CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

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.

Kudos to the Winners of this years Illustration Directory Covers! (please click on the images for a bigger view) Melissa Iwai , Claire Lordon , Suzanne Morris , Mike Ciccotello Stephanie Ruble , Sharon Holm , Mike Ciccotello , Diana Ting Delosh   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 We will be featuring the Illustrator promo pages in the upcoming posts. First up will be the 2016 Black & White Directory Pages .

CBIG members join more children's book illustrators in a return to Poe Park Visitor Center for the MASTER STORYTELLERS exhibit, on view April 1 - May 30, 2015   EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 27 due to popular demand. Illustrations inspired by the classic tales of the brothers Grimm, Aesop, Kenneth Grahame, Joseph Jacobs, Shakespeare and more master storytellers. Participating Members: Melissa Iwai, Lisa Cinelli, Angelique Anderson, Roberta Rivera, Donna Miskend, Clare Pernice,Yuko Katakawa, Nancy Doniger, Christine Mix, Kitty Leech, Delphine Henault, Robin Meeks, Vicky Rubin, Cheryl Taborsky Poe Park Visitor Center 2640 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10458 Schedule of events:  Saturday April 11 12pm - Artist panel includes CBIG members Nancy Doniger and curator, Donna Miskend 1pm - A conversation with guest Michael Patrick Hearn, author and children's literary historian followed by reception Saturday May 30 time tbd Learn Pen &; Ink with CBIG artist Rob...

Susie Lee Jin Illustrator/Author P - 3 Melissa Iwai Illustrator/Author P - 4 Lisa Falkenstern Illustrator/Author P - 5 To flip thru the directory pages click on: 2014 COLOR Directory PDF   CBIG-NYC.com

  2014 Color Illustration Directory PDF Finally the 2014 Color Illustration Directory featuring the art of 29 CBIG 2014 members.  As the  theme of our 2014 Color was the 4 seasons,  members were asked to submit 1 image for any 1 of the seasons for the cover. We then asked our members to vote on the illustrations that they felt were the best for the season.  The cover winners are for: Fall -   Allyn Howard , Winter - Melissa Iwai , Spring - Jason Kirschner , Summer -   Yuko Katakawa .  Many of the remaining cover submissions were used throughout the book as spot art on the table of contents and member index pages. Please click on the thumbnails of the  2014 Color Illustration Directory and/or the   2014 Black & White Illustration Directory  in the sidebar to flip through the PDF booklets.  Please go to   CBIG-NYC.com   to see more of our illustrators art. Upcoming posts will feature the 39 promo pages in the...

I’m thrilled to announce the release of  TRUCK STOP , written by  Anne Rockwell  and illustrated by me!  The official Viking pub date is this Thursday, but our blog tour started yesterday.   TRUCK STOP  is a fun picture book for young kids that celebrates all the different trucks and their drivers who gather for breakfast every day at the young narrator’s family’s truck stop diner. When I first was offered the manuscript in 2011, I was so excited to see it was written by Anne.  I’ve been a big fan for a long time.  She`s written over 100 children’s books for all ages, on topics ranging from boats, history, mythology, to the first day of school, bugs, to the seasons.  Go check out her collection of books  here !  Needless to say, I didn’t need much time to think it over and said “yes” to my editor immediately. Most people don’t realize it, but usually the author and illustrator don’t meet or collaborate at all on the book. ...