Best Picture Books of 2018

The following picture books were featured on the Best of 2018 lists by the New York Times Book Review and Publisher’s Weekly. Click on the cover to see if a book is available at our library or to place a copy on hold.

Ayobami and the Names of the Animals by Pilar Lopez Avila, illus. by Mar Azabal A Big Mooncake for Little Star Grace Lin Carmela Full of Wishes Matt de la Peña, illus. by Christian Robinson
The Crocodile and the Dentist Taro Gomi The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson, illus. by Rafael López Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
The Eye That Never Sleeps: How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln Marissa Moss, illus. by Jeremy Holmes Florette by Anna Walker The Forest by Riccardo Bozzi, illus. by Violeta Lopiz and Valerio Vidali
The Funeral by Matt James Hello Lighthouse Sophie Blackall A House That Once Was by Julie Fogliano, illus. by Lane Smith
Julián Is a Mermaid Jessica Love Kitten and the Night Watchman John Sullivan, illus. by Taeeun Yoo Our Car by J.M. Brum, illus. by Jan Bajtlik
The Patchwork Bike Maxine Beneba Clarke, illus. by Van Thanh Rudd The Rabbit Listened Cori Doerrfeld Run Wild by David Covell
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lynn Fulton, illus. by Felicita Sala Thank You, Omu! Oge Mora The Visitor by Antje Damm