Katakawa, Lexi Hart, Marilyn Papas. Row 6: Kimberly Batti, April Kim Tonin, Wallace West, Sibu Puthenveettil, Susie Lee jin. Row 7: H. Ruth Karpes, Katia Wish, Diana Ting Delosh, Leeza Hernandez, Yuko Torii. Please visit  cbig-nyc.com  to find out more about us. OR...

A new book is just out by Josh Judge, the WMUR TV weatherman in Manchester, NH. I had the opportunity to illustrate the book.  A fun Christmas surprise awaited the residents of New England one Christmas. Or was it fun?

Please join us at the opening of The Wonderous World of Children's Book Illustrators on Thursday, June 22, 5:30-7:30 in the galleries of the Interchurch Center at 475 Riverside Dr. in NYC. Michelle Lockamy Patricia Keeler Naroth Kean Yuko Katakawa Melissa Iwai Mike Ciccotello Curated by, Frank DeGregorie Show runs from June 22 - August 18 Gallery Hours Mon-Fri, 9 - 5pm Note: There are two entrances to our building (which takes up the block between 119th Street and 120th Street) --- 475 Riverside Drive and 61 Claremont Avenue--one block west of Broadway, at 120th St. Subway Directions: The Interchurch Center 475 Riverside Drive  (or 61 Claremont Ave., one block west of B'way at 120th St.). Take #1 train to 116th Street, the Columbia University stop. Walk up Broadway to 120th Street, turn left, walk one block to Claremont Avenue. We are at 61 Claremont Avenue.

Hi fellow CBIG members. I am excited to share a bit of good news with all  you talented folks. My board book,  Dreidel Day  was acquired  by Lerners Publishing House/ Kar Ben Publishing, scheduled for publication Fall, 2018. Would love to hear your good news and continue to share our love for Kid Lit. Cheers, Amalia Hoffman amaliah@optonline.net www.amaliahoffman.com http://amaliahoffman.wordpress.com

The SCBWI 2017 Tomie dePaola Illustration Awards were announced on Friday, January 06, 2017, and I was honored to receive a Special Mention. You can see the Award winning art and read Tomie's comments on the SCBWI.org site, Awards for Illustrators section. A grand way to begin the new year. Please take a look at more of my work at www.lisacinelli.com . © lisa cinelli

Newly released by Tally Ho! Publishing is Dr. Jody Dean's heartwarming story about Roxie the dachshund finding her "forever home."  Illustrated by Susie Lee Jin, www.susiestudio.com .

Goodreads Book Giveaway Mine! by Susie Lee Jin Giveaway ends November 30, 2016. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway Enter for a chance to win one of 3 signed, first-edition copies of MINE! by Susie Lee Jin (40 page picture book for ages 4-8).   From the Simon & Schuster website: Several competitive bunnies compete in an epic battle to claim a single carrot in this hilarious and sweet debut picture book about sharing. Mine! No, Mine! No, Mine! Yours? Wait...ours? Told with only four words and filled with energetic illustrations, Susie Lee Jin puts an inventive twist on the concept of sharing with this laugh-inducing tale. PRAISE... "This nondidactic story is a natural for collections about sharing, effectively softening the natural tendency toward possessiveness of most living things through its sweet illustrations." – Kirkus Rev...

ANGELIQUE E. ANDERSON P - 18 DIANA TING DELOSH P - 19 JASON KIRCHNER P - 20 Please click on the images to enlarge. Check out out both directories in the sidebar. Click to view all the pages. 2016 COLOR Illustration Directory 2016 BLACK & WHITE Illustration Directories or download from our website at  cbig-nyc.com

YUKO KATAKAWA P - 15 STEPHANIE RUBLE P - 16 MARILYN PAPAS P - 17 Please click on the images to enlarge. Check out out both directories in the sidebar. Click to view all the pages. 2016 COLOR Illustration Directory 2016 BLACK & WHITE Illustration Directories or download from our website at  cbig-nyc.com

SHARON LANE HOLM P - 12 T. T. TYLER P - 13 CHRISTINE MIX P - 14 Please click on the images to enlarge. Check out out both directories in the sidebar. Click to view all the pages. 2016 COLOR Illustration Directory 2016 BLACK & WHITE Illustration Directories or download from our website at  cbig-nyc.com

BETSY FRANCO FEENEY P - 9 MADONNA DAVIDOFF P - 10 MARYLOUISE ALU CURTO P - 11 Please click on the images to enlarge. Check out out both directories in the sidebar. Click to view all the pages. 2016 COLOR Illustration Directory 2016 BLACK & WHITE Illustration Directories or download from our website at  cbig-nyc.com

MIKE CICCOTELLO P - 6 PATRICIA KEELER P - 7 KIMBERLY ROSE BATTI P - 8 Please click on the images to enlarge. Check out both directories in the sidebar. Click to view all the pages. 2016 COLOR Illustration Directory 2016 BLACK & WHITE Illustration Directories or download from our website at  cbig-nyc.com

PENNY WEBER P - 3 ANNIE ZYGAROWICZ P - 4 BARBARA WILLCOX DILORENZO P - 5 Please click on the images to enlarge. Check out both directories in the sidebar. Click to view all the pages. 2016 COLOR Illustration Directory 2016 BLACK & WHITE Illustration Directories or download from our website at  cbig-nyc.com