Picture Book Index

Books are listed alphabetically by author. In an effort to make this more readable, there are some general category breaks; please keep in mind, though, that picture books can be read to and by a wide variety of ages/audiences! General posts about picture books are also included. CH=Caldecott Honor; CM=Caldecott Medal.

Wordless Wonders

• Day, Alexandra. The Carl Books. 1980s. 
• Lee, Suzy. Wave. 2008.
• Mayer, Mercer. 4 Frogs in a Box (A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog). 1976.
• Pinkney, Jerry. The Lion and the Mouse. 2009. Caldecott. 
• Raschka, Chris. A Ball for Daisy. 2011. Caldecott.
• Savage, Stephen. Where's Walrus. 2011. 
• Spier, Peter. Noah's Ark. 1985. Caldecott. 

Nonfiction

• Briggs, Jacqueline (auth) and Mary Azarian (ill). Snowflake Bentley. 1998. Caldecott. 
• Coy, John. Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball. 2013.
• Robbins, Ken. For Good Measure: The Ways We Say How Much, How Far, How Heavy, How Big, and How Old. 2010.
• Salas, Laura Purdie. A Leaf Can Be. 2012.

Poetry and Nursery Rhymes

• Frost, Robert (auth) and Susan Jeffers (ill.). Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. 1978.
• Fujikawa, Gyo. Mother Goose. 2007 (reprint).
• Mavor, Sally. A Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. 2010.
• Sidman, Joyce (auth) and Pamela Zagarenski (ill). Red Sings From Treetops: a Year in Colors. 2010. CH.
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Fairy and Folk Tales

• Fujikawa, Gyo. Fairy Tales and Fables. 2008 (re-issued).
• Galdone, Paul. The Gingerbread Boy. 1983. 
• Galdone, Paul. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. 2005 (re-issued). 
• Hunt, Angela Ewell. The Three Trees. Tim Jonke, ill. 1989. 
• Zelinsky, Paul O. Rapunzel. 1998 .

 General Preschool (and up! Simpler stories, less text/page than the school-age group)

• Awdry, W. Thomas the Tank Engine.
• Baker, Keith. No Two Alike. 2011.
• Baranski, Joan (auth) and Yu-Mei Han (ill.). Round is a Pancake. 2000.
• Becker, Bonny (auth) and Kady MacDonald (ill) A Visit for Bear. 2008. 
• Brown, Margaret Wise (auth) and David Diaz (ill.) The Little Scarecrow Boy. 2005.
• Carle, Eric. From Head to Toe. 2007. 
• Charlip, Remy. Fortunately. 1964.
• deRegniers, Beatrice (auth) and Maurice Sendak (ill). What Can You Do with a Shoe? 1955.
• Dunklee, Annika (auth) and Matthew Forsythe (ill.). My Name is Elizabeth! 2011.
• Ehlert, Lois. Growing Vegetable Soup. 1987.
• Ehlert, Lois. Planting a Rainbow. 1992.
• Ets, Marie Hall. Play With Me. 1976. Caldecott Honor. 
• Fogliano, Julie. And Then It's Spring. 2012.
• Freeman, Don. Corduroy. 1968.
• Fujikawa, Gyo. A to Z Picture Book. 2010 (re-issued).
• Fujikawa, Gyo. Oh, What a Busy Day. 2010 (re-issued.)
• Hoban, Russell (auth) and Garth Williams (ill). Frances Books in general.
• Hunt, Angela Ewell. The True Princess. 1992.
• Jackson, Alison. The Ballad of Valentine. 2002.
• Jeffers, Oliver. Lost and Found. 2005.
• Jeffers, Oliver. The Way Back Home. 2008. 
• Jeffers, Oliver. Up and Down. 2010.
• Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day. 1962. Caldecott
• Kirsch, Vincent. Forsythia and Me. 2011. 
• Koide, Tan (auth) and Yasuko Koide (ill). May We Sleep Here Tonight? 1982.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art. Museum ABC. 2002.
  
• Montes, Marisa. John Bobo Goes to Work. 2000.
• Numeroff, Laura (auth) and Lynn Munsinger (ill.) What Brothers Do Best/What Sisters Do Best. 2009.
• Park, Margaret (auth) and Tracy Dockray (ill.). Am I Big or Little? 2000. 
• Rocco, John. Blackout. 2011. Caldecott Honor.
• Schneider, Howie and Susan Stelig. Amos: The Story of an Old Dog and His Couch. 1987.
• Smith, Lane. Grandpa Green. 2011. Caldecott Honor.
• Stanford, Johannah Bluedorn. Four Titles.
  
• Steig, William. Yellow and Pink. 1988. 
• Timberlake, Amy (auth) and Adam Rex (ill.). The Dirty Cowboy. 2003.
• Trivizas, Eugene (auth) and Helen Oxenbury (ill.) The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. 1993. 
• Tullet, Herve. Press Here. 2011.
• Wilner, Isabel. B is for Bethlehem. 1995/2004.
• Wilson, Karma (auth) and Jane Chapman (ill.). Bear Books.
• Wilson, Karma. General.
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Kindergarten/School-Age (longer stories; school-related concepts/humor/plots)

• McElligott, Matthew. The Lion's Share. 2009
• Mora, Pat (auth) and John Parra (ill.). Gracias/Thanks. 2009  

General Posts about Groups of Books

• Clever Counters.
• Restful Illustrations.