Best Picture Books of 2009-2010
From GRPLpedia
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown Picture Book Brown
“Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads color throughout the gray city.”
It's a Secret by John Burningham Picture Book Burningham
“Every night Marie-Elaine's cat, Malcolm, goes out, and every morning he comes back in and sleeps. "Where do cats go at night?" the girl wonders. So when she sees him at his cat door dressed to the nines, she begs to come along. And amazingly, Malcolm agrees.”
Dinotrux by Chris Gall Picture Book Gall
“Millions of years ago, the prehistoric ancestors of today's trucks, such as garbageadon, dozeratops, and craneosaurus, roamed the Earth until they rusted out and became extinct.”
The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett Picture Book Gravett
“Duck is trying to hatch the oddest egg of all.”
Princess Hyacinth: (the surprising tale of a girl who floated by) by Florence Parry Heide Picture Book Heide
“Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace every day because, unless she is weighed down by specially-made clothes, she will float away, but her days are made brighter when kite-flying Boy stops to say hello.”
Birds by Kevin Henkes Picture Book Henkes
“Fascinated by the colors, shapes, sounds, and movements of the many different birds she sees through her window, a little girl is happy to discover that she and they have something in common.”
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney Picture Book Pinkney
“In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.”
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Picture Book Rosenthal
“Is it a duck or a rabbit? Depends on how you look at it! Two unseen characters argue about whether the creature they are looking at is a rabbit or a duck.”
All the World by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon Picture Book Scanlon
“Follow a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night as they discover the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky.”
Opposnakes by Salina Yoon Picture Book Yoon
“Swing open the double flaps over each snake to reveal an extralong, color-filled oppo-snake.”
