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:

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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?

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6 thoughts on “The Top 101 Fictional Picture Books

  1. 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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