100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know

Books with an * by them are books we have in our library.

* Abuela      By Arthur Dooros      P Dor

* Alexander the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day   

         By Judith Viorst    P Vio

* Anansi and the moss-covered Rock      By Eric Kimmell     P Kim

Andy and the Lion     By James Daugherty

* Bark George         By Jules Feiffer     P Fei

The Bossy Gallito       By Lucia Gonzalez

* Bread and Jam for Frances      By Russell Hoban      P Hob

* Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?       By Bill Martin     P Mar

Bruna Munari’s ABC         By Bruno Muranri

Buz        By Richard Egielski

* Caps for Sale       By Esphyr Slobodkina     P Slo

*The Carrot Seed        By Ruth Krauss      P Kra

* A Chair For my Mother      By Vera Williams     P Wil

* Chicka Chicka Boom Boom      By Bill Martin     P Mar

* Click Clack Moo      By Doreen Cronin     P Cro

* Come Along Daisy      By Jane Simmons     P Sim

* Corduroy       By Don Freeman     P Fre

* Curious George      By H.A. Rey     P Rey

Dinosaur Roar       By Paul Stickland

* Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus      By Mo Willems    P Wil

* Duck On a Bike       By David Shannon     P Sha

Fire Truck       By Peter Sis        P Sis

* Freight Train      By Donald Crews     P Cre

Froggy Gets Dresses      By Jonathan London

* The Gardener         By Sarah Stewart      P Ste

* George and Martha       By James Marshall      P Mar

* Go Away, Big Green Monster     By Ed Emberley     Storytime

Goin’ Someplace special       By Patricia Mckissack

Good Night, Gorilla      By Peggy Rathmann

* Goodnight Moon     By Margaret Brown P Bro

Gossie     By Dunrea Oliver

* Grandfather’s Journey        By Allen Say P Say

* Harold and The Puprle Crayon     By Crockett Johnson    P Joh

* Harry The Dirty Dog     By Gene Zion    P Zio

* Henry Hikes to Fitchburg     By D.B. Jonson    P Joh

* Horton Hatches the Egg     By Dr. Seuss    P Seu

* How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight     By Jane Yolen    P Yol

I kissed the Baby       By Mary Murphy

* If You Give a Mouse A Cookie      By Laura Numeroff    P Num

It Could always Be Worse     By Margot Zemach

* John Henry       By Julius Lester     P Les

* Julius      By Angela Johnson       P Joh

* Kitten’s First Full Moon       By Kevin Henkes     P Hen

* Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse     By Kevin Henkes    P Hen

The Line-Up Book         By Russo Marisabina

The Little Red Hen: An Old Story      By Margot Zemach

* Lon Po Po      By Ed Young     P You

* Lyle, Lyle Crocodile      By Bernard Wager    P Wag

Mabela The Clever     By Margaret MacDonald

Machines At Work     By Byron Barton

* Madeline      By Ludwig Bemelmans    P Bem

Maisy Goes Swimming     By Lucy Cousins

* Make Way For Ducklings     By Robert Mccloskey    P McC

Mama cat Has Three Kittens            By Denise fleming

* The Man Who Walked Between The Towers     By Mordicai Gerstein   P Ger

Martha Speaks     By Susan Meddaugh

Mike Mulligan and his steam Shovel      By Virginia Burton

Millions of Cats      By Wanda Gag

* Miss Nelson Is Missing     By James Marshall    P Mar

Mr. Gumpy’s Outing       By John Birmingham

* Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters     By John Steptoe    P Ste

* Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!      By candace Fleming     P Fle

* My Friend Rabbit     By Eric Rohmann     P Roh

* The Napping House      By Audrey Wood     P Woo

* No, David        By David Shannon     P Sha

* Off To School, Baby Duck     By Amy Hest    P Hes

* Old Black Fly      By Jim Aylesworth     P Ayl

* Olivia      By Ian Falconer     P Fal

* Owen       By Kevin Henkes    P Hen

Papa, Please Get The moon For Me       By Eric Carle    P Car

Pierre: A Cautionary Tale      By Maurice Sendak    P Sen

* The Polar Express        By Chris Van Allsburg    P Van

Puss In Boots             By Charles Perrault

The Random House Book of Mother Goose      By Arnold Lobel

* Round Trip         By Ann Jonas     P Jon

* Rumpelstiltskin         By Paul Zelinsky    P Zel

* The Snowy Day         By Ezra Jack Keats        P Kea

* Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails      By Nancy Tafuri      P Taf

The Story of Ferdinand         By Munro Leaf

* The Stray Dog          By Marc Simont       P Sim

* Strega Nona        By Tomie DePaola        P DeP

* Swimmy        By Leo Lionni      P Lio

* Sylvester and The magic Pebble         By William Steig    P Ste

* The Tale of Peter Rabbit        By Beatrix Potter   P Pot

* Tar Beach        By Faith Ringgold      P Rig

* Ten Nine Eight         By Molly Bang      P Ban

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly     By Simms Taback

The Three Bears        By Paul Daldone

Trashy Town         By Andrea Zimmerman

* The True Story of the Three little Pigs     By John Scieszka    P Sci

* Tuesday     By David Wiesner     P Wie

Uptown        By Bryan Collier

* The Very Hungry Caterpillar     By Eric Carle    P Car

The Wheels on the Bus        By Paul Zelinsky

* Where The Wild things Are     By Maurice Sendak    P Sen

Where’s Spot          By Eric Hill

Whistle For Willie         By Ezra Jack Keats

* The Wolf’s Chicken Stew         By Keiko Kasza     P Kas

* Yoko      By Rosemary Wells    P Wel

* Zomo the Rabbit      By Gerald McDrmott    P McD