Picture Books
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Anno, Mitsumasa
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Anno’s Journey
There are several Anno books. Most are wordless and the reader has to find Anno in various landscapes—very fun even for young children.
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Beskow, Elsa
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Children of the Forest
all I’ve read of hers are great
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Pelle’s New Suit
all I’ve read of hers are great
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Peter's Old House
all I’ve read of hers are great
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Brett, Jan
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A Christmas Treasury
This includes most of her great stories with their gorgeous, lush illustrations; you can easily find many of her individual books.
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Brown, Margaret Wise
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The Little Fur Family
A house favorite
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Brumbeau, Jeff
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The Quiltmaker’s Gift
Phenomenal illustrations
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Cannon, Janell
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Caseley, Judith
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Collington, Peter
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A Small Miracle
Wordless Christmas story—a family favorite
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Cooney, Barbara
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DePaola, Tomie
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Pascual and the Kitchen Angels
Great illustrator
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Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland
Great illustrator
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The Clown of God
Great illustrator; many Christian themes and saints’ stories
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DeRico, Ul
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Gilman, Phoebe
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Haas, Irene
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Hall, Donald
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Hissey, Jane
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Hoban, Russell
The Frances Books
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Hobbie, Holly
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Toot & Puddle
The Toot and Puddle series is good, but these are our favorites
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Hughes, Shirley
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All About Alfie
This is a compilation of Alfie stories. They also are published individually as Alfie Gets in First, Alfie’s Feet, Alfie Gives a Hand, and An Evening With Alfie or individual stories.
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Dogger
Had to read this one every night for weeks.
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Iwamura, Kazuo
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Johnson, Crockett
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Johnston, Tony
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Kellogg, Steven
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Krauss, Ruth
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Lasker, Joe
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Mazer, Anne
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McCloskey, Robert
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Oram, Hiawyn
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Peet, Bill
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Philbrick, Margaret
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Back to the Manger
Lovely Christmas story with great local (Chicago) references & illus.
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Robinson, Joan
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Teddy Robinson
An easy chapter book—a house favorite
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Rylant, Cynthia
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Steig, William
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Thayer, Jane
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The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy
Precious story
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Tudor, Tasha
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Wings from the Wind
An anthology of poems
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Wells, Rosemary
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Wheeler, Lisa
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Wildsmith, Brian
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Joseph
A beautifully illus. retelling of the story of Joseph and his brothers
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Wood, Audrey and Don
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Elbert’s Bad Word
Great story, and they never tell you the bad word—yea!
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Wynne-Jones, Tim
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