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Raúl Colón has illustrated several highly acclaimed picture books including the New York Times bestselling Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt and Susanna Reich’s José! Born to Dance , which received a starred review in Booklist .
Raúl Colón has illustrated several highly acclaimed picture books including the New York Times bestselling Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt and Susanna Reich’s José! Born to Dance , which received a starred review in Booklist .
Learn about Raúl Colón, a versatile and acclaimed illustrator of over thirty books for children, who uses watercolor, etching, and pencils in his artwork. See his biography, awards, and exhibitions at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature.
New York City has been Raul Colón’s loyal patron, from illustrated New Yorker covers, to an MTA mural at the 191 Street subway station, to work in the New York Times. Along with all this ‘grown up’ work, Raúl is a most prolific and popular children’s book illustrator, happy that his time is always committed to publishers for years hence.
Six starred reviews for New York Times bestselling artist Raúl Colón’s wordless picture book about a visit to the museum and the power of art and imagination, which “hums with and jubilation” (The Horn Book, starred review). After passing a city museum many times, a boy finally decides to go in.
- Raúl Colón
- September 11, 2018
- Hardcover
Raúl Colón is an award-winning illustrator of more than thirty children's books by authors such as Pat Mora, Frank McCourt, Dr. Jill Biden, and Margarita Engle. Raúl's work has also appeared in The New York Times and can be seen in an MTA mural at the 191st Street subway station in New York City.
Based on his own childhood, beloved and award-winning artist Raúl Colón’s wordless book is about the limitless nature of creativity and imagination. A boy alone in his room. Pencils. Sketchbook in hand. What would it be like to go on safari? Imagine. Draw…
