In the Beginning…Was the Picture:
Picture Books of Distinction in 2003
List compiled by Susan P. Bloom,
Director Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, Boston

Z Goes Home
written and illustrated by Jon Agee
Hyperion

Otto The Story of a Mirror
written and illustrated by Ali Bahrampour
Farrar

The Story of Little Black Sambo
by Bannerman, Helen, illustrated by Christopher Bing
Handprint

The Shape Game
written and illustrated by Anthony Browne
Farrar

Beautiful Blackbird
written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
Atheneum

George Washington's Teeth
by Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora, illustrated by Brock Cole
Farrar

Diary of a Worm
written and illustrated by Doreen Cronin
HarperCollins

Mohammad
written and illustrated by Demi
McElderry Books

Beegu
written and illustrated by Alexis Deacon
Farrar

The Animal Hedge
by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Candlewick.

The Racecar Alphabet
written and illustrated by Brian Floca
Atheneum

Mathematickles!
written by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Steven Salerno

Roller Coaster
written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
Harcourt

Diary of a Wombat
written by Jackie French, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
Clarion

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
written and illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein
Roaring Brook

The Alphazeds
written by Shirley Glaser, illustrated by Milton Glaser
Hyperion

I Dream of Trains
written by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Loren Long
Simon & Schuster

Brundibar
written by Tony Kushner, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
DiCapua/Hyperion

Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet
written and illustrated by Ross MacDonald
Roaring Brook

Mosque
written and illustrated by David Macaulay
Houghton

Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See?
written by Bill Martin, Bill, Jr. , illustrated by Eric Carle

On Sand Island
written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by David A. Johnson
Houghton

Creation
written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott
Dial

I Kissed the Baby
written and illustrated by Mary Murphy
Candlewick

Stone Soup
written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth
Scholastic

blues journey
written by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers
Holiday House

Snow Music
written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins
Greenwillow

The Day the Babies Crawled Away
written and illustrated by Peggy Rathmann
Putnam

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
adapted and illustrated by Robert Sabuda
Little Simon

What James Likes Best
written and illustrated by Amy Schwartz
Jackson/Atheneum

The Hidden Alphabet
written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Roaring Brook

The Tree of Life
written and illustrated by Peter Sis
Farrar

Mary Smith
written and illustrated by A U'ren
Farrar

Hi Harry!
written by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Barbara Firth
Candlewick

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Hyperion