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

Better Pets
Construction Crews Build Big! (Breezy Valley at Work)
The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever
I Built a Rocket Ship
Searching for Wocks
No Brain the Same: Neurodivergent Young Activists Shaping Our Future
The World's Game
Looking at the Sky: How Dr. Janusz Korczak Fought for Children's Rights
That's What Heroes Do
The Outermost Mouse
All the Ice Cream in the Land
The Dino Door
But Art Is Awful!: A Picture Book
If You Went to the Bottom of the Ocean
Sixteen Games of Hide and Seek
The Skeleton and the Cat
The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)
It's My Bird-Day! (Pigeon, #13)
The Outermost Mouse
The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever
Little Ghost's Summerween
Better Pets
Searching for Wocks
Gigantic
Hogar, dulce hogar
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The Sweater: A Story of Community
The Dino Door
The Way to a Beautiful World: Big Panda and Tiny Dragon journey through dark forests and hidden ruins, finding hope, beauty, and friendship along the way
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
92 books — 459 voters
The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe MartinMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeCinder Edna by Ellen JacksonYeh-Shen by Ai-Ling LouieAdelita by Tomie dePaola
Cinderella Stories
144 books — 163 voters

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda    WilliamsRoom on the Broom by Julia DonaldsonThe Hallo-Wiener by Dav PilkeyScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzThe Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan Berenstain
Best Halloween Picture Books
763 books — 603 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
881 books — 564 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussDr. Julie Visits Cowboy Mike and Winston by Michael Eastwood
Favorite picture books
521 books — 377 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
3,260 books — 2,115 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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