Biography
Alvar Jaakson (1968) graduated from Tallinn University in advertising and media. He is the creative director of the advertising bureau Utopia and teaches in the same field at his alma mater. Jaakson has also worked as an animator, animation director, and infographic designer for newspapers. His illustrated children’s books have won the 5 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Book Award and have been listed in the White Ravens catalogue.
Profile photo: private collection
Ja, Jonasz i cała reszta
Original title: The Way Things Are With Us
Language: Polish
Illustrator: Alvar Jaakson
Translator: Anna Michalczuk-Podlecki
Widnokrąg
2018, 150 pp
ISBN: 9788394730987
fiction, storybook
Tā iet mūsu lietas
Original title: The Way Things Are With Us
Language: Latvian
Illustrator: Alvar Jaakson
Translator: Maima Grīnberga
Liels un mazs
2017, 136 pp
ISBN: 9789934533822
fiction, storybook
Így mennek nálunk a dolgok
Original title: The Way Things Are With Us
Language: Hungarian
Illustrator: Alvar Jaakson
Translator: Bence Patat
Cser Kiadó
2018, 136 pp
ISBN: 9789632785523
fiction, storybook
Как сидеть, как ходить
Original title: How To Sit, How To Stand
Language: Russian
Illustrator: Alvar Jaakson
Translator: Vera Prohorova
KPD Kirjastus
2025, 112 pp
ISBN: 9789916784006
fiction, storybook
2023
Good Children's Book (Anti Saar. How To Sit, How To Stand)
2014
The White Ravens
2013
Raisin of the Year Award (Anti Saar. The Way Things Are With Us)
Good Children’s Book (Anti Saar. The Way Things Are With Us)
Good Children's Book (Anti Saar. How To Sit, How To Stand)
2014
The White Ravens
2013
Raisin of the Year Award (Anti Saar. The Way Things Are With Us)
Good Children’s Book (Anti Saar. The Way Things Are With Us)
