List of picture books (compiled by Hge Hestnes)

Below you will find a list of books I know and recommend. A star * indicates more
advanced texts. A good source for buying picture books is the Internet store
Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. On Amazon you will also find lists of the books which
have received prizes for their literary and/or artistic quality. These lists might help you to
find your way in a vast field of unknown titles and authors.

TITLE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR PUBLISHER

Jamberry Bruce Degan (1983/2000) Harper Collins

The King with Horses Ears Eric Maddern/Paul Hess Frances Lincoln
The Lorax* Dr. Seuss Collins
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Random House
Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss Random House
Oh, the Places Youll Go! Dr. Seuss Random House
The Watertower Gary Crew/Steven Woolman Era
(science fiction)*
Bumposaurus Penny McKinlay/Britta Frances Lincoln
Teckentrup
Animalia (alphabeth book) Graeme Base Puffin
Nickety-Nacketty, Noo-Noo- Joy Cowley/Tracy Moroney Scholastic
Noo
The Witchs Children and Ursula Jones/Russel Ayto Orchard Books
the Queen
Where Are You, Blue Emma Chichester Clark Harper Collins
Kangaroo?
Hairy Maclary from Lynley Dodd Puffin
Donaldsons Dairy
Slinky Malinki Lynley Dodd Puffin
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown/Clement Harper Festival
Hurd
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Charlotte Zolotow/Maurice Harper Trophy
Present Sendak
Where The Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak Harper Trophy

The True Story of the 3 Jon Scieszka/Lane Smith Puffin

Little Pigs*
Who Sank the Boat Pamela Allen Puffin
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle Puffin
Inside Elizabeths House Pamela Allen Puffin
One Snowy Night Nick Butterworth Collins
Goodnight and Thanks for Rob Alexander/John Marsden Pan Macmillan
the Teeth*
A Pocketful of Cricket Rebecca Caudill/Evaline Ness Henry Holt&Co
A Summer Saturday Margareth Mahy/Selina Young Puffin
Morning
If You Give a Mouse a Laura Joffe Numeroff/Felicia Harper Collins
Cookie Bond
The Stranger (fantasy Chris Van Allsburg Houghton Mifflin Co.
fiction)*
Memorial (history 1.WW)* Gary Crew/Shaun Tan Lothian Books
Six-Dinner Sid Inga Moore Aladdin Paperbacks

Compiled by Hge Hestnes, Hge Hestnes, Associate Professor, Programme for Teacher
Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim