Young Illustrator
Classics
Yesterday's Great Stories.
Tomorrow's Great Artists.
The great classics of literature have been read, loved, and passed down for generations. But the illustrations that bring them to life? Those have always belonged to someone else's generation.
Young Illustrator Classics exists to change that.
We pair beloved public domain stories with original illustrations created entirely by young artists ages 5–19. Every selected illustrator is credited by name, age, state, and art medium in a professionally printed hardcover book — a real publication credit, in a real book, that lasts as long as the book exists.
This isn't a school project. It isn't a participation trophy. It's a permanent record of what young artists are capable of when given a real creative brief and a real stage.
Classic literature endures because it tells the truth about being human — about family, ambition, loss, courage, and becoming who you're meant to be. These stories have moved readers for over a century. They deserve to be seen through the eyes of the generation that will carry them forward.