Baby's first picture book is a book in which the story is completed, extended and enriched with illustrations and where illustrations the same tell you the story. An illustration defines a picture book and gives it character. It is very important what kind of picture books children use. For the children under the age appropriate picture books are with more pictures and less text, while for the elderly will be illustrated with complex operation. It is important that the text and illustrations is in interaction and make a harmonious unity. The child will get in a picture book response to many questions they ask themselves or ask the parents, but picture book can get them the answer to the problems, which previously were not aware. The practical part of this work consists of explanations how illustrated picture book Madagascar was created. The picture book is primarily intended for children above preschool age. The main characters of the story are four animals, Alex the lion, Melman the giraffe, Marty the zebra, and Gloria the hippo, which are detained in the city zoo and planned to escape. Contours of cartoon characters and backgrounds are hand-drawn with rapidograf, then scanned and transferred to Corel, where they are with options “trace” converted to curves and surfaces are painted in determined colours.