Best Selling Books by Jillian Tamaki

Now available as a board book, the award-winning They Say Blue is a playful, poetic exploration of color and point of view In captivating paintings full of movement and transformation, we follow a young girl through a year or a day as she examines the colors in the world around her. Egg yolks are sunny orange as expected, yet water cupped in her hands isn’t blue like they say. But maybe a blue whale is blue. She doesn’t know; she hasn’t seen one. Playful and philosophical, They Say Blue is a book about color as well as perspective, about the things we can see and the things we can only wonder at.

2021 Eisner Award Winner, Best Publication for Early Readers A lively celebration of food and community from Caldecott Honoree Jillian Tamaki Tie on your apron! Roll up your sleeves! Pans are out, oven is hot, the kitchen’s all ready! Where do we start? In this lively, rousing picture book from Caldecott Honoree Jillian Tamaki, a crew of resourceful neighbors comes together to prepare a meal for their community. With a garden full of produce, a joyfully chaotic kitchen, and a friendly meal shared at the table, Our Little Kitchen is a celebration of full bellies and looking out for one another. Bonus materials include recipes and an author’s note about the volunteering experience that inspired the book.

Roaming marks a triumphant return to the graphic novel and deft foray into new adult fiction for Caldecott Medal-winning authors Jillian Tamaki (Boundless) and Mariko Tamaki (Cold). Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently illustrated backdrop of the city, capturing a spontaneous queer romance in all of its fledgling glory. Slick attention to the details of a bustling, intimidating metropolis are softened with a palette of muted pastels, as though seen through the eyes of first-time travelers. The awe, wonder, and occasional stumble along the way all come to life with stunning accuracy in this sumptuous softcover with gorgeous jacket. Roaming is the third collaboration from the critically acclaimed team behind Skim and Governor General’s Literary Award winner This One Summer. Moody, atmospheric, and teeming with life, the magic of this comics duo leaks through the pages with lush and exquisite pen work. The Tamakis’ singular, elegant vision of an urban paradise slowly revealing its imperfections to the tune of its visitors’ rhythms is a masterpiece–a future classic for generations to come.

Sketches, thoughts, and comics from the artist of Skim Jillian Tamaki has taken the visual world by storm. A sought-after illustrator, she has racked up accolades and awards from the Society of Illustrators and Society of Publication Designers, and has a client list that includes The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Esquire. Her breathtaking talent was further established with the debut of the graphic novel Skim–selected by The NewYork Times as a Best Illustrated Children''s Book of 2008–which was written by her cousin Mariko Tamaki, and drawn with moody black-and-white nuance by Tamaki. Skim completely reinvented the young adult graphic novel genre with an utterly original and sincere portrait of being a teenage outsider. Indoor Voice collects pen, brush, ink, watercolor, and collage experiments that show how Tamaki arrives at her illustration work, as well as more polished and personal comics work examining her relationship to her parents and their influence on her art.

APPEARED ON BEST OF THE YEAR LISTS FROM NPR, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, WASHINGTON POST, VULTURE, BOOKLIST, AND MORE The cartoonist of This One Summer and SuperMutant Magic Academy explores the virtual and IRL world of contemporary women via a lens both surreal and wry Jenny becomes obsessed with a strange "mirror Facebook," which presents an alternate, possibly better, version of herself. Helen finds her clothes growing baggy, her shoes looser, and as she shrinks away to nothingness, the world around her recedes as well. The animals of the city briefly open their minds to us, and we see the world as they do. A mysterious music file surfaces on the internet and forms the basis of a utopian society–or is it a cult? Boundless is at once fantastical and realist, playfully hinting at possible transcendence: from one’s culture, one’s relationship, oneself. This collection of short stories is a showcase for the masterful blend of emotion and humour of award-winning cartoonist Jillian Tamaki.

Unrequited love, underage drinking, and teen angst rule at a high school for mutants and witches The New York Times and New Yorker illustrator Jillian Tamaki is best known for co-creating the award-winning young adult graphic novels Skim and This One Summer—moody and atmospheric bestsellers. SuperMutant Magic Academy, which she has been serializing online for the past four years, paints a teenaged world filled with just as much ennui and uncertainty, but also with a sharp dose of humor and irreverence. Tamaki deftly plays superhero and high-school Hollywood tropes against what adolescence is really like: The SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep school for mutants and witches, but their paranormal abilities take a backseat to everyday teen concerns. Science experiments go awry, bake sales are upstaged, and the new kid at school is a cat who will determine the course of human destiny. In one strip, lizard-headed Trixie frets about her nonexistent modeling career; in another, the immortal Everlasting Boy tries to escape this mortal coil to no avail. Throughout it all, closeted Marsha obsesses about her unrequited crush, the cat-eared Wendy. Whether the magic is mundane or miraculous, Tamaki''s jokes are precise and devastating. SuperMutant Magic Academy has won two Ignatz Awards. This volume combines the most popular content from the webcomic with a selection of all-new, never-before-seen strips that conclude Tamaki''s account of life at the academy.

Gilded Lilies is artist Jillian Tamaki''s first book of illustrations, drawings, and comic stories. It reprints her first mini-comic City of Champions, a stream-of-consciousness ode to the city of post-Gretzky Edmonton. Tamaki paints a portrait of a city populated by ''cautious optimists'' and ''resigned cynics'' and filled with accidental street theatre. The feature comic is The Tapemines, an 80 page wordless scroll about feral children in forests of cassette tape.

L''estate in cui tutto cambia nelle vite di Rose e Windy comincia come un''estate qualunque nella piccola Awago Beach. C''è tutta l''indolente immobilità dei batticuori estivi, in questo piccolo capolavoro di Mariko e Jillian Tamaki. Tutta l''emozione dell''adolescenza che si sovrappone prepotente alle priorità dell''infanzia, i piccoli traumi che ci trasformano nelle persone che saremo. Un libro emozionante, davvero indimenticabile, che vi lascerà un segno sul cuore.

Dani e Zoe são amigas de muito tempo e, na primeira semana de férias da universidade, planejam se reencontrar na cidade que sempre quiseram visitar: Nova York. A nova colega de Dani, Fiona, cola nos planos e ameaça bagunçar tudo. Enquanto o trio zanza por armadilhas de turista, fotos obrigatórias e muitas, muitas lojas, antigas amizades e novos enroscos são postos à prova. Tensões de muito tempo e tensões recentes pulsam sobre o pano de fundo da cidade, ilustrada com todo brilho. Roaming é o retorno triunfal às graphic novels e a entrada habilidosa de Jillian Tamaki e Mariko Tamaki na literatura dos recém adultos. Melancólica, envolvente e fervilhando de vida, a perspectiva singular e elegante de Jillian e Mariko sobre um paraíso urbano que pouco a pouco revela suas imperfeições, ao ritmo das três visitantes, é uma obra-prima e um clássico para várias gerações. “As primas Jillian e Mariko Tamaki se deleitam na magia da distorção do tempo da juventude, quando uma semana pode parecer um ano e um dia pode mudar sua vida.” – The Washington Post Roaming é mais uma colaboração entre as primas Jillian e Mariko Tamaki, premiadas com o Eisner, e é puro deleite: um quadrinho para quem se lembra da intensidade das amizades femininas na adolescência ou de uma primeira viagem tensa a Nova York. – The Guardian "Caótico, sensível e cheio de vida, Roaming é exatamente o tipo de história que os jovens de hoje deveriam estar lendo." – NPR