It's a Picture Book World

Andrea Wang’s 2021 picture book Watercress (illustrated by Jason Chin) is a book about family, tradition, and what it means to belong (and feel out […]

I picked up A Tree is Nice as a follow-up to my recent discussion of The Happy Day. Both books are mid-20th century picture books, […]

The Happy Day is a 1949 picture book written by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Marc Simont. Both of these creators had long lives–Krauss died […]

Extra Yarn is a picture book written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen. It was published in 2012, and was a Caldecott Honor […]

The 2024 picture book Chooch Helped, written by Andrea L. Rogers and illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz is good…and confuses me a little. Several things […]

The 2025 picture book Fireworks is written by Matthew Burgess and illustrated by Catia Chien. Some picture books are primarily story, but this book draws […]

Angie Kang’s 2025 picture book Our Lake is rare, focused, and moving. The book’s action is simple: two brothers walk to a lake and jump […]

Jashar Awan‘s 2025 picture book Every Monday Mabel was a Caldecott Honor book, meaning it has been hailed as one of the year’s best picture […]