Josée Bisaillon
Illustration
Recent work
Picture Books
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Aujourd’hui, promis !
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Wind Is A Dance
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Le chant de la grive
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Henrigolo
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Sometimes I Feel Like A River
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I Want To Build A Seahouse
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Martin and the River
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Dans ma cuisine
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Out Into the Big Wide Lake
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The Boreal Forest
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Usha and the Stolen Sun
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The Snow Knows
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Reviens sur Terre Esther!
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Ma tête en l’air
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Le Pelleteur de nuages
Recent work
Illustration
About me
Biography
Josée Bisaillon is an award-winning Canadian illustrator and author.
Since 2005, she has illustrated more than 50 picture books and has done numerous editorial illustrations for magazines and newspapers. So far, she has authored and illustrated 3 titles.
Her work has received recognition from American Illustration and the Society of Illustrators, to name a few. She was shortlisted four times for the Governor General’s Literary Awards and is nominated for the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award.
Her work, a unique mixture of collage, drawings, and digital art, takes us in a poetic, colorful and whimsical world.
Latest
Awards & Accolades
- 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award 2026, IBBY Nominee (Illustrator category)
- 2025 Prix des libraires du Québec, liste préliminaire Henrigolo (Catégorie 0-5 ans, Québec)
- 2024 David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award I Want to Build a Seahouse, Shortlisted
- Society of Illustrators New York 66
- 2023 Chocolate Lily Book Award Poem in My Pocket, Shortlisted
- IODE Jean Throop Book Award Sometimes I Feel Like a River, Shortlisted
- 2022 Canadian Taste Awards Dans ma cuisine, Shortlisted (Culinary Narratives category)
- David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award A Great Big Night, Shortlisted
- 2021 Forest of Reading, Yellow Cedar Award The Boreal Forest, Commended
- Governor General’s Literary Awards Out Into the Big Wide Lake, Shortlisted
- Information Book Award, Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable The Boreal Forest, Shortlisted
- 2020 Best Informational Books for Older Readers, Chicago Public Library The Boreal Forest, Winner
- Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Dancing With Daisy, Shortlisted
- 2019 3x3 Illustration Awards Dans la chambre des merveilles Poster, Honorable Mention
- Governor General’s Literary Awards Le pelleteur de nuages, Shortlisted
- Prix Harry Black de l’album jeunesse francophone Le pelleteur de nuages, Shortlisted
Contact
Let's Work Together
Canadian assignments: info@joseebisaillon.com
International assignments: represented by Morgan Gaynin Inc — info@morgangaynin.com
Reproductions: surtonmur.com
