100 Great Picture Books/100 Years

I love book lists.  And now, The New York Public Library has just published a list of "100 Best Picture Books," on occasion of their current exhibition The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter, "an examination of why children’s books are important: what and how they teach children, and what they reveal about the societies that produced them."  The exhibition is really geared for adults interested in the history of children's literature; however there are some fun hands-on displays and lively spaces--like the recreation of Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon's great green room, that will occupy kids while their grown-ups examine the contents of the display cases.  

You can browse the list here

published 1928

Most of these books are in our school library's collection, and they circulate regularly, proving that these "classics" on our shelves withstand the test of time--and children!  

published 1938

published 1962

published 1972