Picture Books

I really really love a good picture book. I love a good story line with something to learn from it, or be encouraged by. It must have good pictures. This is a list of books I think are great picture books (Books with * are particularly Christian):

I love you books: 
Runaway bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
I love you through and through by Rossetti-Shustak
I love you because you're you by Liza Baker
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
No Matter What by Debi Gliori
Mama do you love me? by Barbara M. Joosse
Don't forget that I love you by Anna Currey
Guess How much I love you by Sam McBratney
I'd Do Anything For You
Always with you Little Monday by Genevieve Cote
What I Like About You by Colleene Ludington


General fun:
Kevin Henkes (Chyrsanthemum; Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse; Sheila the Brave; Owen, etc....)
Jan Brett-everything
Patricia Polacco-everything, she is one of my favorite authors
Russell Hoban (the Francis books and the Arthur books)
Tomie dePaola books
Max Lucado (for kids, including the Hermie and friends series)*
R.C. Sproull (for kids)* ( The Lightlings; The King without a shadow; The priest with dirty clothes)
Cheer Up Chicken by Bob Hartman*
The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt*
Cows in the House by Beverly Lewis*Mooki and the too proud peacock by Smalley*
He's Got the Whole World in his hands by Kadir Nelson*
Jump at the Sun Bible classics they also make fairy tale classics*
Little Pea by Amy Crouse Rosenthal
The Grump by Mark Ludy and all his other books too
Alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day by Judith Viorst
Simon in the land of chalk drawings by Edward McLachlan
Grandpa's teeth by Rod Clement
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs by Judi Barrett
C is for Centennial by Louise Doak Whitney
Alexander and the magic mouse by Martha sanders
Sheep out to eat by Nancy Shaw and all the sheep books
The Little old man who could not read by Irma Simontron Black
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Max's Words by Kate Banks
The Music in Derrick's Heart by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
Warm Fuzzy Tale by Claude Steiner 
When the wind bears go dancing by Phoebe Stone
Little Beaver and the Echo by Amy MacDonald
Colors come from God Just like me by Carolyn Forche*
Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti
I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
Roxaboxen by Barbara Cooney
Andrew Henry's Meadow by Doris Burn
The Summerfolk by Doris Burn

Great books for boys:
Andrew Henry's Meadow by Doris Burn
The Summerfolk by Doris Burn
Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel by Lee Burton
How do Dinosaurs ______ by Jane Yolen
I, Matthew Henson by Weatherford
By my brother's side by Tiki and Ronde Barber
You Can Do it! by Tony Dungy
Little Bill books by Bill Cosby
The Squire and the Scroll by Jennie Bishop (defending the faith)*
The Garden Wall by Jennie Bishop (marriage)*
Tough Trucks and others in this series by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker
Tonka Working Hard with the Mighty Crane and other books in this series by Justine Korman
What do People Do All Day by Richard Scarry (if you can find it, How Things Work is also really great!)
David Shannon books No David, Too Many Toys and Good Boy Fergus and many more
Fire Bears the Rescue Team by Rhonda Gowler Greene
TruckTown books

Great books for girls:
The Princess and the Kiss by Jennie Bishop (purity)*
The Garden Wall by Jennie Bishop (marriage)*
The True Princess by Angela Elwell Hunt (purity)*
I'd Be your princess by Kathryn OBrien*
Princess Bella and the red velvet hat by Doreen Gay-Kassel *

Colorado or Western theme:
The Three Little Javalinas by Susan Lowell 
Round up at the Palace by Kathleen Cook Waldron


Biographical (some are sort of):
I, Matthew Henson by Weatherford
By my brother's side by Tiki and Ronde Barber
You Can Do it! by Tony Dungy
Little Bill books by Bill Cosby

Goodnight books:
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Goodnight Moon
Go away dark night by Liz Curtis Higgs*

Classics:
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
A child's garden of verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Wynken Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field
Goldilocks by James Marshall (not your standard story)
ALL the classics re done by Rachel Isadora they are totally awesome!
The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Stories
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Dangerous Journey (Pilgrim's Progress for little kids)*

From MY childhood:
The happy man and his dumptruck (golden book)
Nurse Nancy (golden book)
The Marvelous Mud washing machine by?
Ukelele and her new doll by Clara Louise Grant (golden book)
The rainbow dress and other tollush tales By ilse-Margret Vogel
The best loved doll by Rebecca Caudill
The shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide
Kady Did by Jean Conder soule
Nancy Plays nurse by Diane Sherman

Folk Tales/Tall Tales (and ones that could be):
Johnny Appleseed by Will Moses
The Dandelion seed by Joseph Anthony

International Flair:
Native American
The great race by Paul Gobel (others of his too)
The Dragonfly's tale by Kristina Rodanas
African
The Blind Hunter Kristina Rodanas
Crafty Chameleon by Mwenye Hadithi
Pulling the Lion's whiskers and other Ethiopian tales by Ashabranner and Davis
The storytellers beads by Jane Kurtz
Jane Kurtz books for kids -all of them
The Perfect Orange by Frank Araujo
Fire on the Mountain by Jane Kurtz
Other International
Running Shoes by Frederick Lipp

Board Books/or for Very Young Children:
We're going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen
Sandra Boynton (like Barnyard Dance and What's Wrong Little Pokey)
Tom and Pippo books by Helen Oxynbury
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Fisher Price Little People books have all sorts of topics and many are board books.
Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you See? by Eric Carle (there is also one about a Polar Bear)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
I love you through and through by Rossetti-Shustak
I love you because you're you by Liza Baker
Colors come from God Just like me by Carolyn Forche*
Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
How Do Dinosaurs______ by Jane Yolen (Board book style)
Veggie Tale board books*