Simmons Professor's Children's Picture Book List

This is a list that Amy Pattee, my Children's Literature professor at Simmons GSLIS put together. It isn't a "perfect" list, but it is a helpful point of reference.

Recommended Picture Book Reading

Bang, M. (1999). When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry. NY: Blue Sky Press.

Bemelmans, L. (1967). Madeline. NY: Viking Press.

Burton, V.L. (1939). Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Burton, V.L. (1942). The Little House. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Brown, M.W. and Hurd, C. (1942). The Runaway Bunny. NY: Harper.

Brown, M.W. and Hurd, C. (1947). Good-Night Moon. NY: Harper and Brothers.

Brown, M.W. and Charlip, R. (1958). The Dead Bird. NY: W.R. Scott.

Browne, A. (1981). Hansel and Gretel. NY: Julia McRae Books.

Browne, A. (1998). Voices in the Park. NY: DK Publishing.

Clifton, L. and Grifalconi, A. (1983). Everett Anderson’s Goodbye. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Wilson.

Clifton, L. and Grifalconi, A. (1992). Everett Anderson’s Year. NY: Henry Holt.

Cooney, B. (1982). Miss Rumphius. NY: Viking Press.

Crews, D. (1992). Shortcut. NY: Greenwillow.

Crews, D. (1978). Freight Train. NY: Greenwillow.

Falconer, I. (2000). Olivia. NY: Atheneum.

Feelings, T. (1995). The Middle Passage. NY: Dial.

Gag, W. (1928). Millions of Cats. NY: Coward-McCann.

Gravett, E. (2006). Wolves. NY: Simon and Schuster.

Grimm, J. and Hyman, T.S. (1974). Snow White. Boston: Little Brown.

Henkes, K. (2004). Kitten’s First Full Moon. NY: Greenwillow.

Henkes, K. (2000). Wemberly Worried. NY: Greenwillow.

Hoban, L. and Hoban, R. (1964). Bread and Jam for Frances. NY: Scholastic.

Hutchins, P. (1968). Rosie’s Walk. NY: Macmillan.

Keats, E. J. (1962). The Snowy Day. NY: Viking Press.

Keats, E. J. (1969). Goggles. NY: Macmillan.

Macaulay, D. (1990). Black and White. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

McClosky, R. (1948). Blueberries for Sal. NY: Viking.

McCully, E. A. (1992). Mirette on the High Wire. NY: G.P. Putnum’s Sons.

Merriem, E. and Smith, L. (1987). Halloween A B C. NY: Macmillan.

Pinkney, A. D. and Pinkney, J. B. (1998). Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra. NY: Hyperion.

Raschka, C. (1998). Arlene Sardine. NY: Orchard Books.

Rathmann, P. (1995). Officer Buckle and Gloria. NY: Putnum.

Rey, H.A. (1941). Curious George. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Ringgold, F. (1991). Tar Beach. NY: Crown Publishers.

Ringgold, F. (1995). My Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. NY: Crown Publishers.

Say, A. (1993). Grandfather’s Journey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Say, A. (2000). The Sign Painter. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Sciezka, J. and Smith, L. (1992). The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. NY: Viking.

Sendak, M. (1963). Where the Wild Things Are. NY: Harper and Row.

Steptoe, J. (1969). Stevie. NY: Harper and Row.

Steptoe, J. (1987). Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. NY: Lothrup, Lee and Shepard.

Tabak, S. (1999). Joseph Had a Little Overcoat. NY: Viking.

Tan, S. (2007). The Arrival. NY: Arthur A. Levine Books.

Van Allsburg, C. (1984). The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Zion. G. and Graham, M.B. (1956). Harry the Dirty Dog. NY: Harper.