40 of Your Favorite Picture Books
This Riot Recommendation of favorite picture books is sponsored by When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner, illustrated by David Catrow.
From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly.
Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.
‘Cause when God made YOU, somehow God knew
That the world needed someone exactly like you!
I can’t imagine growing out of picture books. They can be a joy to flip through, read to children, and admire on an artistic level. There are the new picture books you or the kids discover, and there are the vintage childhood favorites tucked away somewhere safe. We asked you to tell us your favorite picture books and you responded. Here are 40 of your favorites! Miss Suzy by Miriam Young and Arnold Lobel Home by Carson Ellis Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and James Ransome I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe and Ed Young Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney The Undesirables by Paule Briere and Philippe Beha Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel Perfect Piggies! by Sandra Boynton Pete the Cat series by Eric Litwin and James Dean Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Jon J Muth The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and Michael Smollin Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant and Stephen Gammell Scaredy Squirrel series by Mélanie Watt Micawber by John Lithgow and C. F. Payne Gathering the Sun by Alma Flor Ada The Cello of Mr. O by Jane Cutler and Greg Couch See the Ocean by Estelle Condra Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas Baby Animals Black and White by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats Hairy Maclary series by Lynley Dodd Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowsky I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Do Like Kyla by Angela Johnson and James Ransome The Little Prince by Richard Howard and Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathman Peepo by Janet and Allan Ahlberg Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg Summer Sun Risin’ by W. Nikola-Lisa and Don Tate In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams and William Nicholson Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Summer Jackson: Grown Up by Teresa E. Harris and AG Ford Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match by Monica Brown What are your favorite picture books?
From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly.
Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.
‘Cause when God made YOU, somehow God knew
That the world needed someone exactly like you!
I can’t imagine growing out of picture books. They can be a joy to flip through, read to children, and admire on an artistic level. There are the new picture books you or the kids discover, and there are the vintage childhood favorites tucked away somewhere safe. We asked you to tell us your favorite picture books and you responded. Here are 40 of your favorites! Miss Suzy by Miriam Young and Arnold Lobel Home by Carson Ellis Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and James Ransome I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe and Ed Young Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney The Undesirables by Paule Briere and Philippe Beha Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel Perfect Piggies! by Sandra Boynton Pete the Cat series by Eric Litwin and James Dean Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Jon J Muth The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and Michael Smollin Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant and Stephen Gammell Scaredy Squirrel series by Mélanie Watt Micawber by John Lithgow and C. F. Payne Gathering the Sun by Alma Flor Ada The Cello of Mr. O by Jane Cutler and Greg Couch See the Ocean by Estelle Condra Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas Baby Animals Black and White by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats Hairy Maclary series by Lynley Dodd Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowsky I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Do Like Kyla by Angela Johnson and James Ransome The Little Prince by Richard Howard and Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathman Peepo by Janet and Allan Ahlberg Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg Summer Sun Risin’ by W. Nikola-Lisa and Don Tate In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams and William Nicholson Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Summer Jackson: Grown Up by Teresa E. Harris and AG Ford Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match by Monica Brown What are your favorite picture books?
