A Year of Picture Books
Compiled by Sarah Mackenzie
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
Brambly Hedge: Winter Story Barklem, Jill
Big Snow Bean, Jonathan
Ollie’s Ski Trip Beskow, Elsa
The Hat Brett, Jan
The Mitten Brett, Jan
The Three Snow Bears Brett, Jan
Katy and the Big Snow Burton, Virginia Lee
The Story of Snow Cassino, Mark and Nelson, Jon
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Frost, Robert Jeffers, Susan
The Big Snow Hader, Berta & Elmer
Terrible Storm Hurst, Carol Schindler, S.D.
Mama, Do You Love Me? Joose, Barbara M. Lavallee, Barbara
The Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack
The Tomten Lindgren, Astrid
Snowflake Bentley Martin, Jacqueline Briggs Azarian, Mary
Waiting for Winter Meschenmoser, Sebastian
Over and Under the Snow Messner, Kate Neal, Christopher Silas
The Snow Globe Family O’Connor, Jane Schindler, S.D.
First Snow Park, Bomi
Blizzard Rocco, John
Snow Rylant, Cynthia Stringer, Lauren
Brave Irene Steig, William
The Story of the Snow Children von Olfers, Sibylle
Sugar Snow Wilder, Laura Ingalls Ettlinger, Doris
Winter Days in the Big Woods Wilder, Laura Ingalls Graef, Renee
Winter on the Farm Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wheeler, Jody
Owl Moon Yolen, Jane Schoenherr, John
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: January Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears Aardema, Verna Dillon, Leo & Diane
Town Mouse, Country Mouse Brett, Jan
The Turnip Brett, Jan
❤ The Valentine Bears Bunting, Eve Brett, Jan
The Elves and the Shoemaker Galdone, Paul
Henny Penny Galdone, Paul
Jack and the Beanstalk Galdone, Paul
The Little Red Hen Galdone, Paul
Little Red Riding Hood Galdone, Paul
The Monkey and the Crocodile Galdone, Paul
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat Galdone, Paul
Puss in Boots Galdone, Paul
The Teeny-Tiny Woman Galdone, Paul
The Three Bears Galdone, Paul
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Galdone, Paul
The Three Little Pigs Galdone, Paul
Three Little Kittens Galdone, Paul
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock Kimmel, Eric A. Stevens, Janet
Anansi and the Talking Melon Kimmel, Eric A. Stevens, Janet
Anansi Goes Fishing Kimmel, Eric A. Stevens, Janet
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Kipling, Rudyard Pinkney, Jerry
❤ Snowy Valentine Peterson, David
The Lion and the Mouse Pinkney, Jerry
The Tortoise and the Hare Pinkney, Jerry
❤ Saint Valentine Sabuda, Robert
❤ Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch Spinelli, Eileen Yalowitz, Paul
❤ Bear Hugs: Romantically Ridiculous Animal Wilson, Karma Watts, Suzanne Rhymes
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: February Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
☘ Fiona’s Luck Bateman, Teresa Murphy, Kelly
☘ St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning Bunting, Eve Brett, Jan
☘ That’s What Leprechauns Do Bunting, Eve McCully, Emily Arnold
☘ Fin M’Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill dePaola, Tomie
☘ Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato dePaola, Tomie
☘ Jamie O’Rourke and the Pooka dePaola, Tomie
☘ Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland dePaola, Tomie
☘ Brigid’s Cloack Milligan, Bryce
☘ Fiona’s Lace Polacco, Patricia
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole Barnett, Mac Klassen, Jon
But Not the Hippopatomus Boynton, Sandra (and anything else by this author)
Dragon was Terrible DiPucchio, Kelly Pizzoli, Greg
The Gruffalo Donaldson, Julia Hollings, Hal
The Boss Baby Frazee, Marla
Mustache Baby Heos, Bridget Ang, Joy
The Seven Silly Eaters Hoberman, Maryann Frazee, Marla
I’m Grumpy Holm, Jennifer Holm, Matthew
I Want My Hat Back Klassen, Jon
This is Not My Hat Klassen, Jon
We Found a Hat Klassen, Jon
Frog and Toad are Friends Lobel, Arnold
The Book with No Pictures Novak, B.J.
Sheep in a Jeep Shaw, Nancy E. Apple, Margot
The Monster at the End of this Book Stone, Jon Smollin, Michael
Elephant & Piggie series Willems, Mo
Hello Ninja Wilson, N.D. Dickison, Forrest
It Could Always Be Worse Zemach, Margot
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: March Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
A Seed is Sleepy & An Egg is Quiet Aston, Dianna Long, Sylvia
The Easter Egg Brett, Jan
Two Little Gardeners Brown, Margaret Wise
The Curious Garden Brown, Peter
Flower Garden Bunting, Eve Hewitt, Kathryn
Jack’s Garden Cole, Henry
Outside Your Window: a first book of nature Davies, Nicola Hearld, Mark
And Then It’s Spring Fogliano, Julie Stead, Erin E.
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Fleming, Candace Karas, G. Brian
Little White Rabbit Henkes, Kevin
When Spring Comes Henkes, Kevin Dronzek, Laura
James Herriot’s Treasury for Children Herriot, James Brown, Ruth
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes Heyword, DuBose Flack, Marjorie
✚ The Tale of Three Trees: A Traditional Folktale Hunt, Angela Elwell Jonke, Tim
✚ Simon and the Easter Miracle Joslin, Mary
The Carrot Seed Krauss, Ruth Johnson, Crockett
Inch by Inch Lionni, Leo
Bunny’s First Spring Lloyd-Jones, Sally McPhail, David
✚ The Story of the Easter Robin Mackall, Dandi Daley
Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey, Robert
Mama, Is it Summer Yet? McClure, Nikki
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt Messner, Kate Neal, Christopher Silas
The Egg Tree Milhous, Katherine
✚ The Easter Story Pingry, Patricia A. Utt, Mary Ann
Rechenka’s Eggs Polacco, Patricia
The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit Potter, Beatrix
Tops & Bottoms Stevens, Janet
The Gardener Stewart, Sarah Small, David
A Tale for Easter Tudor, Tasha
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM ✚ Specifically Christian Easter books Picture Books: April Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
A Nest is Noisy Aston, Dianna Hutts Long, Sylvia
Flower Fairies of the Spring Barker, Cecily Mary
Spring Story: Brambly Hedge Barklem, Jill
Pelle’s New Suit Beskow, Elsa
Hedgie’s Surprise Brett, Jan
Mossy Brett, Jan
Sunflower House Bunting, Eve Hewitt, Kathryn
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle, Eric
The Tiny Seed Carle, Eric
Miss Rumphius Cooney, Barbara
Are You My Mother? Eastman, P.D.
Time for Bed Fox, Mem Dyer, Jane
A Rainbow of My Own Freeman, Don
From Seed to Plant Gibbons, Gail
The Reason for a Flower Heller, Ruth
My Garden Henkes, Kevin
The Wind Blew Hutchins, Pat
The Carrot Seed Krauss, Ruth Johnson, Crockett
Over in the Meadow Langstaff, John Rojankovsky, Feodor
Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey, Robert
Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms Rawlinson, Julia Beeke, Tiphanie
Have You Seen My Duckling? Tafuri, Nancy
The Story of the Root Children von Olfers, Sibylle
Bear Wants More Wilson, Karma
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: May Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
Are You a Dragonfly? Allen, Judy Humphries, Tudor
The Tale of Tricky Fox Aylesworth, Jim McClintock, Barbara
Barnyard Dance Boynton, Sandra
Big Red Barn Brown, Margaret Wise Bond, Felicia
The Foolish Tortoise Buckley, Richard Carle, Eric
Rooster’s Off to See the World Carle, Eric
Wake Up, Island Casanova, Mary Wroblewski, Nick
Turtle Splash! Countdown at the Pond Falwell, Cathryn
In the Small, Small Pond Fleming, Denise
Hattie and the Fox Fox, Mem Mullins, Patricia
Rosie’s Walk Hutchins, Pat
Jump, Frog, Jump! Kalan, Robert Barton, Byron
Frog Went A-Courtin’ Langstaff, John Rojankovsky, Feodor
It’s Mine! Lionni, Leo
Fish is Fish Lionni, Leo
A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog Mayer, Mercer
One Frog Too Many Mayer, Mercer & Mariana
Flossie and the Fox McKissack, Patricia Isadora, Rachel
Over and Under the Pond Messner, Kate Neal, Christopher Silas
Peep Leap Verdick, Elizabeth Bendall-Brunello, John
Farmer Duck Waddell, Martin Oxenbury, Helen
Dinnertime! Williams, Sue Argent, Kerry
I Went Walking Williams, Sue Vivas, Julie
A Frog in the Bog Wilson, Karma Rankin, Joan
On Duck Pond Yolen, Jane Marstall, Bob
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: June Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
At Night Bean, Jonathan
Mr. Gumpy’s Outing Burningham, John
A House for Hermit Crab Carle, Eric
Better Not Get Wet, Jesse Bear! Carlstrom, Nancy Degen, Bruce
One Dog Canoe Casanova, Mary Hoyt, Ard
Island Boy Cooney, Barbara
Strega Nona Takes a Vacation dePoala, Tomie
The Snail and the Whale Donaldson, Julia Axel Scheffler
Giant Squid Fleming, Candace Rohmann, Eric
Kitten’s First Full Moon Henkes, Kevin
Swimmy Lionni, Leo
Just Me and My Dad Mayer, Mercer
One Morning in Maine McCloskey, Robert
Time of Wonder McCloskey, Robert
Thundercake Polacco, Patricia
Baby Beluga Raffi Wolff, Ashley
Down by the Bay Raffi Westcott, Nadine Bernard
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Rosen, Michael Oxenbury, Helen
All the World Scanlon, Liz Garton Frazee, Marla
A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee Van Dusen, Chris
Down by the Sea with Mr. Magee Van Dusen, Chris
Hattie and Hudson Van Dusen, Chris
Summertime in the Big Woods Wilder, Laura Ingalls Graef, Renee
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: July Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
Armadillo Rodeo Brett, Jan
Honey… Honey… Lion! Brett, Jan
Fireflies Brinkloe, Julie
The Grouchy Ladybug Carle, Eric
The Very Busy Spider Carle, Eric
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle Carle, Eric
The Very Lonely Firefly Carle, Eric
The Very Quiet Cricket Carle, Eric
Roxaboxen McLerran, Alice Cooney, Barbara
A Tree is Nice National Geographic Learning
The Bee Tree Polacco, Patricia
When Lightning Comes in a Jar Polacco, Patricia
Night in the Country Rylant, Cynthia Szilagyi, Mary
The Relatives Came Rylant, Cynthia Gammell, Stephen
When I Was Young in the Mountains Rylant, Cynthia Goode, Diane
The House in the Night Swanson, Susan Marie Krommes, Beth
Miss Maple’s Seeds Wheeler, Eliza
The Napping House Wood, Audrey Wood, Don
Full Moon in the Napping House Wood, Audrey Wood, Don
Quick as a Cricket Wood, Audrey Wood, Don
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: August Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
Fairies of the Autumn Barker, Cicely Mary
Autumn Story Barkley, Jill
Christopher’s Harvest Time Beskow, Elsa
Flora’s Very Windy Day Birdsall, Jeanne Phelan, Matt
Little Tree Bowers, Jenny
The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree Gibbons, Gail
Ox-Cart Man Hall, Donald
The Apple Pie Tree Hall, Zoe Halpern, Zoe
Johnny Appleseed Kellogg, Steven
The Apple Doll Kleven, Elisa
Johnny Appleseed Lindbergh, Reeve Jakobsen, Kathy
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Priceman, Marjorie
Rain Makes Applesauce Scheer, Julian Bileck, Marvin
The Apple Pie that Papa Baked Thompson, Lauren Bean, Jonathan
Apple Farmer Annie Wellington, Monica
County Fair Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wheeler, Jody
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: September Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
The Pumpkin Runner Arnold, Marsha Diane Sneed, Brad
Woody, Hazel, and Little Pip Beskow, Elsa
Four Friends in Autumn dePaola, Tomie
Strega Nona’s Harvest dePaola, Tomie
Leaf Man Ehlert, Lois
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Ehlert, Lois
The Pumpkin Book Gibbons, Gail
Count Down to Fall Hawk, Fran Neidigh
Pumpkin Jack Hubbell, Will
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever Kroll, Steven Bassett, Jeni
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves Rawlinson, Julia Beeke, Tiphanie
Apples and Pumpkins Rockwell, Anne
Scarecrow Rylant, Cynthia
Little Blue Truck’s Halloween Schertle, Alice McElmurry, Jill
Fall Walk Snow, Virginia Brimhall
Three Pebbles and a Song Spinelli, Eileen Schindler, S.D.
Bear Has a Story to Tell Stead, Phillip C. Stead, Erin E.
Pumpkin Pumpkin Titherington, Jeanne
Pumpkin Moonshine Tudor, Tasha
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Williams, Linda D. Lloyd, Megan Anything
Too Many Pumpkins White, Linda Lloyd, Megan
The Scarecrow’s Dance Yolen, Jane Ibatoulline, Bagram
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: October Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Alcott, Louisa May Wheeler, Jody
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Anderson, Laurie Halse Faulkner, Matt Thanksgiving
A Turkey for Thanksgiving Bunting, Eve deGroat, Diane
Over the River and Through the Wood Child, Lydia Maria Manson, Christopher
The Thanksgiving Story Dalgliesh, Alice
Cranberry Thanksgiving Devlin, Wende & Harry
Nuts to You! Ehlert, Lois
Earl the Squirrel Freeman, Don
Thanksgiving Is… Gibbons, Gail
Thanksgiving is Here! Goode, Diane
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie Jackson, Alison Schachner, Judith Byron
Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Miller, Pat Zietlow McElmurry, Jill Thanksgiving Story
Giving Thanks: Poems, Prayers, and Praise Paterson, Katherine Dalton, Pamela Songs of Thanksgiving
We Gather Together: Celebrating the Harvest Pfeffer, Wendy Bleck, Linda Season
In November Rylant, Cynthia Kastner, Jill
The Busy Little Squirrel Tafuri, Nancy
Too Many Turkeys White, Linda Arms Lloyd, Megan
Give Thanks to the Lord Wilson, Karma Bates, Amy June
Miss Suzy Young, Miriam Lobel, Arnold
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: November Picture Books:
Title Author Illustrator
Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree Barry, Robert
The Donkey’s Dream Berger, Barbara Helen
Christmas Trolls Brett, Jan
Gingerbread Christmas Brett, Jan
Home for Christmas Brett, Jan
Who’s that Knocking on Christmas Eve? Brett, Jan
The Wild Christmas Reindeer Brett, Jan
Dream Snow Carle, Eric
Babushka: A Christmas Tale Casey, Dawn Hall, Amanda
Christmas in the Barn Brown, Margaret Wise Dewdney, Anna
The Little Fir Tree Brown, Margaret Wise LaMarche, Jim
Night Tree Bunting, Even
We Were There: a Nativity Story Bunting, Eve Minor, Wendell
Where is Christmas, Jesse Bear? Carlstrom, Nancy White Degen, Bruce
Hurry Hurry Have You Heard Chronicle Books LLC Staff
Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel Climo, Shirley Manning, Jane
The Christmas Tree Ship Crane, Carol
Carl’s Christmas Day, Alexandra
The Clown of God dePaola, Tomie
Country Angel Christmas dePaola, Tomie
The Legend of the Poinsettia dePaola, Tomie
Merry Christmas, Strega Nona dePaola, Tomie
My First Christmas dePaola, Tomie
The Night of Las Posadas dePaola, Tomie
Strega Nona’s Gift dePaola, Tomie
The First Christmas dePaola, Tomie
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: December Christmas for Ten Falwell, Cathryn
The Story of Holly and Ivy Godden, Rumer Cooney, Barbara
A Baby Born in Bethlehem Hickman, Martha Ferri Giullano Whitmore
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree Houston, Gloria Cooney, Barbara
The Nutcracker Jeffers, Susan
The Little Drummer Boy Keats, Ezra Jack
On Christmas Day in the Morning Langstaff, John Sweet, Melissa
Christmas in Noisy Village Lindgren, Astrid Wikland, Ilon
Little One, We Knew You’d Come Lloyd-Jones, Sally Morris, Jackie
The Crippled Lamb Lucado, Max
Father and Son: A Nativity Story McCaughrean Negrin, Fabian
The Christmas Fox McGrory, Anik
Santa Claus and the Three Bears Modugno, Maria Dyer, Jane
The Night Before Christmas Moore, Clement C Brett, Jan
The Night Before Christmas Moore, Clement C Santore, Charles
Apple Tree Christmas Noble, Trinka Hakes
Christmas Tapestry Polacco, Patricia
An Orange for Frankie Polacco, Patricia
The Story of Christmas Ray, Jane
Christmas Farm Ray, Mary Lyn Root, Barry
Christmas in the Country Rylant, Cynthia Goode, Diane
An Invisible Thread: A True Christmas Story Schroff, Laura & Root, Barry Tresniowski, Alex
The Baker’s Dozen Shepard, Aaron Edelson, Wendy
One Starry Night Thompson, Lauren Bean, Jonathan
The Christmas Cat Tudor, Tasha
The Dolls’ Christmas Tudor, Tasha
The Legend of the Candy Cane Walburg, Lori Cowdrey, Richard
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: December The Christmas Boot Wheeler, Lisa Pinkney, Jerry
The Miracle of Saint Nicholas Whelan, Gloria
Christmas in the Big Woods Wilder, Laura Ingalls Graef, Renee
Mortimer’s Christmas Manger Wilson, Karma
Bear Stays Up for Christmas Wilson, Karma
Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear Wood, Audrey Wood, Don
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Wojciechowski, Susan Lynch, P.J.
Jotham’s Journey Ytreeide, Arnold
Bartholomew’s Passage Ytreeide, Arnold
Tabitha’s Travels Ytreeide, Arnold
READALOUDREVIVAL.COM Picture Books: December