Shelf Magazine - Issue 4

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Ages: Teen–Adult

SHELF is a biannual magazine celebrating picture book matters, because picture books matter!

SHELF is the go-to magazine for the very best from of the world of illustration and writing – ideal for parents, teachers, librarians, illustrators, designers, writers, editors, publishers or, indeed, anyone at all!

SHELF issue 4 has features on:

  • Carson Ellis & Mac Barnett in conversation about their latest collaboration, Rumplestiltskin 
  • A peek into illustrator, Isabelle Arsenault world
  • A heartfelt piece about grief and the process of making a book about it with author & illustrator Katie Cleminson
  • Meet  French illustrator Magali Le Huche, illustrator of Bum Fish

With lots more features, plus our big review section.

Printed in the United Kingdom.

SHELF was founded in 2024 by illustrator & owner of the picture book shop Shelf Editions, Helen Hancocks, as a love letter to the art of the picture book and to broaden the coverage they receive.

Through its pages they hope to shine a spotlight on authors, illustrators, the industry and the market as a whole as well as treating picture books as an art form deserving of criticism and focus.

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About the Illustrator

Helen Hancocks

Helen is an author-illustrator based in Lincoln, England. Her first picture book ‘Penguin in Peril’ was the UK’s best-selling debut picture book of 2013, and she has been delighting readers with her vibrant & witty work ever since. Her work often features cats and cake two of her favourite things. She is also the founder of the picture book shop Shelf Editions & picture book review magazine SHELF.

Helen founded Shelf & Shelf Editions in 2024 as a love letter to the art of the picture book and to broaden the coverage they receive. Through its pages they hope to shine a spotlight on authors, illustrators, the industry and the market as a whole as well as treating picture books as an art form deserving of criticism and focus.

Photo by Steven Haddock

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