As part of one of my side jobs, I write a monthly newsletter. For the January issue, I always include a list of some of my favorite books from 2009. My list is mostly picture books and I’m looking for books that teachers can use in the classrooms. So, here were my favorites from 2009:
- All of Me by Molly Bang
- I Want a Dog by Helga Bansch
- Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton
- The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
- Redwoods by Jason Chin
- Our Children Can Soar by Michelle Cook
- 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
- There Was an Old Monster! by Rebecca, Adrian, and Ed Emberley
- Willoughby and the Lion by Greg Foley
- Pond Circle by Betsy Franco
- A Book by Mordicai Gerstein
- The Looking Book by P.K. Hallinan
- Falling Down the Page by Georgia Heard (editor)
- One World, One Day by Barbara Kerley
- Otis by Loren Long
- Crow Call by Lois Lowry
- The Lion’s Share by Matthew McElligott
- The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
- Are you a Horse? by Andy Rash
- The North Star by Peter H. Reynolds
- Pink! by Lynne Rickards
- Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
- Adventures in Cartooning by James Strum, Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost
- Have I got a Book for You! by Melanie Watt
- Big Frog Can’t Fit In by Mo Willems
- Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
- The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino
- 2030 by Amy Zucerkman and James Daly
And while not a picture book, this collection of stories from famous people from all types of life by Anita Silvey is fantastic – Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Picture Book.
So there it is. My favorite picture books from 2009. The best part is now that we’ve made a list, the process starts all over again for next year!
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