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

Save the Trees
My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story
Cat's Very Good Day
Piper Chen Sings
Aloha Everything
Proper Badger Would Never!
Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys
Not My Cat
Libby Loves Science: States of Matter (I Can Read Level 3)
Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten
Poetry Comics
Wat Kept Playing: The Inspiring Story of Wataru Misaka and His Rise to the NBA
No Cats in the Library
Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets (Penelope Rex, #4)
The Last Zookeeper
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! (Classic Seuss)
The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)
My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story
No Cats in the Library
Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets (Penelope Rex, #4)
Hot Dog
The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story
Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten
You're Going to Love This Book!
Viewfinder
The Little Kid with the Big Green Hand
Aloha Everything
The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be
Fing
Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand by Dare WrightThe Doll and the Kitten by Dare WrightThe Little Family by Lois LenskiPeter and Veronica by Marilyn SachsThe Magic Tunnel by Caroline D. Emerson
Really Underrated Children's Books
953 books — 302 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
742 books — 627 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakDr. Julie Visits Cowboy Mike and Winston by Michael EastwoodThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Favorite picture books
488 books — 384 voters


Where the Wild Things Are
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Giving Tree
Green Eggs and Ham
Goodnight Moon
The Day the Crayons Quit
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
The Cat in the Hat (The Cat in the Hat, #1)
I Want My Hat Back
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
This Is Not My Hat
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
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