Best Children's Books of 2012: Picture Books | Kirkus Reviews

Best Children's Books of 2012: Picture Books

FIFTY CENTS AND A DREAM by Jabari Asim

ELECTRIC BEN by Robert Byrd

SPIRIT SEEKER by Gary Golio

CASTLE by David Macaulay

ONE TIMES SQUARE by Joe McKendry

GEORGIA IN HAWAII by Amy Novesky

MONSIEUR MARCEAU by Leda Schubert

OCEAN SUNLIGHT by Molly Bang

ISLAND by Jason Chin

DREAMING UP by Christy Hale

THE BEETLE BOOK by Steve Jenkins

YOU ARE STARDUST by Elin Kelsey

NEVER TRUST A TIGER by Lari Don

THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE by Aesop

Z IS FOR MOOSE by Kelly Bingham

HOMER by Elisha Cooper

EAST DRAGON, WEST DRAGON by Robyn Eversole

OH, NO! by Candace Fleming

BOOT & SHOE by Marla Frazee

STEP GENTLY OUT by Helen Frost

DAY BY DAY by Susan Gal

FISH HAD A WISH by Michael Garland

WHAT'S THE TIME, MR. WOLF? by Debi Gliori

CAT TALE by Michael Hall

PENNY AND HER DOLL by Kevin Henkes

CHARLEY'S FIRST NIGHT by Amy Hest

THIS IS NOT MY HAT by Jon Klassen

CHLOE by Peter McCarty

HIDE & SEEK by Il Sung Na

BEAR HAS A STORY TO TELL by Philip C. Stead

A HOME FOR BIRD by Philip C. Stead

I SAW A PEACOCK WITH A FIERY TAIL by Ramsingh Urveti

MOUSTERPIECE by Jane Breskin Zalben

HEROES OF THE SURF by Elisa Carbone

WE MARCH by Shane W. Evans

DRUMMER BOY OF JOHN JOHN by Mark Greenwood

EXTRA YARN by Mac Barnett

JIMMY THE GREATEST! by Jairo Buitrago

QUESTION BOY MEETS LITTLE MISS KNOW-IT-ALL by Peter Catalanotto

WATER SINGS BLUE by Kate Coombs

AND THEN IT'S SPRING by Julie Fogliano

BEACH FEET by Kiyomi Konagaya

TRAINS GO by Steve Light

MAN FROM THE LAND OF FANDANGO by Margaret Mahy

SQUEAK, RUMBLE, WHOMP! WHOMP! WHOMP! by Wynton Marsalis

WHAT LITTLE BOYS ARE MADE OF by Robert Neubecker

GREEN by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

A STICK IS AN EXCELLENT THING by Marilyn Singer

COLD SNAP by Eileen Spinelli

THE QUIET PLACE by Sarah Stewart

APPLESAUCE by Klaas Verplancke

MOM, IT'S MY FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN! by Hyewon Yum

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A Career as Solid as a Rockby Julie Danielson on July 20, 2017