Public Lending Rights (PLR) have released the Top 50 Illustrators whose work has been most borrowed from public libraries. Number 1 is AOI Patron Tony Ross! And the list also includes Patron Quentin Blake and current Children’s laureate Cressida Cowell.
We welcome this list as a recognition of the value illustrators bring to book publishing.
- Tony Ross
- Nick Sharratt
- Axel Scheffler
- Georgie Ripper
- Quentin Blake
- Jeff Kinney
- Liz Pichon
- Lucy Cousins
- Jim Field
- David McKee
- Lydia Monks
- Emma Dodd
- Rachel Renee Russell
- Rachel Wells
- Dav Pilkey
- Nathan Reed
- David Roberts
- Korky Paul
- Eric Hill
- Paul Linnet
- Garry Parsons
- Steve Sims
- Lauren Child
- Sophy Williams
- Nick East
- David Melling
- Steven Lenton
- Emily Gravett
- Mick Inkpen
- Emma Chichester Clark
- Jill Murphy
- Oliver Jeffers
- Ed Eaves
- Lee Wildish
- Ben Cort
- Sarah Warburton
- Adrian Reynolds
- Simon Rickerty
- Guy Parker-Rees
- Sebastien Braun
- Alex T. Smith
- Laura Ellen Anderson
- Cressida Cowell
- Judith Kerr
- Rod Campbell
- Michael Foreman
- Lauren Beard
- Sarah McIntyre
- Eric Carle
- Jez Alborough
The results are based on loans attributed to these titles and as well as reflecting the popularity the titles in public libraries, the rankings reflect the constantly changing PLR Sample, and can also be impacted by the availability and quality of bibliographic data used when compiling the lists.
