Best Picture Books of 2013 for Animal Lovers

by Ramona Badescu ; illustrated by Benjamin Chaud ; translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick

Simple, sunny, silly illustrations brilliantly convey the complexities and joys one can unearth when tilling a garden of... Full review >

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by Peter Brown ; illustrated by Peter Brown

Hooray for Mr. Tiger and his wild ways! (Picture book. 3-7) Full review >

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by Anthony Browne & illustrated by Anthony Browne

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by Benjamin Chaud ; illustrated by Benjamin Chaud

This extraordinary picture book, first published in France as Une chanson d’ours (2011), is as happy a surprise as finding a... Full review >

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by Janis Ian ; illustrated by Ingrid Schubert ; Dieter Schubert

A thoroughgoing success from these trans-Atlantic collaborators. Full review >

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by Tomoko Ohmura ; illustrated by Tomoko Ohmura

It’s a whale of a fun ride! (Picture book. 4-7) Full review >

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by Jerry Pinkney ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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by Susan L. Roth ; Cindy Trumbore ; illustrated by Susan L. Roth

From the commanding cover illustration to the playful image on the back, simply spectacular. Full review >

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by Bob Shea ; illustrated by Bob Shea

Brilliant in execution and hysterical in dialogue; Shea’s pretty great, too Full review >

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by Melissa Stewart ; Allen Young ; illustrated by Nicole Wong

Children—and more than a few adults—will find this educational you-are-there journey to the rain forest fascinating. Full review >

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by Duncan Tonatiuh ; illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

An incandescent, humane and terribly necessary addition to the immigrant-story shelf Full review >

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by David Wiesner ; illustrated by David Wiesner

Expertly imagined, composed, drawn and colored, this is Wiesner at his best. Full review >

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