Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year2023

Given by Kirkus Reviews

100 Works 3,684 Books 256 Reviews 4.1
Years:
All, 2023 (100), 2022 (100)
WorkYear
Breaking to the Beat! by Linda J. Acevedo
2023
9 Kilometers (Stories from Latin America) by Claudio Aguilera
2023
An American Story by Kwame Alexander
2023
How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander
2023
All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration by Glenda Armand
2023
Desert Jungle by Jeannie Baker
2023
Like Lava In My Veins by Derrick Barnes
2023
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett
2023
Glitter Everywhere!: Where it Came From, Where It's Found & Where It's Going by Chris Barton
2023
The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
2023
We Go Way Back: A Book About Life on Earth and How it All Began by Idan Ben-Barak
2023
Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland by Ævar Þór Benediktsson
2023
The Walk (A Stroll to the Poll) (Abrams Books for Young Readers) by Winsome Bingham
2023
Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya Bolden
2023
Together We Swim by Valerie Bolling
2023
Ancient Night by David Bowles
2023
The Hospital Book by Lisa Brown
2023
Afterward, Everything was Different: A Tale From the Pleistocene (Aldana Libros) by Jairo Buitrago
2023
The Gentle Genius of Trees by Philip Bunting
2023
Greenlight by Breanna Carzoo
2023
What Happened to You? by James Catchpole
2023
We Are Here by Tami Charles
2023
How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Greanias
2023
Ten-Word Tiny Tales by Joseph Coelho
2023
Evergreen by Matthew Cordell
2023
Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story about an Amazing Swimmer by Lynne Cox
2023
Everybody Has a Body by Molli Jackson Ehlert
2023
Friends Beyond Measure by Lalena Fisher
2023
The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack
2023
Penny & Pip by Candace Fleming
2023
At the Drop of a Cat by Elise Fontenaille
2023
The Masjid Kamal Loves by Ashley Franklin
2023
Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart
2023
You and the Bowerbird by Maria Gianferrari
2023
Remembering by Xelena Gonzalez
2023
Desert Queen by Jyoti Rajan Gopal
2023
Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman
2023
The Concrete Garden by Bob Graham
2023
I’m From by Gary R. Gray Jr.
2023
A Walk in the Woods by Nikki Grimes
2023
Remember by Joy Harjo
2023
Big by Vashti Harrison
2023
The Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World by Leah Henderson
2023
The Amazing and True Story of Tooth Mouse Pérez by Ana Cristina Herreros
2023
Sometimes It's Nice to Be Alone by Amy Hest
2023
The Voice in the Hollow by Will Hillenbrand
2023
On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide by Joanna Ho
2023
Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan
2023
Summer Is for Cousins by Rajani LaRocca
2023
The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of by Kirsten W Larson
2023
The Shade Tree (Aldana Libros) by Suzy Lee
2023
My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom
2023
Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin
2023
Awake, Asleep by Kyle Lukoff
2023
Bridges by Majewski Marc
2023
Tomfoolery! Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children's Books by Michelle Markel
2023
Bing! Bang! Chugga! Beep! by Bill Jr. Martin
2023
We Are Lions! by Jens Mattsson
2023
To the Other Side by Erika Meza
2023
The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery
2023
Boyogi: How a Wounded Family Learned to Heal by David Barclay Moore
2023
Martina Has Too Many Tías by Emma Otheguy
2023
Darwin's Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular by Polly Owen
2023
Dream Big, Laugh Often: And More Great Advice from the Bible by Hanoch Piven
2023
Oh No, the Aunts Are Here by Adam Rex
2023
There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds
2023
A Letter for Bob by Kim Rogers
2023
Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter by Aida Salazar
2023
Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art by Hannah Salyer
2023
The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish by Chloe Savage
2023
In Between by April Pulley Sayre
2023
My Baba's Garden by Jordan Scott
2023
Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine by Oleksandr Shatokhin
2023
Stickler Loves the World by Lane Smith
2023
The Artivist by Nikkolas Smith
2023
Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith
2023
Papa's Home by David Soman
2023
Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series by Traci Sorell
2023
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport by Caren Stelson
2023
Jump In! by Shadra Strickland
2023
Little Land by Diana Sudyka
2023
My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
2023
Simon and the Better Bone by Corey R. Tabor
2023
Mole Is Not Alone by Maya Tatsukawa
2023
The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic by Jennifer Thermes
2023
A Place Called America: A Story of the Land and People by Jennifer Thermes
2023
Salat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
2023
Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd
2023
Papá's Magical Water-Jug Clock by Jesús Trejo
2023
The Good Hair Day by Christian Trimmer
2023
The Shape of You by Muon Thi Van
2023
The World's Best Class Plant by Audrey Vernick
2023
How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford
2023
Every Dreaming Creature by Brendan Wenzel
2023
Not He or She, I'm Me by A. M. Wild
2023
Zora, the Story Keeper by Ebony Joy Wilkins
2023
When You Can Swim by Jack Wong
2023
Nell Plants a Tree by Anne Wynter
2023
The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto
2023
Corner by Zoo
2023

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