Anno [Mitsumasa] - wordless concept books

Mary Azarian - woodcuts, often reflecting a rural or old-time Vermont feel

Jan Brett - famous for her intricate page “borders”

Eric Carle - Colorful shapes, usually animals, “tissue-paper” look

Barbara Cooney - detailed, often set in maine, bluebells

Tomie dePaola - religious, autobiographical, Italian-American Heritage, and wide range

Lois Ehlet - Younger age books and nature themes, blocks of color and real objects

Paul Goble - Native American themes, white outline, paper doll look

Kevin Henkes - Family and school stories with talking animals, emotional, lots of mice

Russell and Lillian Hoban - Wide variety, Frances books about Badger family, uses alliteration

Trina Schart Hyman - illustrations of classic fairy tales, confused with JB

Steven Kellogg - funny cartoony style, many tall tales

Leo Lionni- characters have big eyes, lots of animals

Arnold Lobel - Frog and Toad, early reading books, watercolor on white background

David Macaulay - Pencil drawings of historical structures like castles or bridges

Robert McCloskey - ‘old fashioned books set in maine and NE

Brian Pinkney - scratchboard, AA themes, biographies,

Jerry Pinkney - folktales, AA themes, watercolor, color tone throughout

Patricia Polacco - Family stories, visible pencil lines, old people in stories w/ wrinkles

Beatrix potter - small format, realistic animals in clothing

Robert Sabuda - pop-up books

Allen Say - Asian American themes, calm

Chris Soentpiet - “glowy” style - often Asian themes

William Steig - cartoon style animal stories, “soft”

Chris Van Allsburg - Charcoal - illustrated fantasy, realistic, black and white, sometimes creepy

David Wiesner - strange books

Paul Zelinsky - Classically illustrated fairy tales, renaissance feel