New York Library's List of 100 picture books everyone should know

1.ABUELA by Arthur Dorros,


2.ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY by Judith Viorst

3.ANANSI AND THE MOSS-COVERED ROCK by Eric A. Kimmel

4.ANDY AND THE LION by James Daugherty

5.BARK, GEORGE by Jules Feiffer

6.THE BOSSY GALLITO: A TRADITIONAL CUBAN FOLK TALE retold by Lucia M.Gonzalez; illustrated by Lulu Delacre

*7.BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES by Russell Hoban; illustrated by Lillian Hoban

*8.BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? by Bill Martin, Jr.; illustrated by Eric Carle

9.BRUNO MUNARI’S ABC by Bruno Munari

10.BUZ by Richard Egielski

11.CAPS FOR SALE; A TALE OF A PEDDLER, SOME MONKEYS AND THEIR MONKEY BUSINESS by Esphyr Slobodkina

12.THE CARROT SEED by Ruth Krauss; illustrated by Crockett Johnson

13.A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER by Vera B. Williams

14.CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault; illustrated by Lois Ehlert

15.CLICK, CLACK, MOO : COWS THAT TYPE / by Doreen Cronin

16.COME ALONG, DAISY! by Jane Simmons

*17.CORDUROY by Don Freeman

18.CURIOUS GEORGE by H. A. Rey

19.DINOSAUR ROAR! by Paul Stickland and Henrietta

20.DON’T LET THAT PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! by Mo Willems

21.DUCK ON A BIKE by David Shannon

22.FIRE TRUCK by Peter Sís

23.FREIGHT TRAIN by Donald Crews

24.FROGGY GETS DRESSED by Jonathan London

25.THE GARDENER by Sarah Stewart

26.GEORGE AND MARTHA by James Marshall27.GO AWAY, BIG GREEN MONSTER! by Ed Emberley

28.GOIN’ SOMEPLACE SPECIAL by Patricia McKissack

29.GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA by Peggy Rathmann

*30.GOODNIGHT MOON by Margaret W. Brown; illustrated by Clement Hurd

31.GOSSIE by Dunrea Olivier

32.GRANDFATHER’S JOURNEY by Allen Say

*33.HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON by Crockett Johnson

34.HARRY THE DIRTY DOG by Gene Zion ; illustrated by Margaret Graham

35.HENRY HIKES TO FITCHBURG by D. B. (Donald B.) Johnson

36.HORTON HATCHES THE EGG by Dr.Seuss,

37.HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT? by Jane Yolen

38.I KISSED THE BABY! by Mary Murphy

39.IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE by Laura J. Numeroff

40.IT COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE: A YIDDISH FOLKTALE retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach

41.JOHN HENRY by Julius Lester; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

42.JULIUS by Angela Johnson ; illustrated by Dav Pilkey

43.KITTEN’S FIRST FULL MOON by Kevin Henkes

44.LILLY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE by Kevin Henkes

45.THE LINE-UP BOOK by Russo Marisabina

46.THE LITTLE RED HEN: AN OLD STORY by Margot Zemach

47.LON PO PO: A RED RIDING HOOD STORY FROM CHINA by Ed Young

48.LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE by Bernard Waber

49.MABELA THE CLEVER by Margaret Read MacDonald

*50.MACHINES AT WORK by Byron Barton

*51.MADELINE by Ludwig Bemelmans

52.MAISY GOES SWIMMING by Lucy Cousins

53.MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS by Robert McCloskey

54.MAMA CAT HAS THREE KITTENS by Denise Fleming

55.THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS by Mordicai Gerstein

56.MARTHA SPEAKS by Susan Meddaugh

57.MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL by Virginia L. Burton

58.MILLIONS OF CATS by Wanda Gág

59.MISS NELSON IS MISSING! by Harry Allard and James Marshall

60.MR. GUMPY’S OUTING by John Birmingham

*61.MUFARO’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by John Steptoe

62.MUNCHA! MUNCHA! MUNCHA! by Candace Fleming

63.MY FRIEND RABBIT by Eric Rohmann

64.THE NAPPING HOUSE by Audrey Wood

*65.NO, DAVID! by David Shannon

66.OFF TO SCHOOL, BABY DUCK! by Amy Hest

67.OLD BLACK FLY by Jim Aylesworth

68.OLIVIA by Ian Falconer

69.OWEN by Kevin Henkes

70.PAPA, PLEASE GET THE MOON FOR ME by Eric Carle

71.PIERRE: A CAUTIONARY TALE by Maurice Sendak

*72.THE POLAR EXPRESS by Chris Van Allsburg

73.PUSS IN BOOTS by Charles Perrault

74.THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE: A TREASURY OF 386 TIMELESS NURSERY RHYMES by Arnold Lobel

75.ROUND TRIP by Ann Jonas

76.RUMPELSTILTSKIN by Paul O. Zelinsky

*77.THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats

78.SPOTS, FEATHERS AND CURLY TAILS by Nancy Tafuri

79.THE STORY OF FERDINAND by Munro Leaf

80.THE STRAY DOG Marc, Simont

81.STREGA NONA by Tomie De Paola

82.SWIMMY by Leo Lionni

83.SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE by William Steig

*84.THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT by Beatrix Potter

85.TAR BEACH by Faith Ringgold

86.TEN, NINE, EIGHT by Molly Bang

87.THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY by Simms Taback

88.THE THREE BEARS by Paul Galdone

89.TRASHY TOWN by Andrea Griffing Zimmerman

90.THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS BY A. WOLF by John Scieszka

91.TUESDAY by David Wiesner

92.UPTOWN by Collier Bryan

*93.THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle

94.THE WHEELS ON THE BUS adapted and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

*95.WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Maurice Sendak

*96.WHERE’S SPOT? by Eric Hill

97.WHISTLE FOR WILLIE by Ezra Jack Keats

98.THE WOLF’S CHICKEN STEW by Keiko Kasza

99.YOKO by Rosemary Wells

100.ZOMO THE RABBIT: A TRICKSTER TALE FROM WEST AFRICA retold and illustrated by Gerald McDermott
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 highlighted in red means it is a BFIAR or FIAR book