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

New Releases Tagged "Picture Books"

Beatrix and the Unicorn
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The Humble Pie (The Food Group, #8)
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Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Beatrix and the Unicorn
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story
Xolo
The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)
Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
A Waffle Lot of Love! (Narwhal and Jelly #10)
A Knot Is Not a Tangle
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I Hate Everything! (The Everything Books)
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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
315 books — 373 voters

The Arrival by Shaun TanFlotsam by David WiesnerTuesday by David WiesnerThe Snowman by Raymond BriggsGood Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Wordless Picture Books
424 books — 387 voters
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo WillemsBark, George by Jules FeifferI Want My Hat Back by Jon KlassenClick, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninKnuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Favorite Funny Story Time Picture Books
325 books — 268 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
516 books — 370 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
89 books — 456 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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