Anna Raff

Anna Raff is an award-winning illustrator of several books for children including The Day the Universe Exploded My Head, World Rat Day, A Big Surprise for Little Card, and Things That Float and Things That Don’t. Before her career as an illustrator, she was a designer and art director at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and several children’s book publishers in New York City. Anna is on the faculty of the prestigious MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at the School of Visual Arts and the SVA Summer Residency in Illustration. She has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts and a BA from Connecticut College. Anna lives and works in New York City.

Blog Posts by Anna Raff

Our Mission in Action

Share Your Story, Inspire a Child
Scholarships
Equity & Inclusion in Kidlit
Partners & Sponsors

The Highlights Foundation positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inform, educate, and inspire children to become their best selves.  Learn more about our impact.