Isabelle Arsenault

Isabelle Arsenault is an internationally renowned children’s book illustrator whose work has won many awards and much praise from critics. She has won the prestigious Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature three times and three of her picture books were named as The New York Times’s Best Illustrated Books of the Year. The poetry expressed through Isabelle Arsenault’s graphic universe, the gentle flow of her lines, and the overall charm of her books have made her one of the world's best-known and esteemed illustrators.

MEDIUMS:
watercolor, gouache, pencils, digital coloring

VISIT ISABELLE AT:
www.isabellearsenault.com

AWARDS & HONORS:
2004 Governor General’s Literary Award winner (Le Coeur de Monsieur Gaugin)
2008 GG finalist (My Letter to the World and Other Poems)
2011 GG finalist (Migrant
2011 New York Times Best Illustrated Book (Migrant)
2012 GG winner (Virginia Wolf)
2013 GG winner (Jane, the Fox, and Me)
2013 New York Times Best Illustrated Book (Jane, the Fox, and Me)
2013 BBY Canada Cleaver Picture Book Award (Jane, the Fox, and Me)
2017 Bologna Ragazzi Award (Cloth Lullaby)
2019 New York Times Best Illustrated Book (Just Because)
2021 Prix Albertine Jeunesse, ages 9-11 (Captain Rosalie)

PUBLISHED TITLES:
Mr. Gaugin’s Heart
Le Coeur de Monsieur Gaugin
My Letter to the World and Other Poems
Spork
Migrant
Virginia Wolf
Once Upon a Northern Night
Jane, the Fox, and Me
Alpha
Cloth Lullaby
You Belong Here
Colette’s Lost Pet
Louis Undercover
The Honeybee
Captain Rosalie
Albert’s Quiet Quest 
Just Because
Maya’s Big Scene

 

 

FUTURE TITLES:
The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back (Candlewick, Fall 2021)
A Book is to Look At (Abrams, Fall 2022)
Mile End Kids book #4 (Random House Tundra, season tbd)