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
The Dino Door
If You Went to the Bottom of the Ocean
Princess Pete
Poppy's Question
The Perfect Match
Don't Lose Mr. Cuddles: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog
Gigantic
Sing the 50 United States!
It's My Bird-Day! (Pigeon, #13)
The Way to a Beautiful World
The Skeleton and the Cat
The Humble Pie (The Food Group, #8)
The Outermost Mouse
Better Pets
The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story
The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)
How a Bear Became a Book: The Collaboration That Created Winnie-the-Pooh
The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink
Cat's New Book
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
762 books — 601 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
520 books — 376 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
879 books — 547 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
3,195 books — 2,105 voters

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Cinderella Stories
143 books — 162 voters
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.Pat the Bunny by Dorothy KunhardtWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books for a Baby Shower!
688 books — 549 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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This Is Not My Hat

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