About
Talitha Shipman is a picture book illustrator from Indiana. Her favorite subjects to paint are wild kids and wild animals. Nature inspires Talitha’s painting, and she hopes her work encourages curiosity and creativity in children of all ages.
Talitha’s books include the Sidney Taylor Honor recipient, "Everybody Says Shalom" by Leslie Kimmelman (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2015), an American Farm Bureau Recommended Read, "Applesauce Day" by Lisa Amstutz (Albert Whitman, 2017), and most recently, a 2019 IPPY Silver Medalist, "First Snow" by Nancy Viau (Albert Whitman, 2018). Her debut Author/Illustrator picture book "Finding Beauty" from Beaming Books was published in Spring 2021. Her 2023 books include the "Astrid the Astronaut" Series by Rie Neal (Aladdin S&S) and "What Little Girls are Made Of" by Susanna Leonard Hill (Sourcebooks).
Talitha lives in Indiana, with her husband, her seven-year-old wild child, and a black-and-white tornado French Brittany named Indy.
Featured Work
Finding Beauty
You are beautiful from the top of your head to the tip of your toes--but beauty is far more than something you can have. It's also something you have to find. In other people. In nature. In acts of kindness. In math, and art, and music, and sports.
In this beautiful inspirational book for girls, author-illustrator Talitha Shipman turns the concept of beauty inside out, transforming girls into beauty-seeking adventurers charging out into the world with confidence and ambition to find beauty and make beauty wherever they go.
Other Works
Awards and Recognition
- Sidney Taylor Honor (Everybody Says Shalom, Random House) IPPY Silver Medalist (First Snow, Albert Whitman)
