The paper focuses on books illustrated and written by the Czech artist Daisy Mrázková. It covers main inspirations and biographical information related to this segment of her artistic work. The paper is mainly focused on the gift of synaesthesia and its potential influence on Mrázkováʼs books illustrations. The phenomenon of synaesthesia is explained on the ouevre of the foreign artists and writers. Further attention is paid to other Czech artists with syneasthesia.