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Qin Leng

QIN LENG has illustrated numerous picture books, magazines and book covers with publishers from around the world. Her recent picture books include the national bestseller Skinnamarink, One Elephant Went Out to Play and Peanut Butter and Jelly written by Sharon, Lois and Bram; and Trèfle (Clover) by Nadine Robert, which won the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for Young Persons Literature — Illustrated Books. She is also the illustrator of A Family Is a Family Is a Family written by Sara O'Leary and Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin, which was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award and received the APALA Award for best picture book. She lives in Toronto with her husband and her son.
The Path
Fantastic Lou
Piper Chen Sings
Yo en el mapa (Me on the Map Spanish Edition)
Sharon, Lois and Bram's Skinnamarink
Me on the Map
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Pie Girl
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Going Places
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: The Sea Pony
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Too Much Good Luck

Books

The Path
Fantastic Lou
Piper Chen Sings
Yo en el mapa (Me on the Map Spanish Edition)
Sharon, Lois and Bram's Skinnamarink
Me on the Map
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Pie Girl
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Going Places
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: The Sea Pony
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Too Much Good Luck

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