The Top 101 Fictional Picture Books

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

1. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Viorst
2. Are You a Horse? – Rash
3. Are You My Mother? – Eastman
4. Baby Danced the Polka – Beaumont
5. A Bad Case of Stripes – Shannon
6. Black Beauty – Lerner
7. Bread and Jam for Frances – Hoban
8. Can I Play Too? – Willems

9. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Martin
10. Click, Clack, Moo – Cronin
11. Clorinda – Kinerk
12. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Barrett
13. Corduroy – Freeman
14. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash – Noble
15. Dear Zoo – Campbell
16. Diary of a Fly – Cronin
17. Do Like a Duck Does – Hindley
18. The Duckling Gets a Cookie?! – Willems
19. Dumpy La Rue – Winthrop
20. Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct – Willems
21. A Fish Out of Water – Palmer
22. Fox in Socks – Seuss
23. Frog and Toad Are Friends – Lobel
24. Gingerbread Baby – Brett
25. Giraffes Can’t Dance – Andreae
26. The Giving Tree – Silverstein
27. Glasswings – A Butterfly’s Story – Kleven
28. Go Away Big Green Monster – Emberley
29. Gossie – Dunrea
30. Green Eggs and Ham – Seuss
31. The Gruffalo – Donaldson
32. Harold and the Purple Crayon – Johnson
33. Hazel’s Amazing Mother – Wells
34. Hedgie’s Surprise – Brett
35. The Hello, Goodbye Window – Juster
36. Hey Al – Yorinks
37. Horton Hears a Who – Seuss
38. Horton Hatches the Egg – Seuss
39. I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More – Beaumont
40. I Love Monkey – Kaufman
41. I Love You No Matter What: A Prince Chirpio Story – Rutland
42. I Love You Stinky Face – McCourt
43. I Love You the Purplest – Joose
44. Imogene’s Antlers – Small
45. Interrupting Chicken – Stein (my all-time favorite)
46. Is Your Mama a Llama? – Guarino
47. Jamberry – Degan
48. Julius, the Baby of the World – Henkes
49. Jumanji – Van Allsburg
50. Kipper – Inkpen
51. Kitten’s First Full Moon – Henkes
52. Knuffle Bunny – Willems
53. The Library Lion – Knudsen
54. The Little Engine that Could – Piper
55. The Little House – Burton
56. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear – Wood
57. Llama, Llama Red Pajama – Dewdney
58. Madeline – Bemelmans
59. Max’s Words – Banks
60. Meet Me at the Moon – Marino
61. Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel – Burton
62. Millions of Cats – Gag
63. Mister Seahorse – Carle
64. Mouse Was Mad – Urban
65. Mossy – Brett
66. Mud Puddle – Munsch
67. My Friend is Sad – Willems
68. The Napping House – Wood
69. No, David! – Shannon
70. Not a Box – Portis
71. Officer Buckle and Gloria – Rathman
72. One Fine Day – Hogrogian
73. One Smile – McKinley
74. Owen – Henkes
75. Owl Babies – Waddell
76. The Paper Bag Princess – Munsch
77. The Pigeon Wants a Puppy – Willems
78. The Pout Pout Fish – Diesen
79. Room On the Broom – Donaldson
80. Seven Blind Mice – Young
81. Sheila Rae, the Brave – Henkes
82. Should I Share My Ice Cream? – Willems
83. A Sick Day for Amos McGee – Stead
84. The Snowy Day – Keats
85. Spoon – Rosenthal
86. A Squash and a Squeeze – Donaldson
87. Stellaluna – Cannon
88. Stephanie’s Ponytail – Munsch
89. The Story of Ferdinand – Leaf
90. A Story, a Story – Haley
91. Stuck – Jeffers
92. Swimmy – Lionni
93. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig
94. There’s a Nightmare in My Closet – Mayer
95. The Three Pigs – Wiesner
96. The Very Hungry Python – Carle
97. Time For Bed – Fox
98. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – Oxenbury
99. When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry – Bang
100. Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak
101. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema

What’s on your list?