The 75 Greatest Picture Books Of All Time, According To Parents, Authors, And
Illustrators

 

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Dec 9, 2022

 


Families want great things from children’s picture books. Our hopes run so high
because the promise is so great: the memorable joy of a shared experience on the
page, the stories that have the power to reshape how we see the world. But the
intended audience here is almost never the person buying the book, which makes
judging a picture book by its cover especially tricky. Parents and grandparents
are left to search in the dark, making all kinds of assumptions as to what kids
will enjoy, and more often what they think kids should enjoy.

Truly great children’s books succeed because they speak honestly and directly to
children’s experiences and imaginations. Think about classics like Where the
Wild Things Are or The Snowy Day — stories that captivated you as a child and
whose odd power doesn’t wear off when you can pick them up again as an adult.
This is how kids think and feel. Parents know because we were once kids. Kids
just know.

Using that criterion, we’ve assembled 75 of the greatest children’s picture
books of all time, surveying our fellow editors and parents, and asking some of
the most talented authors and illustrators working today to help us out by
sharing their own favorites.


 

WHAT A PICTURE

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