Bio

Pascal Lemaitre is the illustrator of several books for children, including Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? (Simon & Schuster, 2003), Who's Got Game? The Lion or the Mouse? (Simon & Schuster, 2003)—both New York Times bestsellers—as well as Who's Got Game? Poppy or the Snake? (Simon & Schuster, 2004), and The Book of Mean People (Hyperion, 2002), all by Toni and Slade Morrison. Pascal also created the artwork for Supercat (Workman, 2002), Supercat to the Rescue (Workman, 2002), and Baby Goose (Hyperion, 2004), all by Kate McMullan, as well as Do Not Open This Book! by Michaela Muntean (Scholastic, 2006).

Pascal has also illustrated books, stories, and games for several French publishers and his editorial work regularly appears in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Time, and Print.
In France and Belgium, his work has appeared in Liberation, Le Monde, Marie-France, Notre Temps, La Libre Belgique, and Le Ligueur.



Pascal's editorial illustrations for children have appeared in a selection of French and Belgian magazines, including: Astrapi, Pomme d'api, I love English, J'aime lire, Phosphore, Maxime, Grain de soleil (Bayard Press), Dauphin, Bonjour, ID, Top, Tremplin (Averbode editions), Tobogan, and Aventuriers (Milan editions).

In the field of advertisement, Pascal worked for clients such as Canal +, Esso ,Efteling Park,Nissan, Krediet Bank, Renault, La Libre Belgique, etc...

Pascal Lemaitre was born in Belgium in 1967. He teaches in Brussels at La Cambre, a school created by H. Van de Velde where he once studied, and Pascal began illustrating in 1989.
He spends half the year in Brussels and the other half in Brooklyn with his wife, Manou, and their daughter, Maelle.