The Cartoonist Liana Finck Picks Three Favorite Children’s Books

Liana Finck is a cartoonist and an illustrator who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015 . She is the author of several books, including the graphic memoir “ Passing for Human .” Like many of her forebears at the magazine, Finck has also published works for children, and her recent book, “ Mixed Feelings ,” explores the ways that emotions are often confusing—a truth for readers of any age. “Kids’ books were my first experience of art. They’re really why I do what I do,” she tells David Remnick. Finck discusses her time interning for Maira Kalman, and she shares three “deep cuts” from writers associated with The New Yorker : Kalman’s own “ What Pete Ate from A to Z ”; William Steig’s “ C D B! ”; and “ Tell Me a Mitzi ,” by Lore Segal, with illustrations by Harriet Pincus.