Picture Book Classics

Picture Book Classics

Here are 100 picture book titles we think are too good to miss!
Also, try other books by these same authors.

Featured titles:

Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard
The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher’s good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.

Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
A bunny bids goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chair, goodnight comb, goodnight air..

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
In a question and answer game, a teacher and her group see a variety of animals, each one a different color.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child’s day.

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

The Napping House by Audrey Wood
In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.

Additional titles:

• Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema
• Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch
• Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth
• Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
• Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett
• Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
• Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
• The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant by Jean de Brunhoff
• Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton
• The Little Dog Laughed by Lucy Cousins
• Freight Train by Donald Crews
• Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty
• Strega Nona: An Old Tale by Tomie De Paola
• Abuela by Arthur Dorros
• Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley
• The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
• Lunch by Denise Fleming
• Corduroy by Don Freeman
• Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
• The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdone
• Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg
• Owen by Kevin Henkes
• Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
• Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
• Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? by Tana Hoban
• Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong
• Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
• Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
• Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
• Ben’s Trumpet by Rachel Isadora
• Julius by Angela Johnson
• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
• Round Trip by Ann Jonas
• Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
• Anansi and the Moss-covered Rock by Eric Kimmel
• Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
• John Henry by Julius Lester
• Frederick by Leo Lionni
• Swimmy by Leo Lionni
• The Random House Book of Mother Goose by Arnold Lobel
• George and Martha by James Marshall
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
• There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
• Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott
• Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
• Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
• Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry
• The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka H. Noble
• The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
• Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
• Curious George by H. A. Rey
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
• Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
• Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
• It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw
• Komodo! by Peter Sis
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
• The Three Robbers by Tomi Ungerer
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber
• Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
• Mouse Paint by Ellen Stohl Walsh
• The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
• Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells
• I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Nadine Westcott
• Tuesday by David Wiesner
• The Rabbits’ Wedding by Garth Williams
• The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
• Umbrella by Taro Yashima
• Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
• Rumpelstiltskin by Paul Zelinksky
• The Judge: An Untrue Tale by Harve Zemach
• It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach
• Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

Last Updated: 17 May 2013