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

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Goodnight, Bruce (Mother Bruce Series)
The Lost Robot
Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille
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Rose by the Sea: An Armenian Journey of Courage and Hope
The Dark Is For
A Celebration of You
The Passover Pet Surprise
What Emma Wrote: The Woman Behind the Words on the Statue of Liberty
The God of Sleep
Miriam and Her Dancing Shoes
Is It Spring?
Is It Spring?
It's My Bird-Day! (Pigeon, #13)
Goodnight, Bruce (Mother Bruce Series)
The Humble Pie (The Food Group, #8)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story
The Lost Robot
The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)
The Rock from the Sky
The Sweater: A Story of Community
The Way to a Beautiful World
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Happy Easter, Little Pookie
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Grumpy Monkey Spring Fever: Includes Hidden Easter Eggs!
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951 books — 209 voters
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456 books — 210 voters

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Wordless Picture Books
427 books — 389 voters
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Best Halloween Picture Books
761 books — 598 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! (Pigeon, #1)
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)
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
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