Children's Books

Picture book and illustrated chapter books, generally intended for our younger readers… and the adults in their lives.
Books for younger audiences, typically in a larger format and featuring illustrations or imagery. But no less attention to design detail! Balancing the needs of authors and illustrators with readers and consumers, while still creating an engaging and pleasurable book to read, is the job of the book designer.
A view of the book cover laying on top of the book open to an interior spread.
A spooky story with a fun twist, The Garden Ghost was a great collaboration between design, illustration, and author.
"The Real-Life Story of Crazy Ralph" by Boppa Harmon, Illustrations by Dmitry Gitelman.
A grandfather’s bedtime stories—now illustrated—of the enduring bond between a family and their adventurous dog.
Picking Sweetgrass by Kent Estey cover and sample interior spread
A tender, intergenerational story of gathering sweetgrass, beautifully designed for young readers through close collaboration between illustrator and designer.
A sample interior spread of the book is shown with a sweeping red pine, shown under a cover featuring the title “Ishkode: A Story of Fire."
Principles of Anishinaabe land stewardship and Western scientific knowledge are intertwined in this stunningly illustrated and thoughtfully designed children’s story.
The cover of "Little Birdie Babies" featuring two eggs and a cute and fuzzy trumpeter swan. Behind is another copy of the book open to a page showing an egg, baby, and adult blue heron.
Adorable baby birds delight readers as Little Birdie Babies blends playful illustrations with fascinating facts in Heather Boschke’s third book.
The Makoons cover with a illustration of a black bear with her cub riding on her back.
Through the loving eyes of Makoons’ mama, readers are invited into the cozy den of a bear cub learning the ways of the world.
Cover and sample interior spread showing title of book, "Dancing on Wild Rice." Cover features an illustration of a girl from the thighs down in leather boots stepping on wild rice.
A heartfelt story that follows the journey of a young girl who learns the significance of her Ojibwe heritage through the tradition of wild rice harvesting.
A lovely collection of hand-drawn birds with personality, this picture book makes birding accessible for all ages.
The book cover features a mexican grandmother and her yound grandson in her lap. Inside the book, the two are working to make tortillas and a color assortment of illustrated kitchen jars are in the background.
This beautiful multigenerational story proves that love has no language—it is felt, heard, seen, and even tasted.
Cover and interior of the book featuring skateboard art and fun, vibrant, teal patterns
A Lakota children’s story told through the author’s unique skateboard deck art… and a challenging design!
Dark blue front and back cover featuring gold foil, along with an interior page showing an ornate script initial "A."
Creating Fear Less, a book to be illustrated by the reader, we pulled out the stops, with gold foil and white cover printing.
The seven covers of the Nenaboozhoo Series, featuring a variety of colors and styles, and one interior spread showing latercolor birch trees
Preservation of the tribal stories is the goal of this series of Ojibwemowin children's books created for the Red Lake school district.

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