Meilo So

Books by This Illustrator

Brush of the Gods

By: Lenore Look
Illustrated by: Meilo So
Age Level: 3-6

Inspired by an actual artist, Wu Daozi's brush created images that seemed to come alive. Travel to ancient China to meet Daozi as he grows from a boy into a muralist for the Emperor. When the mural is finished, legend says that Daozi walks into the paradise he painted. Brief text combines with brush and watercolor illustrations for a memorable look at a legendary Chinese painter.

Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City

By: Janet Schulman
Illustrated by: Meilo So
Age Level: 6-9
Stunning watercolors evoke the height and breadth of New York City while a dramatic text relates the true story of a now-famous feathered resident, a hawk named Pale Male. The tension between the lifestyle of Pale Male and human residents as well as the fate of Pale Male's mates and offspring create riveting reading.

Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube

Illustration of rainbow in front of a waterfall
By: Pat Mora
Illustrated by: Meilo So
Age Level: 3-6
Language: Spanish, Spanish (Bilingual Eng/Sp)

Here is a poetic ode to the beauty of the natural world as expressed by the movement and moods of water on Earth. With every evocative verse, we visit one of fourteen different water landscapes and cultural areas around the world, each stunningly illustrated with a breathtaking view of a place of natural beauty and conveying a sense of the drama, joy, power, serenity, grandeur, or peacefulness of water.

Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems

By: Kate Coombs
Illustrated by: Meilo So
Age Level: 6-9

Translucent watercolors and short, varied poems take readers on a trip to the sea. There they meet sea birds, fish, coral, and more in each short verse. Evocative language creates memorable images of the sea and its often hidden treasures.