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These are the top 50 children’s pictures books based on an aggregate of titles’ appearances on more than a dozen best-of lists specifically about children’s picture books, 25+ more general children’s book lists, and another 50+ general book lists. Words and pictures are both by the same person unless noted otherwise (w = words, p = pictures).
- Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are (1964)
- Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969)
- Margaret Wise Brown (w)/ Clement Hurd (p) Goodnight Moon (1947)
- Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat (1957)
- Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
- Shel Silverstein The Giving Tree (1964)
- Beatrix Potter The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901)
- Ezra Jack Keats The Snowy Day (1962)
- Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974)
- Judith Viorst (w)/Ray Cruz (p) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972)
- H.A. & Margaret Rey Curious George (1941)
- P.D. Eastman Go, Dog, Go! (1961)
- Robert McCloskey Make Way for Ducklings (1941)
- Crockett Johnson Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955)
- Don Freeman Corduroy (1976)
- Laura Numeroff (w)/Felicia Bond (p) If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (1985)
- Dr. Seuss The Lorax (1971)
- Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline (1939)
- Robert Munsch (w)/Sheila McGraw (p) Love You Forever (1986)
- Jon Scieszka (w)/Lane Smith (p) The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (1989)
- Esphyr Slobdkina Caps for Sales (1947)
- Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault (w)/Lois Ehlert (p) Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (1989)
- Russell Hoban (w)/Lillian Hoban (p) Bread and Jam for Frances (1964)
- Harry Allard (w)/James Marshall (p) Miss Nelson Is Missing! (1977)
- Ian Falconer Olivia (2000)
- Munro Leaf (w)/Robert Lawson (p) The Story of Ferdinand 1936)
- Sam McBratney (w)/Anita Jeram (p) Guess How Much I Love You (1994)
- Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1964)
- Chris Van Allsburg The Polar Express (1985)
- Bill Martin Jr. (w)/Eric Carle (p) Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (1967)
- William Steig Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969)
- Watty Piper (w)/George & Doris Hauman (p) The Little Engine That Could (1930)
- Dr. Seuss Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (1990)
- Jean de Brunhoff The Story of Babar (1933)
- Judi Barrett (w)/Ron Barrett (p) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (1978)
- Virginia Lee Burton The Little House (1942)
- David Shannon No, David! (1998)
- Arnold Lobel Frog and Toad Are Friends (1970)
- Philip C. Stead A Sick Day for Amos McGee (2010)
- Chris Van Allsburg Jumanji (1981)
- P.D. Eastman Are You My Mother? (1960)
- Dr. Seuss One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960)
- Dr. Suess Hop on Pop (1963)
- Virginia Lee Burton Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939)
- Jan Brett The Mitten (1989)
- Gene Zion (w)/Margaret Bloy Graham (p) Harry the Dirty Dog (1956)
- Wanda Gag Millions of Cats (1928)
- Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
- Margery Wlliams (w)/William Nicholson (p) The Velveteen Rabbit (1922)
- Mo Willems Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2003)
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