Gabi Swiatkowska (born 1970) is a Polish-born artist, musician, and children's author and illustrator. She has shown up twice on the ALA Notable Book Award list. One of the books that she illustrated, ''My Name Is Yoon'', won the
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats (né Jacob Ezra Katz; March 11, 1916 – May 6, 1983) was an American people, American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1963 Caldecott Medal for illustrating ''The Snowy Day'', which he also wrote. Keats wr ...
Tychy
Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Tichau; szl, Tychy) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city boders Katowice to the north, ...
, Poland. At fourteen she entered the Lyceum of Art in Bielsko-Biala, and at sixteen she immigrated to New York City, where she attended Cooper Union School of Art. She is the illustrator of fifteen children's books, including ''A Not Scary Story About Big Scary Things'' by the poet
C.K. Williams
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, and the author and illustrator of one, ''Queen on Wednesday''. The book she illustrated ''Infinity and Me'' was a 2013 ALA Notable Children's Book, and was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2012.
Swiatkowska lives in the south of France. She frequently exhibits her paintings and sculptures throughout France, and she was also singer, songwriter and upright bass player in the acoustic string band quartet Tildon Krautz.
Awards
Awards for ''Infinity and Me'' by Kate Hosford, illustrated by Swiatkowska
*2013 American Library Association Notable Children's Books
*2013 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
*2012 New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2012
*2012 Caldecott Medal Nominee
*2012 Junior Library Guild Selection
Awards for ''My Name is Yoon'' by Helen Recorvitz, illustrated by Swiatkowska
*2008 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
*2004 Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award
*2004 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
*2004 American Library Association Notable Children's Books
*2003 Child Magazine Best Books of the Year
*2003 Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year
*2003 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Other Awards
*2008 The Book Award for Best Children's Literature on Aging for Elementary Readers
*2007 Booklist Editors' Choice
*2007 National Association Parenting Publications Gold Award
*2007 Show Me Readers Award winner chosen by the children of Missouri.
*2007 Young Hoosier Book Award winner in the Picture Book category
*2007 Nevada Young Reader Award for the Picture Book Category
*2006 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
*2005 Zena Sutherland Award for Best Text, Illustration and Overall Picture Book
*2005 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
*2005 Outstanding Science Trade Book for students K-12
*2005 Cooperative Children's Center Choices Award University of Wisconsin-Madison
*2005 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
*2003 Chicago Public Library Children's Books recommended list- Best of the Best
*2003 New York is Book Country Festival- Bookmark Choice Book
*2003 USA Today – favorite books for children and young adults
*2002 Oppenheim Portfolio best book award, and toy portfolio
*2001 Smithsonian Magazine Notable Book
Published Books
Books Written and Illustrated
*''Queen on Wednesday'' (
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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, 2014)
Books Illustrated
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Mary Cassatt
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: Extraordinary Impressionist Painter'' ( Henry Holt & Co., 2015)
*''Please, Papa'' by
Kate Banks
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Her books, ''The Night Worker,'' won the 2001 Charlotte Zolotow Award, ''And If the Moon Could Talk'' won the 1998 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for best pic ...
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013)
*''Thank You, Mama'' by Kate Banks (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013)
*''Infinity and Me'' by Kate Hosford ( Carolrhoda Books, 2012)
*''This Baby'' by Kate Banks (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013)
*''A Not Scary Story About Big Scary Things'' by C.K. Williams ( Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)
*''The Earth Shook'' by
Donna Jo Napoli
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Disney-Hyperion
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, 2009)
*''Yoon and the Jade Bracelet'' by Helen Recorvitz (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008)
*''The Golden Rule'' by Ilene Cooper (
Harry N. Abrams
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The enterprise is a subsidiary of the French publisher La Martinière Groupe. Run by President and CEO Michael ...