Picture books first published in the 1970s
Picture Books by Decade:
2020s, 2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s and before
Picture Books by Year:
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Caldecott Contenders aka Mock Caldecotts by year:
2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
See also:
Best Popular Picture Books on Goodreads
Best Picture Books
Charlotte Zolotow Award Winners and Honors
Children's Picture Books With Beautiful illustrations
Caldecott Medal Winners
Caldecott Honor Books
Wordless Picture Books
Picture Books by Decade:
2020s, 2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s and before
Picture Books by Year:
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Caldecott Contenders aka Mock Caldecotts by year:
2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
See also:
Best Popular Picture Books on Goodreads
Best Picture Books
Charlotte Zolotow Award Winners and Honors
Children's Picture Books With Beautiful illustrations
Caldecott Medal Winners
Caldecott Honor Books
Wordless Picture Books
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Oct 02, 2018 09:31AM
It's not easy finding picture books from the 1970s so I'm hoping people will add to this list. Thanks.
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I added the caldecott winner's and honor books. Presumably there are other picture books awards that would add a few more books.
Mitchell wrote: "So why the 70's? or are there other lists for other decades?"Hey Mitchell. I have found it easy to find books from the 80s and up as there are lists all over and there is an abundance of great books from the 60s, but I can't really find lists or something from the 70s and I thought it would be great if people help me find them. I am trying to have a good taste from each decade and this is the one I have trouble with outside of Caldecott. Thanks for the adds.
Rainbowheart wrote: "Just FYI, Michael Rosen's We're Going on a Bear Hunt is from 1989, not the '70s."Hey Rainbow. Thanks for the FYI. I removed it. When I was looking at my library book it gave a copyright date of 1979 which is why I put it there, but I can't find it anywhere else. So, I agree with you. Thanks for the help.
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "I'm just old enough that mine were from the 60s."Hey Susanna. During break, I will start a 60s page. It's good to have them. The 60s will be easy.
Rainbowheart wrote: "Just FYI, Michael Rosen's We're Going on a Bear Hunt is from 1989, not the '70s."Well, there is no way to remove them that I see, so I guess it's stuck there.
A librarian can remove it. Where on the list is it?ETA: If there's only one vote for it, the person who voted for it can remove it, by just removing their vote. (The cache will catch up eventually.)
Removed for book being from wrong decade:Clifford the Big Red Dog (1963)
Bread and Jam for Frances (1964)
Either someone already removed Going on a Bear Hunt, or my eyes glided over it.
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Removed for book being from wrong decade:Clifford the Big Red Dog (1963)
Bread and Jam for Frances (1964)
Either someone already removed Going on a Bear Hunt, or my e..."
Thank you Susanna. I removed my vote the other day so it caught up. Thanks for your help!!
Yikes, this list was a huge mess! I did some major cleanup and removed books that did not have initial publication dates from the 1970s.A Baby Sister for Frances, Best Friends for Frances, Bedtime for Frances, A Birthday for Frances, Katy and the Big Snow, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider, The Giving Tree, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport, Hubert's Hair Raising Adventure, How Fletcher Was Hatched, The Three Jovial Huntsmen, There's a Nightmare in My Closet, There's Something in My Attic, A Boy a Dog and a Frog, I Was So Mad, Peanuts Cook Book, Swimmy, Heidi, and several compilations of comics. Also deleted Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, which is a novel, not a picture book.
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