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100 Influential Children's Picture Books


Clever Bill/ William Nicholson (1926)
Millions of Cats/ Wanda Gag (1928)
The Little Engine That Could/ Watty Piper & Lois Lenski (1930)
The Story Of Babar/ Jean de Brunhoff (1931)
The Story Of Ferdinand/ Munro Leaf & Robert Lawson (1936)
Orlando the Marmalade Cat: A Camping Holiday/ Kathleen Hale (1938)
Madeline/ Ludwig Bemelmans (1939)
Pat the Bunny/ Dorothy Kunhardt (1940)
Caps For Sale/ Esphyr Slobodkina (1940)
Make Way For Ducklings/ Robert McCloskey (1941)
Curious George/ HA & Margret Rey (1941)
The Little House/ Virginia Lee Burton (1942)
The Little Train/ Graham Greene, Dorothy Craigie & Edward Ardizzone (1946)
Goodnight Moon/ Margaret Wise Brown & Clement Hurd (1947)
The Book About Moomin, Mymble & Little My/ Tove Jansson (1952)
Miffy/ Dick Bruna (1955)
Harold & the Purple Crayon/ Crockett Johnson (1955)
Eloise/ Kay Thompson (1955)
Tim All Alone/ Edward Ardizzone (1956)
Harry the Dirty Dog/ Gene Zion & Margaret Bloy Graham (1956)
Little Blue & Little Yellow/ Leo Lionni (1959)
Green Eggs & Ham/ Dr Seuss (1960)
The General/ Janet Charters & Michael Foreman (1961)
The Snowy Day/ Ezra Jack Keats (1962)
Where the Wild Things Are/ Maurice Sendak (1963)
Bread & Jam For Frances/ Russell & Lillian Hoban (1964)
The Giving Tree/ Shel Silverstein (1964)
Moon Man/ Tomi Ungerer (1965)
Corduroy/ Don Freeman (1968)
Rosie's Walk/ Pat Hutchins (1968)
The Tiger Who Came To Tea/ Judith Kerr (1968)
What Do People Do All Day?/ Richard Scarry (1968)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar/ Eric Carle (1969)
Sylvester & the Magic Pebble/ William Steig (1969)
The Elephant & the Bad Baby/ Elfrida Vipont & Raymond Briggs (1969)
Mr Gumpy's Outing/ John Burningham (1970)
Frog & Toad Are Friends/ Arnold Lobel (1970)
Mr Tickle/ Roger Hargreaves (1971)
The Giant Jam Sandwich/ John Vernon Lord & Janet Burroway (1972)
Meg & Mog/ Helen Nicoll & Jan Pienkowski (1972)
The Church Mouse/ Graham Oakley (1972)
Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day/ Judith Viorst & Ray Cruz (1972)
My Cat Likes To Hide In Boxes/ Eve Sutton & Lynley Dodd (1974)
Miss Nelson Is Missing!/ Harry Allard & James Marshall (1977)
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch/ Ronda & David Armitage (1977)
Fungus the Bogeyman/ Raymond Briggs (1977)
Dogger/ Shirley Hughes (1977)
The Big Orange Splot/ Daniel Manus Pinkwater (1977)
Each Peach Pear Plum/ Janet & Allan Ahlberg (1978)
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs/ Judi & Ron Barrett (1978)
Mister Magnolia/ Quentin Blake (1980)
Where's Spot?/ Eric Hill (1980)
Not Now, Bernard/ David McKee (1980)
Peace At Last/ Jill Murphy (1980)
Moo Baa La La La/ Sandra Boynton (1982)
Dear Zoo/ Rod Campbell (1982)
Gorilla/ Anthony Browne (1983)
Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy/ Lynley Dodd (1983)
Angelina Ballerina/ Katharine Holabird & Helen Craig (1983)
Katie Morag Delivers the Mail/ Mairi Hedderwick (1984)
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie/ Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond (1985)
The Polar Express/ Chris van Allsburg (1985)
Princess Smartypants/ Babette Cole (1986)
Love You Forever/ Robert Munsch & Sheila McGraw (1986)
I Want My Potty!/ Tony Ross (1987)
Winnie the Witch/ Valerie Thomas & Korky Paul (1987)
Owl Moon/ Jane Yolen (1987)
The Story Of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None Of His Business/ Werner Holzwarth & Wolf Erlbruch (1989)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom/ Bill Martin Jr, John Archambault & Lois Ehlert (1989)
We're Going On A Bear Hunt/ Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury (1989)
The True Story Of the Three Little Pigs/ John Scieszka & Lane Smith (1989)
Six Dinner Sid/ Inga Moore (1990)
Window/ Jeannie Baker (1991)
Amazing Grace/ Mary Hoffman & Caroline Binch (1991)
Tuesday/ David Wiesner (1991)
The Rainbow Fish/ Marcus Pfister (1992)
Owl Babies/ Martin Waddell & Patrick Benson (1992)
Stellaluna/ Janell Canon (1993)
The Little Red Train: Runaway Train/ Benedict Blathwayt (1995)
Handa's Surprise/ Eileen Browne (1995)
How To Live Forever/ Colin Thompson (1996)
Giraffes Can't Dance/ Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees (1998)
Duck In the Truck/ Jez Alborough (1999)
The Gruffalo/ Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (1999)
Harry & the Bucketful Of Dinosaurs/ Ian Whybrow & Adrian Reynolds (1999)
I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato/ Lauren Child (2000)
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type/ Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin (2000)
Beegu/ Alexis Deacon (2003)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!/ Mo Willems (2003)
Tadpole's Promise/ Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross (2003)
Wolves/ Emily Gravett (2005)
Lost & Found/ Oliver Jeffers (2005)
The Arrival/ Shaun Tan (2006)
Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes/ Mem Fox & Helen Oxenbury (2008)
I Want My Hat Back/ Jon Klassen (2011)
Press Here/ Herve Tullet (2012)
Journey/ Aaron Becker (2013)
The Day the Crayons Quit/ Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers (2013)
Oi Frog!/ Kes Gray & Jim Field (2014)
The Book With No Pictures/ BJ Novak (2014)

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