“I don’t want to hide behind my books:” Recognizing Jutta Bauer

Oetken discusses Andersen award-winning illustrator Jutta Bauer’s weaving of her personal experiences and observations about life into her work for adults and for children and analyzes distinctive features of her artistic style and development. This paper is published in association with JuLit, the magazine of the Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur (IBBY Germany) in Munich.