Librarians’ List: Favorite Picture Books of 2013

It’s time for another Librarians’ List! Since it’s picture book month, we’re indulging our list-making hobbies and bringing you yet another list of our favorites. Last week, we looked at Retro Reads, books published before 2000. Today, the list includes our favorite hot-off-the-press titles, all of which have been published this year (we’ll see how many get honored when the Caldecott Award is announced in late January!). Most titles should be in your local library by now. Reviews or mentions of books, where applicable, have been linked. Printable list link below. Books are in no particular order.

1.  Tea Rex by Molly Idle.
2. The Tortoise & the Hare by Jerry Pinkney
3. Locomotive by Brian Floca
4. Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon
5. Hank Finds the Egg by Rebecca Dudley
6. Nino Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales
7. Journey by Aaron Becker
8. Moonday by Adam Rex
9. Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
10. That is NOT a Good Idea! by Mo Willems
11. Exclamation Mark! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
12. A Splash of Red by Jennifer Bryant
13. Stardines Swim Across the Sky by Jack Prelutsky
14. Building Our House by Jonathan Bean
15. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
16. Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett
17. The Other Colors: an ABC Book by Valerie Gates (also on our ABC List)
18. Papa’s Mechanical Fish by Candace Fleming
19. The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins
20. Look up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate
21. The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman
22. Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Rinker
23. Bluebird by Bob Staake
24. Mr. Wuffles by David Weisner
25. YOUR FAVORITE–feel free to add a 2013 title you’ve enjoyed (whether or not we’ve reviewed it)

Printable Librarians’ List: 2013 Picture Books

These are all excellent titles–and, if you’re feeling the need to do a little Christmas shopping, I’d encourage you to check out the Winter Book Fair where we’ve listed our truly top choices. The links in that post will take you to our amazon shop. Remember: the proceeds of the Winter Book Fair are going to help us revamp the site to make it more mobile friendly!

Cover images from goodreads