A sampling of children’s book titles illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford.
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• 2022 Society of Illustrator’s Original Art Show selection
•2023 National Council of Teachers of English Notable Poetry Book
•2022 Cybils Award finalist
”The mixed-media illustrations are vibrant and detailed and, like the poems, capture the interplay between the various entities that share the pond habitat. . . Perfect for reading out loud.” -Booklist
“Richly textured mixed-media illustrations present views of the pond and its inhabitants throughout the day. . . a celebration of observation, and readers will surely heed the beckoning call of that red-winged blackbird beyond the book’s pages.” -The Horn Book
“Schimler-Safford’s skillful collage conveys setting and animals with beauty, energy, and bits of humor.” -School Library Journal
“Whimsical, energetic, impressionistic poems and luminous, layered illustrations bring the world of a pond to life…” - Kirkus Reviews
“A lyrical narration and breathtaking illustrations transport us to the world of a pond with all its sights, sounds, and pulsing life…pairing David Elliott’s witty and enchanting animal poems with Amy Schimler-Safford’s luminous and evocative scenes of pond life.” - goodreads
Image from “At the Pond”, Candlewick Press
• 2018 Amazon Best Books
• 2018 Powell’s Best Books
• 2020 Rhode Island Book Award 1st Place
• Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
“Montgomery’s expertise and the gorgeous illustrations make this a fine purchase for libraries serving early elementary students.” — School Library Journal
“The mixed-media illustrations make good use of dynamic spreads, color, and texture—perfect for a book on a master of camouflage. Montgomery seamlessly incorporates interesting facts about octopuses into the narrative.” — Booklist
“Textured mixed-media collages by Schimler-Safford (Hidden City) playfully evoke underwater scenes with brilliant hues. Inky regards the world with eager, lightly anthropomorphized eyes, but he’s never over-romanticized and emerges as a wily, winning personality.” - Publisher’s Weekly
Image from “Inky’s Amazing Escape”, Paula Wiseman Books
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2023 Bank Street College of Education Best Books of the Year
Starred Review ”The gloriously colorful artwork evokes a perfect summer day in the country and reminds us to use all our senses to notice and appreciate the signs of life that surround us.” - School Library Journal
“…Dianne White’s playful text is paired with the vibrant collage artwork of Amy Schimler-Safford, making for an exciting read-aloud and guessing game for budding nature lovers.” - goodreads
Image from “Look and Listen”, Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
• 2018 New York Public Library Best Books
• 2018 Society of Illustrator’s Original Art Show selection
• 2019 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
• Pennsylvania Young Readers Masterlist 2020-2021
• 2018 California Reading Association Eureka! Gold Award
• Bank Street College Best Children’s Books 2019
New York Public Library story time reading
"Paired with Schimler-Safford's breathtaking digital collages, Tuttle's 28 free-verse poems and engaging end notes center on representatives from the plant, animal, and insect kingdoms commonly found in North American urban and suburban settings. . . . This celebration of urban wildlife subtly informs as it delights." - Kirkus Reviews
"Twenty-eight free-verse poems treat the often underappreciated flora and fauna of cities. . . . Short-lined verse cleverly employs sound effects, repetition, and pattern to add interest. . . . Digital collage illustrations turn the poems into luminous slices of beauty." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
“Coupled with beautiful collage illustrations, the poems in Hidden City offer readers the perfect reminder to notice and care about their environment.” - GoodReads
“Amy Schimler-Safford’s multilayered illustrations bring depth, richness and color to the proceedings.” -BookPage
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
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“Illustrated using watercolors, oil paints, oil pastels, collage, and digital elements, the handsome double-page spreads capture the beauty of the sea setting. This pleasing picture book tells the story of a bird who befriended a man.” - Booklist
“The compelling watercolor illustrations are beautiful and dreamlike, …The vibrant colors and the detailed images complement the story well.” - School Library Journal
“Vintage-inflected spreads by Schimler-Safford glow with the blues of the sea and the whites of the sails and the gulls’ wings.” - Publisher’s Weekly
Image from “The Seagull and the Sea Captain”, Paula Wiseman Books
Chosen in 2010 along with an Eric Carle title for the Booktrust’s book bag program. Over 700,00 book bags were distributed throughout the UK.
Why is the Sky Blue, Ladybird Books UK, Scholastic US
Chosen in 2010 along with an Eric Carle title for the Booktrust’s book bag program. Over 700,00 book bags were distributed throughout the UK.
“Dragonflies zip zip zip and frogs croakity croak while bare feet splish splash in this board book all about the sounds of the river. Each spread features a touch and feel element that creates the sound described in the text. With beautiful illustrations, interesting textures and fun sounds, this highly interactive format is certain to tickle the senses.”
Image from “Splish Splash”, Little Simon
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“Using a soft, deep palette, the digitally enhanced mixed media collage illustrations support the text well and reinforce its tone of caution rather than alarm.” -Booklist
“The abstract style of some illustrations complements the discussion of saturated ground, storm surge, flash floods, and flood plains. A few insets add contrasting information, such as how elephants feel a coming tsunami through their feet.” -School Library Journal
Schimler-Safford’s mixed-media collages work equally well in large and small-scale portrayals of floods, mapping regional systems of water flow as clearly as capturing logs and garbage sweeping through an urban setting as police cordon off the area. -Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Image from “Flood Warning”, Harper Collins
Little Simon
Image from “What Do You See?”, Little Simon
Image from “Inky’s Amazing Escape”, Paula Wiseman Books
Image from “At the Pond”, Candlewick Press
Illustration from "Frida's Wish for Wings".
Image from “At the Pond”, Candlewick Press
Image from “Butterfly Across the Sky” in development by artist. Email with inquiries.
Illustration from "Frida's Wish for Wings".
client: Crocodile Creek
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
Image from “Hidden City”, Eeerdman’s Books for Young Readers
client: Oopsy Daisy
Image from “Look and Listen”, Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
client: Oopsy Daisy
Image from “The Seagull and the Sea Captain”, Paula Wiseman Books
Image from “At the Pond”, Candlewick Press
Image from “Splish Splash”, Little Simon
Illustration for a children’s book in development.
Image from “Inky’s Amazing Escape” Paula Wiseman Books
Image from “At the Pond”, Candlewick Press
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
Image from “Splish Splash”, Little Simon
client: Oopsy Daisy
Image from “Look and Listen” Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
client: Oopsy Daisy
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
Image from “The Seagull and the Sea Captain” Paula Wiseman Books
Image from “Inky’s Amazing Escape”, Paula Wiseman Books
Image from book in development.
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
private commission
private commission
Image from “The Seagull and the Sea Captain”, Paula Wiseman Books
Image from “The Seagull and the Sea Captain” Paula Wiseman Books
Spread from "Inky's Amazing Escape".
Image from “Inky’s Amazing Escape”, Paula Wiseman Books
client: Design House Greetings
Image from “Flood Warning”, Harper Collins
client: American Greetings
Image from “The Seagull and the Sea Captain”, Paula Wiseman Books
Image from “Look and Listen”, Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
Image from “Inky’s Amazing Escape”, Paula Wiseman Books
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
Image from “Hidden City”, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers
Image from “Flood Warning”, Harper Collins
client: PJ Library
client: Wine and Spirits Magazine
Spread from Harvest Blessings published by PJ Library
client: Wine and Spirits Magazine
watercolors, personal work
Monoprint, personal piece.
watercolor, personal work
Spread from Harvest Blessings published by PJ Library
client: Buddhas’s Brew
children’s product design
children’s product design
client: Claire’s
client: Blueberry Diapers
client: Robert Kaufman Fabrics
client: Robert Kaufman Fabrics
client: Robert Kaufman Fabrics
client: American Greetings
client: American Greetings for Target
client: Papyrus
client: Land of Nod
client: Papyrus
client: Gartner Greetings
client: Crocodile Creek
client: Crocodile Creek
client: C.R. Gibson
client: iscream
client: C.R. Gibson
client: Madison Park Greetings
client: Peaceable Kingdom Press
client: Blueberry Diapers
client: Robert Kaufman
client: Jellybean Rugs
client: Demdaco
client: Papyrus
I Illustrated the artwork on labels for popular kombucha brand.
client: Baby Gap
client: Summer Infant
client: Robert Kaufman Fabrics
