Drawing Europe Together

‘Making children’s books requires openness: their creators are citizens of everywhere, just as children are citizens of everywhere’ says Axel Scheffler in his foreword to this book, which demonstrates his pointperfectly.

Forty-five renowned illustrators, from many different nations, are united in Drawing Europe Together, each one contributing a ‘drawing for Europe’. There’s a huge variety of styles and techniques, as you’d expect, and as many different ways of representing the European Union – lots of children and quite a few animals alongside more abstract images, and even some familiar faces (Mog and the Tiger Who Came to Tea). In their different ways the artists all celebrate the European Union and the advantages of being part of it, and examine Britain’s decision to leave with a mix of sadness, frustration, anger and sheer bafflement. Their drawings are as beautiful as they are heartfelt, this is a book for our time, and the future.