The Argentinian illustrator Isol has won the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Award.  The award is the largest award in children’s literature with around $780,000 in prize money.  According to The Guardian, Isol is the author and illustrator of ten books on her own as well as collaborating with the poet Jorge Luján. 

The jury praises her work:

"With a restrained palette and ever-innovative pictorial solutions, she shifts ingrained perspectives and pushes the boundaries of the picture book medium," they wrote in their citation. "Taking children’s clear view of the world as her starting point, she addresses their questions with forceful artistic expression and offers open answers. With liberating humour and levity, she also deals with the darker aspects of existence."