Inspiring Young Readers
posted on 28 Jul 2024
An interview with Aaron Becker
The Letterpress Project has asked authors and illustrators to think about what has inspired them as artists, what their favourite books are and how they relate to their audience - we've also asked them if they themselves are book collectors.
We are delighted to present an exclusive interview with author/illustrator, Aaron Becker. Aaron started drawing picture books at the age of eight. After many years of practice, he published his first wordless picture book, Journey, which was named a Caldecott Honor Book, and completed the trilogy with Quest and Return. He is also the author-illustrator of A Stone for Sascha and The Last Zookeeper.
The Tree and the River won the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration and the Shadowers' Choice Award.
Aaron lives in Massachusetts, USA, with his wife and daughter. Find him online at storybreathing.com and on X (Twitter) as @storybreathing.
You can read what he had to tell us by clicking on the link below: