40 Children’s Picture Books I Love

Once when our goddaughter was 4, I told her that I had to go to work, to which she asked “Why?” I answered her “Cause I’m a grown-up and I have to.” With a full-bellied laugh she said, “You’re not a grown-up!”

Well, when it comes to books I certainly enjoy reading more than just adult books. Children’s book still have a special magic for me. Even as the now 9-year-old goddaughter is transitioning to mostly reading chapter books I continue to enjoy reading picture books and still request them from the LibraryThing early reviewers group. In fact, that’s where a lot of these books came from. I have quite a lot of good discoveries that way.

Again I’m going to try not to repeat too many entries from my other “40 Lists.” But you can check them out here. And I am leaving out Children’s series, those might get put on another list.

40 Children’s Picture Books I Love

1. Miss Brooks Love Books (and I don’t)
2. I Will Not Read This Book
3. How to Code A Sandcastle
4. Sergeant Billy: The True Story of the Goat Who Went to War
5. Grandpa’s Top Threes
6. Invisible Lizard
7. Sixteen Cows
8. John Deere, That’s Who!
9. Christmas Farm
10. Phone Call with a Fish
11. What Was I Scared Of?
12. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
13. The Gruffalo
14. The Pink Umbrella
15. Mud Soup
16. Barn Storm
17. The Potty Book for Girls
18. Elmer
19. The Blue Jackal
20. A Morning With Grandpa
21. The Shy Little Kitten
22. The Poky Little Puppy
23. Wake Up, Sun!
24. Corduroy
25. Make Way for Ducklings
26. Llama Llama Red Pajama
27. Olivia
28. If You Give A Pig A Pancake
29. The Little Engine That Could
30. Katy The Snowplow
31. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
32. Put Me in the Zoo
33. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
34. The Tale of Three Trees
35. Stone Soup
36. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
37. The Giving Tree
38. The Butter Battle Book
39. Brave As a Bunny Can Be
40. The Mitten String

That’s my list, but really it could have been twice as long. Picking ONLY forty was pretty difficult. The field of pictures books is rich. I’d love to know if you have a favorite that I missed.