Agnieszka
Żelewska

An illustrator of books for children, cooperating with Bajka, Nasza Księgarnia, Media Family, HarperCollins, and Adamada publishing houses, she has illustrated several dozen books, including the Wesoły Ryjek series (by Wojciech Widłak), Gębolud (by Roksana Jędrzejewska-Wróbel), and O kruku, który chciał zostać papugą (by Katarzyna Kozłowska). She is the author of the comic book for children about Irenka the Witch (Bajka publishing house). She lives and works in Sopot, where she passionately sews the cats inhabiting the book Alojzy@kot_w_podróży.com. She received the Żółta Ciżemka Award (2021) and the Polish section of IBBY ‘book of the year’ award (twice), as well as being entered into the IBBY Honour List. She has presented her works at exhibitions in Sopot, Cracow, Rome, Warsaw, Bratislava, Inowrocław, Tallinn, Zielona Góra, Genoa, Gdansk, Starachowice.

pic. from the author's archive