The Cat Puzzle 

Book
Unpublished
Digital

The Cat Puzzle

Shortlisted The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 4(2022) by dPictus

This is a short story inspired by curiosity and the way kids explore the world and obtain their own experience.

Originally written in Tatar by Yulduz Minnullina, Kazan
Illustrated by Guzel Garipova.
Translated to English by Elnar Baynazarov
and edited by Brad Downey.


























Mew Mew Book,Selfproject, Kazan, 2020 



Guzel Garipova

Having a background in architecture,
I chose to follow my childhood love for drawing.
Since then I’ve illustrated 11 books, Shortlisted The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 4 (2022) by dPictus, won Hiii Illustration Awards 2020, Carpetvista 2019 and was shortlisted at WIA 2019.



Alongside with supporting female communities one of my main professional interests is investing in further development of local Tatar culture and language.
As an art teacher I’m interested in projects encouraging curiosity and creative thinking in kids.