儿童插画图书是一本详尽调查儿童设计和故事的图书，关注影响各个年龄层的读者知名插画家和人物。

本书回顾和浏览了儿童读物历史，看着这些故事的设计和角色。这带着我们开始了一趟了解儿童插图的发展的古往今来，“童年的概念”历史事实以及这些难忘的书籍设计和插图的视觉之旅。包括当前儿童得主安东尼·布朗的前言。

从经典如约翰·坦尼尔的爱丽丝梦游仙境和小熊维尼，知名插画家，如昆汀·布莱克，这本书探讨的封面设计，插图人物和这些深受喜爱的故事内容。和一些当今最知名的插画评论，这本书探讨了标志性设计的儿童插图的故事和作者及插图画家提供了背景资料。

特别呈现大家喜爱的例如苏斯博士，米菲，埃里克·卡尔的饥饿的毛毛虫，莫里斯·桑达克的凡野兽家园以及最近取得的成功，如奥利弗·杰弗斯“不可思议的吃书男孩。

这些文章来自彼得·亨特和丽莎·塞恩思伯里。彼得·亨特是在英国卡迪夫大学儿童文学的名誉教授，并获得国际格林奖儿童文学奖在2003年。丽莎·塞恩斯伯服务于国家研究中心，在罗汉普顿在大学研究儿童文学。

Illustrated Children’s Books is a detailed look into the design and stories of children’s books, focusing on the well-known illustrators and characters that have influenced readers of all ages.

Illustrated Children’s Books goes back and visits the history of children’s books, looking at the design and characters of these well loved tales. It takes us on a visual journey of the development of children’s illustrations throughout the ages, the ‘notion of childhood’, historical facts and the design and illustration of these memorable books. Includes a foreword by the current Children's Laureate Anthony Browne.

From classics such as John Tenniel’s Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh, to well-known illustrators such as Quentin Blake, this book explores the cover design, character illustration and interiors of these well-loved stories. With commentary from some of the most renowned illustrators of the day, the book examines the iconic design of children’s illustrated storytelling and provides background information on the authors and illustrators.

Illustrated Children’s Books features perennial favourites such as Dr Seuss, Miffy, Eric Carle’s The Hungry Caterpillar, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are as well as recent successes such as Oliver Jeffers’ The Incredible Book Eating Boy.

With essays from Peter Hunt and Lisa Sainsbury. Peter Hunt is the Professor Emeritus in Children’s Literature at Cardiff University and awarded the International Brothers Grimm Award for services to children’s literature in 2003. Lisa Sainsbury is based at the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at Roehampton University.