Shahar Kober
Shahar Kober (born 1979) is an Israeli-German illustrator, art director and lecturer. He lives in Kiryat Tivon, Israel.
Shahar Kober
- Born
- 1979 · Ganei Am.
- Nationality
- Israel
- Occupation
- illustrator
- Fields
- illustration
- Education
- Ami Asaf School · Shenkar College of Engineering and Design
- Languages
- Hebrew
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Shahar Kober (born 1979) is an Israeli-German illustrator, art director and lecturer. He lives in Kiryat Tivon, Israel.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Shahar Kober (born 1979) is an Israeli illustrator. The illustrator was born in Ganei Am.
Shahar Kober studied at Ami Asaf School and Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. The illustrator lived in Kiryat Tiv'on. Shahar Kober is active in illustration. Languages used include Hebrew.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 28 September 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Shahar Kober. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q12411601 · wikipedia · Shahar Kober
In this article
Biography
Biography
Kober was born in Kfar-Saba and raised in Ganei Am. He attended the Ami Assaf high school in Beit Berl and the University of Chicago Laboratory School. At age 21, he was admitted to Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, studying illustration and graphic design, graduating in 2005. He later on completed his Master's Degree in culture and film studies, from the University of Haifa. Kober has illustrated tens of children's books, published in Israel, The United Kingdom, United States, and other countries. His work is regularly published in newspapers and magazines, and he also contributes art to animation projects. His work on "The Ugly Dumpling" was reviewed favorably by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and so was "Chicken in Space". His book "The Flying Hand of Marco B." was selected one of the best children's books of 2015 by the Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine. Among others, he illustrated books by former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo, Israeli poet Leah Goldberg, Israel's national poet Hayim Nahman Bialik, and award-winning children's author Adam Lehrhaupt. His illustrations were displayed in exhibitions in Israel, China and South Korea. Since 2013, Kober teaches Illustration in the WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education, in Haifa, Israel.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1979
Shahar Kober born at Ganei Am.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Kiryat Tiv'on
Residences
Ganei Am.
Birth place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Shahar Kober”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q12411601: Shahar Kober
General reference · Wikidata
Awards
2021 - The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 3 2020 - 3x3 Magazine Book Show Merit Award 2015 - Communication Arts Illustration Award of Excellence 2015 - 3x3 Magazine Book Show Merit Award 2014 - 3x3 Magazine Book Show Merit Award 2013 - Creative Quarterly 32 Professional Illustration runner-up 2011 - Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers 2009 - Sydney Taylor Honor Award
Partial bibliography
• Aladdin by Anna Bowles, Little Tiger Press, UK, 2019 • Chicken On Vacation by Adam Lehrhaupt, HarperCollins, USA, 2018 • Grandpa's Back by Nevo Ziv, Yedioth Aharonoth Books, Israel, 2017 • The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, Usborne Publishing, UK, 2017 • Chicken in School by Adam Lehrhaupt, HarperCollins, USA, 2017 • Chicken in Space by Adam Lehrhaupt, HarperCollins, USA, 2016 • The Ugly Dumpling by Stephanie Campisi, Mighty Media Kids, USA, 2016 • The Flying Hand of Marco B. by Richard Leiter, Sleeping Bear Press, USA, 2015 • One Last Story by Eilam Ben-Dror, Matar Publishing House, Israel, 2015 • Noam's Shop of Words, by Ruvik Rosenthal. Keter Publishing House, Israel, 2014 • At the End of the Road by Iris Argaman, Matar Publishing House, Israel, 2014 • Snakes and Ladders, by Michael Morpurgo, Egmont Publishing, UK, 2012 • Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride by Deborah Bodin Cohen, Kar-Ben Publishing, USA, 2008
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Shahar Kober on WorldCat. WorldCat. 26 December 2016.
- 2.Children's Book Review: The Ugly Dumpling by Stephanie Campisi. PublishersWeekly.com.
- 3.THE UGLY DUMPLING by Stephanie Campisi, Shahar Kober Kirkus Reviews.
- 4.CHICKEN IN SPACE by Adam Lehrhaupt, Shahar Kober Kirkus Reviews.
- 5.Le, Minh. First Half Recap Of 2016 Picture Books. The Huffington Post. 2016-08-09.
- 6.Maksel, Rebecca. Best Children's Books of the Year. Air & Space Magazine.
- 7.Morpurgo, Michael. Snakes and Ladders: Red Banana. Egmont UK. 2012-05-07. 9781780312255.
- 8.דוד קוסם לאה גולדברג. www.kibutz-poalim.co.il.
- 9.בערוגת הגנה חיים נחמן ביאליק. www.kibutz-poalim.co.il.
- 10.Lehrhaupt, Adam. Chicken in space. 2016-01-01. 9780062364128.
- 11.Design Museum Holon - Past - Playing at Design Museum Holon. www.dmh.org.il.
- 12.The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase dPICTUS. dpictus.com.
- 13.3x3, The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration ::: Shahar Kober. 3x3mag.com.
- 14.The Communication Arts Award of Excellence, 2015 for Shahar KOBER's children's book - illustrations for 'Noam's Shop of Words' from KETER Publishing. www.gosee.us.
- 15.3x3, The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration ::: No.12 Picture Book Show Winners. 3x3mag.com.
- 16.Sydney Taylor Book Award. The Association of Jewish Libraries. 26 December 2016.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Illustration
5,224 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Sergo KobuladzeIllustrator
- Sesto PalsIllustrator
- Sewell CollinsIllustrator
- Shadi Al-AtallahIllustrator
- Shahzia SikanderIllustrator
- ShakthiDassIllustrator
- Shane EvansIllustrator
- Sharon Smith KaneIllustrator
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Shahar Kober?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.