I'm Anita Bijsterbosch. I was born in 1961 in The Netherlands. My entire life, I have loved reading. As a child, I could spend hours thumbing through books, looking at the pictures, and hoping I could one day make such beautiful illustrations myself. I studied the images down to the smallest detail and made up my own little stories to go along with them. After high school, I took drawing and painting lessons in small galleries in my neighborhood. And I learned a lot from drawing and painting books. But I also mastered many techniques simply by experimenting with them on my own. When my children were still young, I read them a bedtime story every night. I rediscovered that some picture books are real pieces of art. That’s when I got the ambition to make my very own picture books. I was remarked by the jury of the Key Colours International Illustrators Award 2012. The book Whose Hat is That? was published by Clavis Publishing and every book I have made since has been even more successful.

"This board book will be a useful addition to little readers' shelves. " - Kirkus Reviews"This book is filled with pictures and labels for each item. Great book for little ones to grow their vocabulary." - Fairfield County District Library"This is a great early words book for very young children. It would be a great book to read with a child one on one when you want to spend quality time and talk with them. It would be a nice gift for a baby shower or first birthday." - Kapua Hussey (Educator)"This book would be wonderful for a classroom library book for the children to use. This would also be great to have in your own home library. Can you find all the different things listed in the book? The illustrations are very cute and make you feel like you are there in the story. The illustrations make it easy to find in the pages." - Christine Rankins (Educator)

I'm Anita Bijsterbosch. I was born in 1961 in The Netherlands. My entire life, I have loved reading. As a child, I could spend hours thumbing through books, looking at the pictures, and hoping I could one day make such beautiful illustrations myself. I studied the images down to the smallest detail and made up my own little stories to go along with them. After high school, I took drawing and painting lessons in small galleries in my neighborhood. And I learned a lot from drawing and painting books. But I also mastered many techniques simply by experimenting with them on my own. When my children were still young, I read them a bedtime story every night. I rediscovered that some picture books are real pieces of art. That’s when I got the ambition to make my very own picture books. I was remarked by the jury of the Key Colours International Illustrators Award 2012. The book Whose Hat is That? was published by Clavis Publishing and every book I have made since has been even more successful.

"This board book will be a useful addition to little readers' shelves. " - Kirkus Reviews"This book is filled with pictures and labels for each item. Great book for little ones to grow their vocabulary." - Fairfield County District Library"This is a great early words book for very young children. It would be a great book to read with a child one on one when you want to spend quality time and talk with them. It would be a nice gift for a baby shower or first birthday." - Kapua Hussey (Educator)"This book would be wonderful for a classroom library book for the children to use. This would also be great to have in your own home library. Can you find all the different things listed in the book? The illustrations are very cute and make you feel like you are there in the story. The illustrations make it easy to find in the pages." - Christine Rankins (Educator)

I'm Anita Bijsterbosch. I was born in 1961 in The Netherlands. My entire life, I have loved reading. As a child, I could spend hours thumbing through books, looking at the pictures, and hoping I could one day make such beautiful illustrations myself. I studied the images down to the smallest detail and made up my own little stories to go along with them. After high school, I took drawing and painting lessons in small galleries in my neighborhood. And I learned a lot from drawing and painting books. But I also mastered many techniques simply by experimenting with them on my own. When my children were still young, I read them a bedtime story every night. I rediscovered that some picture books are real pieces of art. That’s when I got the ambition to make my very own picture books. I was remarked by the jury of the Key Colours International Illustrators Award 2012. The book Whose Hat is That? was published by Clavis Publishing and every book I have made since has been even more successful.

"This board book will be a useful addition to little readers' shelves. " - Kirkus Reviews"This book is filled with pictures and labels for each item. Great book for little ones to grow their vocabulary." - Fairfield County District Library"This is a great early words book for very young children. It would be a great book to read with a child one on one when you want to spend quality time and talk with them. It would be a nice gift for a baby shower or first birthday." - Kapua Hussey (Educator)"This book would be wonderful for a classroom library book for the children to use. This would also be great to have in your own home library. Can you find all the different things listed in the book? The illustrations are very cute and make you feel like you are there in the story. The illustrations make it easy to find in the pages." - Christine Rankins (Educator)