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100 Best Picture Books

 

Selected by the Children's Librarians at The Ferguson Library

 
Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger
Abuela's Weave by Omar Castadneda
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack
Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco
A Birthday for Frances by Russell Hoban
Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Jack Kent
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
The Chalk Doll by Charlotte Pomerantz
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
Clay Boy by Mirra Ginsburg
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Curious George by H.A. Rey
Dancing Feet by Charlotte Agell
Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Frog in the Middle by Suzanne Gretz
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Gotcha! by Gail Jorgensen
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Grandmother's Dream Catcher by Becky McCain
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Hi Pizza Man by Virginia Walter
Hunky Dory Found It by Katie Evans
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
John Willy & Freddy McGee by Holly Meado
Jump by Steve Lavis
Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch
King Bidgood's in the Tub by Audrey Wood
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Library Lil by Suzanne Williams
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein
Lord Rex the Lion That Wished by David McKee
Louella Mae She’s Run Away by Karen Alarcbon
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming
Max Found Two Sticks by Brian J. Pinkney
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily McCully
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
Miz Berlin Walks by Jane Yolen
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters:An African Tale by John Steptoe
New Shoes For Silvia by Johanna Hurwitz
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
One Day in the Jungle by Colin West
One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root
One of Each by Mary Ann Hoberman
Piano Man by Debbi Chocolate
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Sitting in My Box by Dee Lillegard
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Spot Goes to the Farm by Eric Hill
Spots, Feathers, & Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri
The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Swamp Angel by Anne Issacs
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
That's Good That's Bad by Margery Cuyler
Titch by Pat Hutchins
Tree of Cranes by Allen Say
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Tuesday by David Wiesner
The Turnip: An Old Russian Folktale by Pierr Morgan
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Walter's Magic Wind by Eric Houghton
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
What a Good Lunch: Eating by Shigeo Watanabe
Wheels on the Bus by Paul O Zelinsky
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza

 

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Art from Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse copyright 1996 by Kevin Henkes reproduced by permission of Greenwillow Books, a division of Harper Collins.

Folktales

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel   E398.2K  
Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald McDermott  E398.2M  
Fin McCoul: The Giant of Knockmanyhill by Tomie DePaola  E398.2D
The Gingerbread Man by Eric Kimmel   E398.21K
The Hatseller and the Monkeys by Baba Wagube Diakitbe   E398.2D
Jack and the Beanstalk by Paul Galdone   E398.21Z 
John Henry by Julius Lester  E398.21L
Lon Po Po by Ed Young   E398.2Y
The Mitten, An Old Ukrainian Tale by Alvin Tresselt  E398.2T
The Monkey and the Crocodile: A Jataka Tale From India by Paul Galdone  E398.2G
Old Bag of Bones: A Coyote Tale by Janet Stevens E398.245S
Rumpelstiltskin
by Paul O Zelinsky    E398.21Z

Something From Nothing: Adapted From a Jewish Folktale
by Phoebe Gilman E398.2G
Strega Nona: An Old Tale by Tomie DePaola E398.22D
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale From the American South by Robert San Souci E398.2S
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone E398.2G
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel E398.2M
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema 398.2A

 

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