2025 Round Up: Favourite Picture BooksUnpublished

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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...

THREE STARRED REVIEWS! . Take a luminous bedtime journey through the summery dreamworld of a restless baby in this enchanting picture book lullaby. In the tradition of bedtime classics like Goodnight Moon, this gorgeous book with a cloth-like spine is the perfect gift for new parents....

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 reviewONE OF SLATE'S 25...

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...

Frank is a penguin with ideas. Mostly terrible ones. That's why his fellow penguins are nervous when he shows them his strange new creation. It was something they'd never seen or expected to see in their cold and colorless Antarctic world--a red hat.

From the winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Prize and the American Indian Youth Literature Award I'd like to tell you a rather true story about a big black cat who started out gray. Her name was May. Margaux and her cat May...

In a tenderly told story, the creator of Thank You and The Boy with Flowers in His Hair explores small moments that were once shared by a child and grandad on a pebble beach. Grandad always knows the best way to go to Pebble Beach. As they climb the dunes, he and...

For fans of School's First Day of School, this is a picture book about a young girl who is feeling mixed emotions about her first day of school. Some feelings are so big, one word just doesn't cut it.     It's the first day of...

A perfect holiday gift! A cozy tale of winter hope and joy, from award-winning and New York Times-bestselling duo Philip and Erin Stead, perfect for fans of The Snowy Nap and The Mitten. Amos McGee, the friendly zookeeper, loves...

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...

Once upon a time a vampire took a bite of a jam sandwich . . . and a legend was born. Now the vampire jam sandwich roams the streets, looking for MORE JAM. Will yours be next? A hilarious spooky picture book featuring a sneaky vampire, for fans of Creepy Carrots and How to...

When a young witch inherits a rather cantankerous family heirloom; she has to figure out how to outwit her cursed companion. The Table had been in the Witch's family for a very long time. No one remembered who had cursed it to stay with them forever, but none of...