Jutta Bauer (born 9 January 1955) is a German writer and illustrator of children's books.
For her "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2010.
She won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Award) in 2001 for the picture book Schreimutter, which she wrote and illustrated.
She was a runner-up in 2002 for Opas Engel and she received a Special prize for Illustration in 2009.
The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books.