i tend to avoid drawing for children in my own work, and gravitate more to styles of children's illustration that is a bit subversive or dark in theme. this is certainly true for the artists i have selected below.
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children's book illustration
the highwayman

charles
keeping

1981
how to cook children

colin stimpson

2008
harry potter and the chamber of secrets

jim kay

2016
vladimil lebedev

morozhenoe (ice cream)

1925
interview with colin stimpson
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