Eating Up the World: Picture Books of Distinction in 2008

List compiled by Susan P. Bloom,
Professor Emeritus, Simmons College, Boston

The Retired Kid
written and illustrated by Jon Agee
Hyperion

There’s a Wolf at the Door
written by Zoe B. Alley, illustrated by R. W. Alley
Roaring Brook

In a Blue Room
written by Jim Averbeck, illustrated by Tricia Tusa
Harcourt

ABC3D
written and illustrated by Marion Bataille
Roaring Brook

A Visitor for Bear
written by Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
Candlewick

The Little Yellow Leaf
written and illustrated by Carin Berger
Greenwillow

Black Book of Colors
written by Menena Cottin, illustrated by Rosana Faria
Goundwood

My Letter to the World and Other Poems
written by Emily Dickinson, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Kids Can Press

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
written by Mem Fox, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Harcourt

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
Harcourt

Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog
written and illustrated by Mimi Grey
Knopf

Old Bear
written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow

What to Do about Alice?
written by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
Scholastic

Ghosts in the House
written and illustrated by Kazuno Kohara
Roaring Brook

Wave
written and illustrated by Suzy Lee
Chronicle

Robot and the Bluebird
written and illustrated by David Lucas
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body
written and illustrated by David Macaulay and Richard Walker
Houghton Mifflin


The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry
written by Bill Martin Jr with Michael Sampson
Simon & Schuster

Adèle & Simon in America
written and illustrated by Barbara McClintock
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball
written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion

Lazy Little Loafers
written by Susan Orleans, illustrated by Brian Karas
Abrams

The Cardboard Piano
written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins
Greenwillow

How to Make a Cherry Pie
written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
Knopf

Wabi Sabi
written by Mark Reibstein, illustrated by Ed Young
Little Brown

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
written by Jen Ryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Eerdman Books for Young Readers

Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City
written by Janet Schulman, illustrated by Meilo So
Knopf

Bear and Dog
written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Roaring Brook

How I Learned Geography
written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

The House in the Night
written by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes
Houghton Mifflin

The Apple Pie That Papa Baked
written by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Jonathan Bean
Simon & Schuster

Our White House: Looking In Looking Out
Candlewick