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Whether you’re a parent, teacher, librarian, or grandparent, here you’ll find the best children’s picture books to read to kids for any occasion and for all ages. These are carefully curated book lists and reviews of fiction and nonfiction children’s picture books.

The best picture books are spacious enough to allow the illustrations to narrate much of the story. In other words, the books aren’t text-heavy but have a perfect text-to-picture ratio.

(You’ll know if they don’t because your children will get bored while you’re reading!)

Kids naturally love funny stories with memorable characters. But they also benefit from reading any well-written story that illuminates the world for them in some way — whether it’s wordless or prose — about all sorts of topics including problem-solving, feelings, divorce, a new baby, animals, history, and so forth.

Good themes that you’ll find include friendship, family, growing up, identity, and more.

Don’t forget to include nonfiction titles in your reading selection, also. This helps readers learn new things and introduces informational reading for meaning.

FIND PICTURE BOOKS BY TOPIC HERE.

Discover my top picks for each year below!

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Matt de la Peña & Corinna Luyken’s New Collaboration: PATCHWORK Cover Reveal

15 Fantastic Books About Opposites

15 Fantastic Books About Opposites

Announcing the #KidsLoveNonfiction Campaign

Announcing the #KidsLoveNonfiction Campaign

Interview with Author Gregory Maguire

Interview with Author Gregory Maguire

New Picture Books (January and February 2022)

New Picture Books (January and February 2022)

Blended Family Books for Kids

Blended Family Books for Kids

Little People, Big Dreams Biographies

Little People, Big Dreams Biographies

20 Fairy Books for Kids

20 Fairy Books for Kids

16 Five Senses Activities + 30 5 Senses Books

16 Five Senses Activities + 30 5 Senses Books

2022 Newbery and Caldecott Awards

2022 Newbery and Caldecott Awards

Cause and Effect Children’s Books (Mentor Text Examples)

Cause and Effect Children’s Books (Mentor Text Examples)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Books for Kids

Martin Luther King, Jr. Books for Kids

Mindfulness Activities for Kids

Mindfulness Activities for Kids

New Picture Books to Wrap Up 2021

New Picture Books to Wrap Up 2021

A Kids Book About: Good Books About Big Topics

A Kids Book About: Good Books About Big Topics

Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

2022 Mock Caldecott Titles (+ Printable List)

2022 Mock Caldecott Titles (+ Printable List)

New Nonfiction December 2021

New Nonfiction December 2021

Brilliant Picture Book Gets Kids Moving

Brilliant Picture Book Gets Kids Moving

Best Picture Books of 2021

Best Picture Books of 2021

New Picture Books, October & November 2021

New Picture Books, October & November 2021

New Board Books, 2021

New Board Books, 2021

Easy Riddles for Kids

Easy Riddles for Kids

5 Kinds of Nonfiction: a PD Book for Teachers & Librarians

5 Kinds of Nonfiction: a PD Book for Teachers & Librarians

21 Thanksgiving Books for Kids

21 Thanksgiving Books for Kids

New Nonfiction Books, October 2021

New Nonfiction Books, October 2021

Layered Stories: a Pathway to Critical Thinking

Layered Stories: a Pathway to Critical Thinking

Turning Facts into Fiction

Turning Facts into Fiction

Using Picture Books for Theme-Based Learning

Using Picture Books for Theme-Based Learning

The Best Magazines for Kids (That Get Them Reading)

The Best Magazines for Kids (That Get Them Reading)

Rhyme Time: 5 Games to Teach Poetry

Rhyme Time: 5 Games to Teach Poetry

Nursery Rhymes for Kids

Nursery Rhymes for Kids

20 New, Incredible Children’s Book Biographies

20 New, Incredible Children’s Book Biographies

More New Picture Books, September and October 2021

More New Picture Books, September and October 2021

Books for Kids Who Love Collecting Things

Books for Kids Who Love Collecting Things

How to Teach Children the Value of Honesty

How to Teach Children the Value of Honesty

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