Oleksandr Shatokhin

Oleksandr Shatokhin is an artist and children’s book illustrator who lives and works in Sumy, Ukraine.  The Happiest Lion Cub is the author’s first book to be translated into English.

Oleksandr Shatokhin's Titles

Little Hare Finds a Gift

Little Hare Finds a Gift

A new holiday classic in the making with a message for all that highlights the spirit of gifts and giving One morning Little Hare wakes up to...


Yellow Butterfly A story from Ukraine

Yellow Butterfly

A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the YearA USBBY Outstanding International Book 2024 ★"Provocative, powerful, breathtakingly beautiful."...


Happiest Lion Cub

The Happiest Lion Cub

A lion cub prince, with passion for music, struggles with his destiny to be king.In the savanna lands of Africa lives a lion cub who dreams of...