Best of the Best Book Lists
Every year since our launch, Susan Bloom, Professor Emeritus from Simmons University, has shared her "Best of the Best" book list with us, an outstanding resource for parents, teachers, and librarians in search of quality picture books. Most of these books are available in our Reading Library collection and in the Museum Shop.
Our Legacy, Their Inheritance: Some new best children’s books from 2018 (PDF)
Out of Wonder: 2017 in Picturebooks…and a few others (PDF)
A Matter of Perspective: Books of Distinction in 2016 (PDF)
Pictures and Conversations…After Alice: Books of Distinction in 2015 (PDF)
The Iridescence of Books: Books of Distinction in 2014 (PDF)
Home and Away: Picture Books of Distinction in 2013 (PDF)
Top Dog, Under Dog—Hot Dog! Picture Books of Distinction in 2012 (PDF)
Hide and Seek: Picture Books of Distinction in 2011 (PDF)
How Does Your Garden Grow? Picture Books of Distinction in 2010 (PDF)
Higher and Higher: Picture Books of Distinction in 2009 (PDF)
Eating Up the World: Picture Books of Distinction in 2008 (PDF)
Strange Bedfellows: Picture Books of Distinction in 2007 (PDF)
An Adventure Begins: Picture Books of Distinction in 2006 (PDF)
Transformations in Style and Content: Picture Books of Distinction in 2005 (PDF)
Lost And Found: Picture Books of Distinction in 2004 (PDF)
In the Beginning…Was the Picture: Picture Books of Distinction in 2003 (PDF)
Varieties of Gazelle: Marvelous Picture Books of 2002 (PDF)