Strange Bedfellows: Picture Books of Distinction in 2007

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

Previously
written by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Bruce Ingman
Candlewick

At Night
written and illustrated by Jonathan Bean
Farrar

The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea
written and illustrated by Guy Billout
Creative Editions

Bronzeville Boys and Girls
written by Gwendolyn Brooks, illustrated by Faith Ringgold
HarperCollins

600 Black Spots
written and illustrated by David Carter
Simon & Schuster

Jabberwocky
written by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Christopher Myers
Hyperion

Fred Stays with Me!
written by Nancy Coffelt, illustrated by Tricia Tusa
Little Brown

Mother Goose on the Loose
illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
Harcourt

Penguin
written and illustrated by Polly Dubar
Candlewick

Polo: The Runaway Book
written and illustrated by Régis Faller
Porter/Roaring Brook

Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
written and illustrated by Douglas Florian
Harcourt

Sky Sweeper
written by Phillis Gershator, illustrated by Holly Meade
Kroupa/Farrar

Orange Pear Apple Bear
written and illustrated by Emily Gravett
Simon & Schuster

The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
written by Nancy N. Harrington, illustrated by Shelley Jackson
Farrar

A Good Day
written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow

Chester
written and illustrated by Ayano Imai
Minedition

Yo, Jo!
written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora
Harcourt

Today and Today
written by Issa, illustrated by Brian Karas
Scholastic

Dogs and Cats
written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins
Houghton Mifflin

Henry’s Freedom Box
written by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Scholastic

Follow the Line through the House
written and illustrated by Laura Ljungkvist
Viking

Old Penn Station
written and illustrated by William Low
Holt

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
written by Bill Martin Jr, illustrated by Eric Carle
Holt

The Police Cloud
written and illustrated by Christophe Niemann
Schwartz & Wade/Random

Who’s Hiding?
written and illustrated by Satoru Onishi
Kane/Miller

Tap Dancing on the Roof
written by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Istvan Banyai
Clarion

Pictures from Our Vacation
written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins
Greenwillow

Not a Box
written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis
HarperCollins

How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird
written by Prévert, Jacque, illustrated and translated from the French by Mordicai Gerstein
Roaring Brook

Beowulf: A Hero’s Tale Retold
written and illustrated by James Rumford
Houghton

Cowboy & Octopus
written by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
Viking

Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Porter/Roaring Brook

First the Egg
written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Porter/Roaring Brook

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
written and illustrated by Brian Selznick
Scholastic

City Lullaby
written by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Caril Cneut
Clarion

The Wall
written and illustrated by Peter Sis
Farrar

The Arrival
written and illustrated by Shaun Tan
Levine/Scholastic

Every Friday
written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
Holt