Yasmeen Ismail

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About The Author

Irish-born, Bristol-based Yasmeen Ismail is an award-winning author, illustrator, and animator. Her first picture book, Time for Bed, Fred, won the V&A Best Illustrated Book Award and The New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, and nominated for the National Cartoonists Society Silver Reuben Award. Yasmeen has been nominated for her other works as well and has been selected by the Society of Illustrators to have her work shown in the Original Art Exhibition in New York four years in a row.

Books by Yasmeen Ismail

My Sister is a Treasure
By Tracy Darnton
Illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail
A warm and affectionate look at the funny ways we describe a new baby from the creators of My Brother is an Avocado.

‘A little girl ponders the different nicknames her family give her baby sister in this exuberant, joyous picture book celebration of sibling rela...
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