Friday, December 31, 2010

OUR FAVORITE PICTURE BOOKS FROM 2010
SUBMITTED BY THE MEMBERS OF:
YELLOW BRICK ROAD CRITIQUE GROUP
AND
PB&J CRITIQUE GROUP

Some of our favorites were released this year and others are favorites we discovered this year. All titles were copyrighted after 2000.

Awful Ogre’s Awful Day by Jack Prelutsky and Paul O. Zelinksy, Greenwillow Books, © 2005, (paperback).

Cowlick! By Christin Ditchfield and Rosalind Beardshaw, Golden Books, © 2007.

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers, © 2009.

Duck on a Bike by David Shannon, The Blue Sky Press, © 2002.

Halibut Jackson, by David Lucas, Random House Australia, © 2010 (paperback).

Harry and Horsey by Katie Van Camp and Lincoln Agnew, Balzar & Bray, © 2009.

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague, The Blue Sky Press, © 2000.

In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck and Tricia Tusa, Harcourt, Inc., © 2008.

It’s a Book by Lane Smith, Roaring Brook Press, © 2010.

The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey by Louise W. Borden and Allan Drummond, Houghton Mifflin, © 2005.

Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett, Simon & Schuster, © 2008.

Nobody Notices Minerva by Wednesday Kirwan, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., © 2007.
Olivia Goes to Venice by Ian Falconer, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, © 2010.

Scardey Squirrel by Melanie Watt, Kids Can Press, © 2007.

Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton and Tom Lichtenheld, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, © 2010.

The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau and Gail De Marcken, © 2001.

We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) by Mo Willems, © 2010.

We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow and Bob Staake, Golden BooksRandom House, © 2010.

1 Zany Zoo by Lori Degman and Colin Jack, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, © 2010.