Transformations in Style and Content:
Picture Books of Distinction in 2005
List compiled by Susan P. Bloom,
Professor Emeritus, Simmons College, Boston

Terrific
written and illustrated by John Agee
Hyperion

The Other Side
written and illustrated by Istvan Banyai
Chronicle

Whatever
written and illustrated by William Bee
Candlewick Press

Granite Baby
written by Lynne Bertrand, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Are You Going to Be Good?
written by Cari Best, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

10 Little Rubber Ducks
written and illustrated by Eric Carle
HarperCollins

Who’s That Baby?
written by Sharon Creech, illustrated by David Diaz
HarperCollins

Diary of a Spider
written by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Harry Bliss
HarperCollins

Hot Day on Abbott Street
written by Karen English, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe
Clarion

Carolinda Clatter!
written and illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein
Roaring Brook

Traction Man is Here!
written and illustrated by Mini Grey
Knopf

Jitterbug Jam
written by Barbara Jean Hicks, illustrated by Alexis Deacon
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Sleepy Cadillac: A Bedtime Drive
written and illustrated by Thatcher Hurd
HarperCollins

That New Animal
written by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Pierre Pratt
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The Hello, Goodbye Window
written by Norton Juster, illustrated by Chris Raschka
Hyperion

The Old African
written by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Dial

Roy Makes a Car
written by Mary E. Lyons, illustrated by Terry Widener
Atheneum

Zoopa: An Animal Alphabet
written and illustrated by Gianna Marino
Chronicle

The Problem with Chickens
written and illustrated by Bruce McMillan
Houghton Mifflin

A Apple Pie
written and illustrated by Gennady Spirin
Philomel

Sweet Music in Harlem
written by Debbie Taylor, illustrated by Frank Morrison
Lee and Low

Zen Shorts
written and illustrated by Jon Muth
Scholastic

Summertime Waltz
written by Nina Payne, illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Think Cool Thoughts
written by Elizabeth Perry, illustrated by Linda Bronson
Clarion

The Human Alphabet
photographed by John Kane
Roaring Brook

Anne Frank
written by Josephine Poole, illustrated by Angela Barrett
Knopf

Hot Air
written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
Atheneum

And Tango Makes Three
written by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, illustrated by Henry Cole
Simon & Schuster

Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs
by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart
Candlewick Press

The Kimanshyhe Man
written and illustrated by Allen Say
Houghton Mifflin

Walter Was Worried
written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Roaring Brook

White is for Blueberry
written by George Shannon, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
Greenwillow

The Sun’s Daughter
written by Pam Sherman, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Clarion

The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela
written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange
Houghton Mifflin

Chato Goes Cruisin’
written by Gary Soto, illustrated by Susan Guevara
Putnam

Brave Charlotte
written by Anu Stohner, illustrated by Henrike Wilson
Bloomsbury

Carmine: A Little More Red
written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Houghton Mifflin

Little Stevie Wonder
written by Quincy Troupe, illustrated by Lisa Cohen
Houghton Mifflin

The Loathsome Dragon
retold by Kim Kahng and David Weisner, illustrated by David Weisner
Clarion

Leonardo The Terrible Monster
written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Hyperion

Hide and Seek
written by Janet S. Wong, illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
Harcourt

Show Way
written by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott
Putnam

Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem about China
written and illustrated by Ed Young
Chronicle