I’ve mentioned before my enjoyment of the blog 101 Books. It’s written by a guy named Robert who is reading and blogging his way through Time Magazine’s 100 Greatest Novels (since 1923, plus Ulysses).
I was thinking it would be great to have a list of the top 100 picture books. So I made one. Plus one. Just in time for the holidays. I wrote this originally as a guest post for 101 Books. The whole post, including how I came up with the list and my top 15, will be on Robert’s blog tomorrow. Make sure you check it out. For today, here’s the full 101:
The Top 101 Fictional Picture Books
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Viorst
- Are You a Horse? – Rash
- Are You My Mother? – Eastman
- Baby Danced the Polka – Beaumont
- A Bad Case of Stripes – Shannon
- Black Beauty – Lerner
- Bread and Jam for Frances – Hoban
- Can I Play Too? – Willems
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Martin
- Click, Clack, Moo – Cronin
- Clorinda – Kinerk
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Barrett
- Corduroy – Freeman
- The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash – Noble
- Dear Zoo – Campbell
- Diary of a Fly – Cronin
- Do Like a Duck Does – Hindley
- The Duckling Gets a Cookie?! – Willems
- Dumpy La Rue – Winthrop
- Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct – Willems
- A Fish Out of Water – Palmer
- Fox in Socks – Seuss
- Frog and Toad Are Friends – Lobel
- Gingerbread Baby – Brett
- Giraffes Can’t Dance – Andreae
- The Giving Tree – Silverstein
- Glasswings – A Butterfly’s Story – Kleven
- Go Away Big Green Monster – Emberley
- Gossie – Dunrea
- Green Eggs and Ham – Seuss
- The Gruffalo – Donaldson
- Harold and the Purple Crayon – Johnson
- Hazel’s Amazing Mother – Wells
- Hedgie’s Surprise – Brett
- The Hello, Goodbye Window – Juster
- Hey Al – Yorinks
- Horton Hears a Who – Seuss
- Horton Hatches the Egg – Seuss
- I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More – Beaumont
- I Love Monkey – Kaufman
- I Love You No Matter What: A Prince Chirpio Story – Rutland
- I Love You Stinky Face – McCourt
- I Love You the Purplest – Joose
- Imogene’s Antlers – Small
- Interrupting Chicken – Stein (my all-time favorite)
- Is Your Mama a Llama? – Guarino
- Jamberry – Degan
- Julius, the Baby of the World – Henkes
- Jumanji – Van Allsburg
- Kipper – Inkpen
- Kitten’s First Full Moon – Henkes
- Knuffle Bunny – Willems
- The Library Lion – Knudsen
- The Little Engine that Could – Piper
- The Little House – Burton
- The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear – Wood
- Llama, Llama Red Pajama – Dewdney
- Madeline – Bemelmans
- Max’s Words – Banks
- Meet Me at the Moon – Marino
- Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel – Burton
- Millions of Cats – Gag
- Mister Seahorse – Carle
- Mouse Was Mad – Urban
- Mossy – Brett
- Mud Puddle – Munsch
- My Friend is Sad – Willems
- The Napping House – Wood
- No, David! – Shannon
- Not a Box – Portis
- Officer Buckle and Gloria – Rathman
- One Fine Day – Hogrogian
- One Smile – McKinley
- Owen – Henkes
- Owl Babies – Waddell
- The Paper Bag Princess – Munsch
- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy – Willems
- The Pout Pout Fish – Diesen
- Room On the Broom – Donaldson
- Seven Blind Mice – Young
- Sheila Rae, the Brave – Henkes
- Should I Share My Ice Cream? – Willems
- A Sick Day for Amos McGee – Stead
- The Snowy Day – Keats
- Spoon – Rosenthal
- A Squash and a Squeeze – Donaldson
- Stellaluna – Cannon
- Stephanie’s Ponytail – Munsch
- The Story of Ferdinand – Leaf
- A Story, a Story – Haley
- Stuck – Jeffers
- Swimmy – Lionni
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig
- There’s a Nightmare in My Closet – Mayer
- The Three Pigs – Wiesner
- The Very Hungry Python – Carle
- Time For Bed – Fox
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – Oxenbury
- When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry – Bang
- Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema
What’s on your list?
I’m a granny and I collect pop-up books so my grandchildren were treated to those whenever they visited. I would add Robet Sabuda’s Wizard of Oz to your list. Of course, there are many others that are also wonderful.
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Awesome list! A lot of those are my favorites as well.