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Yoko Tanaka

Yoko Tanaka
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Yoko Tanaka

Yoko Tanaka is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. She has illustrated Sparrow Girl by Sara Pennypacker and The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo. She lives in Los Angeles and Bangkok. You can visit her at yokotanaka.com.

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Just watch their little eyes light up
Irish Independent, December 5, 2011
...Another magical fable is The Magician's Elephant, by Kate Di Camillo (Walker, 8.99), beautifully illustrated by Yoko Tanaka, in which Peter Augustus Duchenne tries to find out from a fortune-teller if his sister is still alive, and receives the...
Christmas App Introduces Kids and Families to the Story and Music of...
World Book and News, November 30, 2011
...adventure encountering The Mouse King, The Sugar Plum Fairy and all the citizens of The Kingdom of Sweets. Yoko Tanaka, acclaimed London-based fine art painter and children's book illustrator, hand-painted each of the animated images for the twenty-five...
Authors Richard Peck, Kate Dicamillo and more in New Orleans
NOLA Live, June 26, 2011
...a teenager?s beach musings about her late mother?s life). PAPERBACK: The Magician?s Elephant By Kate Dicamillo, illustrated by Yoko Tanaka Candlewick Press, $6.99, Young Adult When a fortuneteller sets up shop in the market square of Baltese, orphan...
Summer reading for kids
Toledoblade.com, May 29, 2011
...family, and self-worth. (AS) Intermediate (Ages 10-12) THEODOSIA AND THE LAST PHARAOH. By R. L. LaFevers. Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka. Houghton Mifflin. $16.99. The fourth in this popular series opens with Theodosia off to Egypt with a list of very...
The Magician’s Elephant: This children’s book is a fable for adults
Fantasy Literature's Fantasy Book and Audiobook Re, September 29, 2011
...dreams…. a tale of determination, love and magic. The poetic text is accompanied by the beautiful illustrations of Yoko Tanaka, who works in shades of grey and a level of detail that makes them worth gazing upon for much longer than it takes to ...