Walking in the Meadows and the Light

Calatorie printre ierburi si lumina - Walking in the Meadows and the Light is a children's book written by Iulia Iordan and illustrated by Cristiana Radu. Appeared in 2012 at Cartea Copiilor Publishing House.
The book won the most beautiful book of the year prize at the children's book section at the Romanian National Contest of Book Design. The contest, dedicated to book design, takes into consideration the artistic dimension of the book, as well as the degree of innovation and originality in the editorial concept and general approach of book design.

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Tea Tales at Carturesti Bookshop & Teahouse

The drawings are on the wall of Cărturești "Verona", the biggest and the oldest bookshop from the Cărturești bookstore chain (there are 20 Cărturești shops in Romania at the moment). Cărtureştiis in fact more than a bookshop, it is a cultural venue that functions as a bookshop, tea studio, and project space. Herethey host over 300 cultural events (from concert, book launches, to exhibitions and other events) per year. The bookstore has a teahouse where one can enjoy browsing through the books as he drinks his tea, accompanied by music in the background. Website: www.carturesti.ro.

Why do Witches fly on brooms? (and other 10 fantastical questions)

Illustrations for "Why do Witches fly on brooms? (and other 10 fantastical questions)" by Adina Rosetti, Curtea Veche Publishing House, 2016. The book is a series of humorous short stories that bring into nowadays characters from fairytales world.

Wordless Ela

Wordless Ela by Victoria Patrascu, published by Cartea Copiilor Publishing House, 2015.
A story about the healing or destroying power of words, and about the easiness with which we put labels onto people. Ela is a little girl who doesn't speak but treasures the words so much that she protects them, holding them inside her heart. Ela doesn't speak but has wonderful friends in her rich imaginary world, like a fiery Cat who lost one ear in a battle and whose tail is a fish, a little Mouse and a quiet grey Elephant… When a little boy observes her drawings and enters their world, the miracle takes place, and Ela lets the first words go.
As the story is told in a very lyrical and already very visual way, the drawings speak merely about Ela's inner world and her feelings.
Wordless Ela is in the selection of White Ravens Book 2016 - "The White Ravens label is given to books that deserve worldwide attention because of their universal themes and/or their exceptional and often inn…

Cristiana Radu Illustrations

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