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

The Knitting Witch
Christmas at Hogwarts (Harry Potter)
Bog Myrtle
The Café at the Edge of the Woods
Drawn Onward
A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home
Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life
Alpacas Make Terrible Librarians
How to Sing a Song
Emilio Sloth's Modern Manners
Animal Countdown
Sally's Snow Day (Sally’s Puppy Adventures, 3)
Fox Plays Ball (My First I Can Read)
Plumber Pearl! (Big Jobs, Bold Women)
Billu Buttons
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! (Classic Seuss)
Into the Uncut Grass
Christmas at Hogwarts (Harry Potter)
The Leaf Thief
The Cat Who Taught Zen
A Simple Christmas on the Farm (Countryside Holidays, 2)
Merry Witchmas
The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)
The Book That No One Wanted to Read
Bog Myrtle
Where Snow Angels Go
The Yellow Bus
Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations (Cat Kid Comic Club, #4)
Drawn Onward
Karen's Sleepover (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #8)
The Funny Adventures of Little Nani by Cinta García de la RosaTurtle Wish by Murielle CyrCulloo by Murielle CyrBallet Boy by Anfaney GladwinBoring Bob by Anfaney Gladwin
Indie children's ebooks
303 books — 362 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Caldecott Medal Winners
87 books — 452 voters

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
2,967 books — 2,089 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Favorite picture books
489 books — 359 voters

Where the Wild Things Are
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Giving Tree
Green Eggs and Ham
Goodnight Moon
The Day the Crayons Quit
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
The Cat in the Hat (The 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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