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The great philosopher, Dr. Seuss, once wrote, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.“
In honor of his wise words, I present to you my list of the best, most impressive, newly published picture books of spring 2011. I love and recommend them all!
Doodleday by Ross Collins
Bear With Me by Max Kornell
Rapunzel by Sarah Gibb
Tallulah’s Tutu by Marilyn Singer
You’re Mean, Lily Jean! by Frieda Wishinsky
Hello Goodbye and a Very Little Lie by Christianne C. Jones
(actually, this was published in 2010 but I just discovered it.)
The Best Birthday Ever by Me (Lana Kittie) by Charise Mericle Harper
Millicent and Meer by Richard Byrne
Fairly Fairy Tales by Esme Raji Codell
You’re Finally Here by Melanie Watt
Perfect Square by Michael Hall
Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith
Earth to Clunk by Pam Smallcomb
The Rainbow Book by Kate Ohrt
Bunny’s Lessons by Harriet Ziefert
Which of these books have you read? And, which do you want to read?
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I’d like to read Doodleday, Rapunzel (the illustrations look wonderful), and Tallulah’s Tutu.
In addition to loving this list above, my 2 newest favorite picture books are:
The Boy Who Cried Ninja by Alex Latimer
I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll
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My faves have been:
Seven Fathers retold by Ashley Ramsden, illustrated by Ed Young (very spiritual for kids who wonder about the afterlife!)
Mali Under the Night Sky: A Lao Story of Home by Youme (an uplifting and universal refugee’s story appropriate for preschool and elementary school)
The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye by Jane Yolen (for any one whose pet had died)
These all look really good! I’m more familiar with older picture books, so it’s great to see that there are still nice storybooks being published nowadays. Out of all of these, Tallulah’s Tutu interests me the most. The illustrations for look gorgeous, and I was a huge fan of Angelina Ballerina as a kid so anything ballet-related gets me nostalgic.
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In addition to loving this list above, my newest favorite picture books is:
What is causing the scary nighttime sounds? by A.T. Sorsa
It was lovely to read that you’ve chosen my book YOU’RE MEAN LILY JEAN s one of your spring 2011 favorites.
I need to write more about it – I really love how it models handling a typical situation that happens every day. It’s great!
It’s interesting to see a list like this, but it would be even MORE interesting if you said a little something about each book–just a paragraph or so–so we would know why a particular book is on the list.
I agree – next time I will. Did you see my extensive list on Babble with my thoughts on each of the 100 best books of all time? http://www.babble.com/products/kids-products/best-kids-books-by-age-back-to-school-guide/
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Those are great, today i just downloaded this new book for my daughter called A rabbit named rufis, lol it is so cute it was made by a 7 year old pictures and everything, now my daughter won’t put it down…haha
I downloaded it on kindle
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