Favorite Picture Books

By request from a missionary mom who homeschools her girls in Tanzania, I'm listing some favorite books today. Remember, this is not a list of "best books for children," but simply some of the picture books I personally love!

Verna Aardema
•         Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
•         Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Alma Flor Ada
•         I Love Saturdays y domingos
•         My Name is María Isabel

Eric Carle
•         Brown Bear, Brown Bear
•         Mister Seahorse
•         Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me
•         The Mixed Up Chameleon
•         The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Carmen Agra Deedy
•         The Library Dragon

Arthur Dorros
•         Abuela
•         Isla

Keiko Kasza
•         My Lucky Day
•         The Wolf's Chicken Stew

Leo Lionni
•         A Color of His Own
•         Fish is Fish
•         Inch by Inch
•         It's Mine
•         Swimmy

Mercer Mayer
•         There's an Alligator Under My Bed
•         There's Something in My Attic

Patricia McKissack
•         Goin' Someplace Special

Pat Mora
•         Pablo's Tree
•         Tomás and the Library Lady

Patricia Polacco
•         Appelemando's Dream
•         Chicken Sunday
•         John Philip Duck
•         Just Plain Fancy
•         Meteor
•         Mr. Lincoln's Way
•         My Ol' Man
•         Picnic at Mudsock Meadow
•         Pink and Say
•         Rechenka's Eggs
•         Someone for Mr. Sussman
•         Something About Hensley's
•         Thank You, Mr. Falker
•         The Bee Tree
•         The Junkyard Wonders
•         The Keeping Quilt
•         Thunder Cake
•         When Lightning Comes in a Jar

Margot Theis Raven
•         Night Boat to Freedom

Judy Schachner
•         SkippyJon Jones Series

Maurice Sendak
•         Where the Wild Things Are

Gary Soto
•         Chato and the Party Animals
•         Chato's Kitchen

Deborah Wiles
•         Freedom Summer