Picture Books
Recent work
Illustration
Latest Awards
Latest Awards & Accolades
2025-2026
•Hans Christian Andersen Award 2026, IBBY
Nominee, illustrator category
•Prix des libraires du Québec, liste préliminaire
catégorie 0-5 ans, Québec (Henrigolo), 2025
2023-2024
•Society Of Illustrators New York 66
• David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award
I Want to Builtd a Seahouse, Shortlisted, 2024
• Chocolate Lily Book Award
Poem In My Pocket, Shortlisted, 2023
• Iode Jean Throop Book Award
Sometimes I Feel Like A River, Shortlisted, 2023
2021-2022
• Canadian Taste Awards, Culinary Narratives category
Dans ma cuisine, Shortlisted, 2022
• David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award
A Great Big Night, Shortlisted, 2022
• Governor General’s Literary Awards
Out Into the Big Wide Lake, Shortlisted, 2021
• Information Book Award, Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable
The Boreal Forest, Shortlisted, 2021
• Forest of Reading, Yellow Cedar Award
The Boreal Forest, Commended, 2021
2019-2020
• Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award,
Dancing With Daisy, Shortlisted, 2020
• Best Informational Books for Older Readers, Chicago Public Library
The Boreal Forest, Winner, 2020
• Governor General’s Literary Awards
Le pelleteur de nuages, Shortlisted, 2019
• Prix Harry Black de l’album jeunesse francophone
Le pelleteur de nuages, Shortlisted, 2019
• 3X3 illustration Awards
Dans la chambre des merveilles Poster, Honorable Mention, 2019
Biography
about me
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 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.
Let’s Work
Together
Contact
For assignments in Canada, contact me at info(at)joseebisaillon.com
For assignments outside Canada, please contact my rep, Morgan Gaynin Inc, at info@morgangaynin.com
Reproductions of my illustrations are available at surtonmur.com
