Favorite Picture Books

We were at the library and there was a book display with the School Library Journal’s 100 Best Picture Books. The kids and I took a copy of the list and marked off the ones we’ve read. Then we found some books on the list we haven’t read, and brought them home with us.

After studying the list, I realized a lot of our personal favorites aren’t even on it! So the kids compiled their own list and they ranked them in their preferred order. The list is limited to the books we actually own, instead of the infinite amount of books available to them at the library. I wanted to publish their lists here so one day they can see what they used to spend their time reading.

Jackson’s Favorite Books:

1. Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
2. Someday by Alison McGhee & Peter H. Reynolds
3. Tails by Matthew Van Fleet
4. Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton
5. Please Try to Remember the First of Octember by Theo. LeSieg
6. Dinosaur Roar! by Paul & Henrietta Strickland
7. The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
8. When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer
9. I Love You When… by John Edward Hasse
10. The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
11. Parts by Tedd Arnold
12. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
13. The Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz
14. The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
15. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Katie’s Favorite Books:

1. The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
2. The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
3. Can You See What I See? Seymour Makes New Friends by Walter Wick
4. The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
5. Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
6. The Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz
7. Parts by Tedd Arnold
8. Off to Kindergarten by Tony Johnston
9. Corduroy by Don Freeman
10. Petunia Pepper’s Picture Day by Cathy Breisacher
11. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
12. Please Try to Remember the First of Octember by Theo. LeSieg
13. When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer
14. I Love You When… by John Edward Hasse
15. Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney