CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

The newest Adventure of Gunther the Underwater Elephant is now published and available. Amazon or your local Bookstore should be able to get copies for you. The book includes coloring pages, fun facts and an excellent adventure. ISBN-13:  978-1499600513

Let's Go to the Hardware Store by Anne Rockwell and illustrated by Melissa Iwai was just released this week. To see the creative process behind the illustrations, please visit this post . Anne and Melissa will be at BookCourt (163 Court St.) in Brooklyn on March 26 at 2 pm and Books of Wonder April 3 at noon to read and sign copies.     

MINE! is Susie Lee Jin's first picture book, with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (January 2016).  This week, SVA children's book teacher and author-illustrator Monica Wellington interviewed Susie about her publishing journey.  To read about the making of MINE!, please visit susiestudio.com or Monica's Blog .

© Lisa Cinelli We're happy to announce that CBIG member  Lisa Cinelli is the First Place winner of the 2016 SCBWI Tomie dePaola Illustration Award ! The illustration prompt for the contest was a passage from Little Red Riding Hood. There were over 400 entries for this year's SCBWI illustration contest. Way to go Lisa!

Detail of The Wicked Wolf.

Little Red © Diana Ting Delosh brush pen, ink, watercolor My illustration of the scene where Little Red meets the Wolf. For more info on my illustration process please visit my Little Red blog post  over at my personal blog. Please visit my portfolio at: dianadelosh.com

This winter's red riding hood is a bit different from other paintings on the subject.  As little red had never seen a wolf before she had no idea how evil one could be.