Children’s Illustrated Books as Artist’s Books

I often think the best artist’s books are children’s picture books. The other day on Brain Pickings there was a post entitled Little Big Books: What Makes Great Children’s Picture Book Illustration about a book that documents some of the best contemporary children’s book illustration. I noticed the spread below from Laura Varsky’s Lady René. (The font for this book is available here and Varsky’s website — with more books and illustrations — is here.)

Page from lady rene by laura varsky