THE PILOT AND THE LITTLE PRINCE:
The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Written and illustrated by Peter Sis
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux
(Picture book; ages 5 to 12)

THE BABY TREE

Written and illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin
(Picture book; ages 5 to 8)

THE PROMISE

Written by Nicola Davies, Illustrated by Laura Carlin
Candlewick Press
(Picture book; ages 6 to 9)

WHERE’S MOMMY?

Written by Beverly Donofrio. Illustrated by Barbara McClintock
Schwartz & Wade
(Picture book; ages 3 to 7)

HERE IS THE BABY

Written by Polly Kanevsky. Illustrated by Taeeyun Yoo
Schwartz & Wade
(Picture book; ages 2 to 5)

TIME FOR BED, FRED

Written and illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail
Walker Books/Bloomsbury
(Picture book; ages 4 to 8)

HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS

Written by J. Patrick Lewis, Illustrated by Gary Kelley
Chronicle/Creative Editions
(Picture book; ages 9 and up)

HAITI, MY COUNTRY:
Poems by Haitian Schoolchildren

lllustrated by Roge
Fifth House Publishers
(Picture book; ages 4 to 12)

SHACKLETON’S JOURNEY

Written and illustrated by William Grill
Flying Eye Books
(Picture book; ages 7 to 11)

DRAW!

Written and illustrated by Raúl Colón
A Paula Wiseman Book/Simon & Schuster
(Picture book; ages 3 to 9)

The New York Times Book Review‘s annual selection of the ten best illustrated books, chosen this year by judges Jennifer M. Brown, director of the Center for Children’s Literature at the Bank Street College of Education, and author/illustrators Brian Floca and Jerry Pinkney, has just been released online, in the form of a slideshow, with interior illustrations (our slideshow of the covers, above). The printed list will appear in the 11/9 issue.

Our downloadable spreadsheet rounds up the childrens and YA best books picks to date, 2014-Best-Books-Childrens-and-YA-V.2

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