2025 Round Up: Favourite Picture Books

Snuggle up and read! Here are our top picks from 2025 for reading aloud.

Updated January 9, 2026
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2025 Round Up: Favourite Picture Books

Snuggle up and read! Here are our top picks from 2025 for reading aloud.

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A book of maps for you
Heuer, Lourdes
What if you moved into a new house and found a secret guidebook? Look inside buildings and search for surprises in this enthralling, interactive book of maps. In A Book of Maps for You, a young cartographer leaves a one-of-a-kind gift behind for the kid moving into his old...
Don't trust fish
Sharpson, Neil
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An absurdly laugh-out-loud funny picture book about the villainy of fish, illustrated by National Book Award-winning creator Dan Santat "A ribald and uproarious warning to those unschooled in fishy goings-on." --Kirkus, starred review ONE OF...
Everybelly
Lam, Thao
Paper Book
Winner of the 2025 Kirkus Prize! A joyful celebration of an oft-maligned body part -- the belly! Maddie and her mom spend a sunny day at the local public pool where she meets and greets friends and neighbors. Maddie is waist-high on most of them, and she knows there's an interesting person...
Stalactite & Stalagmite : a big tale from a little cave
Beckmeyer, Drew
Paper Book
Four starred reviews! "Both gloriously expansive and goofy--in short, everything young readers could ask for." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A hilarious and thought-provoking picture book about two little cave rock formations who witness the entire...
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