Top Ten Tuesday meme is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is ‘Ten Books To Read If You Are In The Mood For X’ I decided I’ll introduce you some of my favorite illustrated books. I’m doing this post with videos (mostly) because otherwise there’s no explaining how gorgeous these books are:
- WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi (illustrated by Chris Riddell)
WondLa consists of three books: The Search for WondLa, A Hero For Wondla and The Battle for WondLa. All three books are illustrared by wonderful Chris Riddell. - The Sleeper and the Spindle: Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell
- Goth Girl by Chris Riddell
(So because this blog post is not about Riddell, no more his books, even if books illustrated by him are always gorgeous.)
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
“What if took part of the text out” …yeah I can see what happened there. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is amazing book, it’s unimaginable how Selznick tells the story nearlyt without words, just using pictures. - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- The Last Hero (Discworld #27) by Terry Pratchett. Illustrated by Paul Kidby
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg #1-3) by George R.R. Martin
- The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
- Matilda by Roald Dahl
And really ANY book by Roald Dahl with Quentin Blakes’ illustrations.
What are your favorite illustrated books? Happy TTT!
I’ve not seen Ridell’s art before, but I just marked Goth Girl as a to-read! I gave my daughter the new, fully illustrated Harry Potter for Christmas, and we love it. I also love the illustrations on Cynthia Rylant’s “Mr Putter and Tabby” series–so expressive! And I had an Arthur Rackham book as a kid that had gorgeous illustrations. Another old favorite is the two book series by Kate Seredy–“The Good Master” and “The Singing Tree.” Great topic!
Riddell is amazing illustrator and especially if you have kids, his books are perfect for you! I don’t know how old your daughter is but with second book in Goth Girl series I noticed that there were many references meant for adults, ones kids maybe wouldn’t understand. For example, there were characters like Nigella Sugarspoon (looked like Nigella Lawson) Gordon Ramsgate…. So I think it’s perfect for parents who read books to their children. Books by Arthur Rackman looked gorgeous! Thank you for commenting!
Terrific topic and lots of good choices there. Another one that might fit the bill is the superb children’s book (with a message for adults) Extra Yarn bu Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen.
My TTT – https://booksaremyfavouriteandbest.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/in-the-mood-for-irish-misery-porn-yes-always/
Extra Yarn looked interesting! I will definitely check it out (add it to my TBR), thank you! :)
I love your list! Some books just need to be mentioned because of that little bit of stunning they bring in through illustrations. Happy readings :)
I want to read The Sleeper and the Spindle so bad! Great list! Also try A Monster Calls if you haven’t read that one yet! :)
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Sleeper and the Spindle is great! I haven’t read A Monster Calls, it looked AMAZING though!! Thank you for recommendation!
LOVELY LIST! So original too!
Happy reading and have a lovely day too!
Happy reading and likewise! :)
Great post and very original!!!
Great list! I love the EH Shepherd illustrations in The Wind in the Willows. And another Neil Gaiman book, The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains. The illustrations by Eddie Campbell are truly stunning!
Thank you! I hadn’t heard of EH Shepherd or that Neil Gaiman book before! Illustrations in those looked amazing!
Oh yes! Quentin Blake’s illustrations are amazing! Great list!
Nice topic. :-)
Here’s a link to my TTT post for the week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2016/03/top-ten-tuesday-eleven-books-to-read-if.html
What a great idea for this week’s theme! Some lovely books and Neil Gaiman – I don’t know what anybody could really ask for!
Lynn :D
Thank you! Neil Gaiman is just gift for this world!
what a fun fun post! Also, I can recommend Patricia Polacco – she is one of my favorite author/illustrators :) My TTT
This is perfect, I love when books come with charming illustrations. I’ll be sure to check some of these out, thanks for the recs!
I adore Where The Wild Things Are also! I don’t know why exactly, but I always adore the illustrations in the book The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark. My kiddos are obsessed with that book and are always pointing out new creatures on each page lol. But now I’m going to have to check out the other books you listed here, thanks!
I really wonder what I will think of this.