Gyo Fujikawaone of my favorite illustrators. the main
reason is that i grew up seeing her pictures in
a lot of the books that my mom read to me.
and i think that's reason enough.
more info. on her:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyo_Fujikawa
and here
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05EEDA163AF934A35751C1A96E958260
