SONIA SÁNCHEZ

Award-winning illustrator SONIA SÁNCHEZ paints with both traditional and digital brushes using layers of texture in her work to evoke emotion and movement. Her picture book debut, HERE I AM, written by Patti Kim (Capstone / Picture Window Books), received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and a stellar review from the The New York Times. Sonia also had the rare honor of having HERE I AM nominated for the prestigious Eisner Award in the category of Best Painter (interior art). She is also illustrator of THE WONDERFUL HABITS OF RABBITS by Douglas Florian which received an School Library Journal starred review.

She is currently working on several forthcoming picture books including SISTER DAY!, written by Lisa Mantchev (Paula Wiseman Books) and GREEN, GREEN, written by by Marie Lamba and Baldev Lamba (FSG). Sonia lives with her husband and a sleepyhead cat in a blue house near the Mediterranean Sea.

For more information, please contact Teresa Kietlinski at teresa@bookmarkliterary.com.

Books

Sonia’s Bookshelf:

A Crazy-Much Love
by Joy Jordan-Lake, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez
(Amazon Two Lions, Fall 2019)

Raisins and Almonds
by Susan Tarcov, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez
(Kar Ben, Spring 2019)

The Little Red Fort
by Brenda Maier, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez
(Scholastic Press, 2018)

The Curious Cares of Bears
by Douglass Florian, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez
(little bee books, 2017)

Sister Day!
by Lisa Mantchev, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez
(Paula Wiseman Books, 2017)
“Sweet, upbeat, and refreshing.” —Kirkus Reviews
• a 2018 Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, 2018.

Green Green: A Community Gardening Story
by Marie Lamba and Baldev Lamba, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez
(FSG, 2017)
• A Society of Illustrators Original Art Show 2017 selection
• CBC NCTE Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2018

The Wonderful Habits of Rabbits
by Douglass Florian, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez
(little bee books, 2016)
˜… School Library Journal starred review
• A Society of Illustrators Original Art Show 2017 selection

Here I Am
by Patti Kim, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez
(Capstone / Picture Window Books, 2013)
• A KIRKUS Best Book of the Year
˜… Starred review from Kirkus
*”Sánchez has captured a kaleidoscope of emotion and powerful sensations in a way children will grasp completely. It’s The Arrival for younger readers.”–Kirkus Starred Review
˜… Starred review from Publishers Weekly
• Nominated for the prestigious Eisner Award in the category of Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art). See the full list of nominated titles here.
• Feature on Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast  blog.
• A Junior Library Guild Selection (JLG) Selection.
• Review from the New York Times Book Review.
“Kim and Sánchez bring to their lively pages the heightened perceptions of the recently arrived. From the startling whoosh of pigeons’ wings to the click of coins deposited in a parking meter to the reflective shine of the polished airport floor, everything in this new world is worth noticing. ” —NYT

-Un hermanito para Eva (Imaginarium)

-Bubbles/Pompas (Topka)

-The Crystal Egg/ El huevo de cristal (Topka)

-Fulanita de Tal (Ajuntament Barcelona)

magazines

-Iguana magazine USA

-Children´s magazine USA