2 books
Hungarian children’s author, illustrator, and architect Erika Bartos (born 1974) creates picture-book worlds in which small everyday problems are resolved through friendship, patience, and shared attention. Berry and Dolly at Kindergarten follows the snail and ladybird friends through a setting familiar to young readers, using clear episodes and expressive images to make separation, play, disagreement, and reconciliation easy to discuss. Budapest in Drawings reveals another side of her work: architectural observation becomes an invitation to notice streets, buildings, and the layered character of a city. Her training in architecture is visible in the orderly spaces and legible visual routes of her books. Berry and Dolly at Kindergarten is the warmer narrative entry for shared reading; Budapest in Drawings better suits readers interested in how Bartos connects illustration with place and built form.
