The French edition which preceded the American edition by over a year.

Launched in 2006 by Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi and Gerald Guerlais, Sketchtravel is a unique international charity art project. The red sketchbook was passed from one artist's hand to another like an Olympic torch in an artistic relay through 12 countries over 4 1/2 years. This traveling museum contains the personal visions of 72 exceptional illustrators, animators and comic book artists, including artists such as Bill Plympton, Juanjo Guarnido, James Jean, Glen Keane, Frederick Back, and Hayao Miyazaki. This book reproduces all the artwork in a beautiful large format hardcover. A portion of the proceeds benefit Room to Read, an international non-profit dedicated to increasing child literacy in developing countries.

Each of these artists contribute a single or double-page illustration:

Daniel Adel, Pierre Alary, Chris Appelhans, Nathalie Ascencios, Frederick Back, Dominique Bertail, Quentin Blake, Andrea Blasich, Alexandra Boiger, Lorelay Bove, Ben Butcher, Scott Campbell, Enrico Casarosa, Catia Chien, Greg Couch, Rebecca Dautremer, Nicolas De Crecy, Peter De Seve, Ronnie Del Carmen, Nash Dunnigan, Paul Felix, Enrique Fernandez, Atsuko Fukushima, Carter Goodrich, David Gordon, Eric Gosselet, Luis Grané, Juanjo Guarnido, Gerald Guerlais, Tomer Hanuka, Eli Harris, John Howe, James Jean, éronique Joffre, Glen Keane, Sebastien et Marie Kerascoet, Michaël Knapp, Robert Kondo, Mike Lee, San Jung Lee, Benoit Le Pennec, Daniel Lopez Munoz, Dominique Louis, Robert Mackenzie, Sylvain Marc, Nicolas Marlet, Taiyo Matsumoto, Mike Mignola, Koji Morimoto, Hayao Miyazaki, Peter Nguyen, Vincent Nguyen, Carlos Nine, Jerome Opena, Leuyen Pham, Bill Plympton, Aurélien Predal, Bill Presing, Alex Puvilland, François Roca, Lou Romano, Yuko Shimizu, Yoko Tanji, Katsuya Terada, Erik Tiemens, Claude William Trebutien, Daisuke Tsutsumi, Tadahiro Uesugi, Maïlys Vallade, Robert Valley, Gregoire Villermaux.