Picture Books

A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil. Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now were Heinrich Hoffmann's Struwwelpeter from 1845 and Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit from 1902. Some of the best-known picture books are Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings, Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat, and Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. The Caldecott Medal (established 1 ...more

Hope in a Jar
The Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland’s Forgotten Folklore
Bitsy Bat, Team Star (The Bitsy Bat Series)
The Keeper of Stories
Big Bike, Little Bike
If You Find a Fawn: A What-to-Do for Wild Wanderers (Disney Planet Possible)
Something Good
Squash, the Cat: Stuck in the Middle
The Greatest River
I am Sally Ride (Ordinary People Change the World)
Kristallikallon tapaus (Painajaispuoti, #4)
Safe Crossing
Space for Everyone
Wash Day with Mama
Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You
The Cat Who Taught Zen
Collaborations (Cat Kid Comic Club #4)
The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7)
Karen's Sleepover (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #8)
The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)
Hope in a Jar
Hot Dog
Joy Takes Root
Pete the Cat: Five Little Bunnies
The Leaf Thief
Lefty: A Story That Is Not All Right
The Lost Sunday
Have You Ever Seen a Flower?
Don't Touch that Flower
The Rock from the Sky
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Best Picture Books
2,970 books — 1,922 voters
The You Beyond You - The Knowledge of the Willing by Ramzi NajjarThe Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarIt's Time To Wake, Jake! by Amanda Beth ConnollyThe Echoes of Enigma by Ramzi NajjarOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Must Reads Now!
425 books — 180 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Best Childhood Picture Books
819 books — 484 voters
Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand by Dare WrightThe Doll and the Kitten by Dare WrightThe Little Family by Lois LenskiPeter and Veronica by Marilyn SachsThe Magic Tunnel by Caroline D. Emerson
Really Underrated Children's Books
932 books — 181 voters

Where the Wild Things Are
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Giving Tree
Green Eggs and Ham
Goodnight Moon
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...)
The Day the Crayons Quit
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
I Want My Hat Back
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
This Is Not My Hat
Corduroy
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

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