Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Resources for a selection of the titles recognized by this award since 1952 -- recognizing illustrated children’s books with artistic merit
Sponsored by New York Times and New York Public Library
![Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/93.jpg)
- 4,739 Resources including
- 462 Videos
- 233 Book Readings
- 472 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 467 book results
![Dreamers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0823440559.jpg)
![Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73500_hi.jpg)
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Selection, 2021)
68 Resources22 Awards
![Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1419716476.jpg)
![I Want My Hat Back](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0763655988.jpg)
![Invention of Hugo Cabret, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0439813786.jpg)
![Where the Wild Things Are](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0060254920.jpg)
![Dark, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0316187488.jpg)
![Freedom in Congo Square](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1499801033.jpg)
Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
(Selection, 2016)
38 Resources13 Awards
![Bink & Gollie](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076363266X.jpg)
Bink & Gollie
by Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee, and Tony Fucile
(Selection, 2010)
37 Resources5 Awards
![Town Is by the Sea](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1554988713.jpg)
![Polar Express, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0395389496.jpg)
![Small in the City](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0823442616.jpg)
![Napping House, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0152567089.jpg)
![Princess and the Warrior, The: A Tale of Two Volcanoes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1419721305.jpg)
![We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0786808322.jpg)
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
(Selection, 2008)
33 Resources11 Awards
![Sick Day for Amos McGee, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1596434023.jpg)
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead
(Selection, 2010)
33 Resources6 Awards
![Leo: A Ghost Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1452131562.jpg)
![Wall, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0374347018.jpg)
![Lion and the Mouse, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0316013560.jpg)
![Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0735842698.jpg)
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
by Monica Brown and John Parra
(Selection, 2017)
31 Resources7 Awards
![Me . . . Jane](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0316045462.jpg)
![Locomotive](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1416994157.jpg)
![Sidewalk Flowers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1554984319.jpg)
![Jumanji](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0395304482.jpg)
![Kitten's First Full Moon](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0060588284.jpg)
![People Could Fly, The: American Black Folktales](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0375804714.jpg)
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon
(Selection, 1985)
28 Resources4 Awards
![Another](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/153442167X.jpg)
![It Fell from the Sky](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1534457623.jpg)
![Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1423106350.jpg)
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
(Selection, 2001)
27 Resources6 Awards
![Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0140557393.jpg)
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
by Katherine Paterson, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon
(Selection, 1990)
27 Resources2 Awards
![River of Words, A: The Story of William Carlos Williams](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0802853021.jpg)
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Selection, 2008)
27 Resources8 Awards
![All the World](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1416985808.jpg)
![Big Red Lollipop](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0670062871.jpg)
![Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1481443496.jpg)
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
by Michael Mahin and Evan Turk
(Selection, 2017)
27 Resources7 Awards
![Farmhouse](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0316528943.jpg)
![Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0689306474.jpg)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett
(Selection, 1978)
26 Resources1 Awards
![Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0761317910.jpg)
![Arrival, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0439895294.jpg)
![Grandpa Green](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1596436077.jpg)
![Fine Dessert, A: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0375868321.jpg)
A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat
by Emily Jenkins and Sophie Blackall
(Selection, 2015)
26 Resources2 Awards
![How to Write a Poem](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0063060906.jpg)
How to Write a Poem
by Kwame Alexander, Melissa Sweet, and Deanna Nikaido
(Selection, 2023)
26 Resources6 Awards
![Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/141695046X.jpg)
![Ball for Daisy, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0375958614.jpg)
![People Could Fly, The: The Picture Book](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0375824057.jpg)
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon
(Selection, 2004)
24 Resources5 Awards
![Pilot and the Little Prince, The: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0374380694.jpg)
The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
by Peter Sís
(Selection, 2014)
24 Resources6 Awards
![I Stink!](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0060298480.jpg)