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Best Picture Books of 2016 by Category

BEST PICTURE BOOKS OF 2016 FOR ANIMAL LOVERS

HAVE YOU SEEN ELEPHANT? by David Barrow

HAVE YOU SEEN ELEPHANT?

by David Barrow

EVERYONE IS YAWNING by Anita Bijsterbosch

EVERYONE IS YAWNING

by Anita Bijsterbosch

NARWHAL by Ben Clanton

by Ben Clanton

¡OLINGUITO, DE LA A A LA Z! / OLINGUITO, FROM A TO Z! by Lulu Delacre

¡OLINGUITO, DE LA A A LA Z! / OLINGUITO, FROM A TO Z!

by Lulu Delacre

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BEST PICTURE BOOKS OF 2016 TO GET KIDS LAUGHING

LITTLE RED AND THE VERY HUNGRY LION by Alex T. Smith

LITTLE RED AND THE VERY HUNGRY LION

by Alex T. Smith

THE HAPPIEST BOOK EVER by Bob Shea

THE HAPPIEST BOOK EVER

by Bob Shea

KING BABY by Kate Beaton

by Kate Beaton

NOBODY LIKES A GOBLIN by Ben Hatke

NOBODY LIKES A GOBLIN

by Ben Hatke

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BEST PICTURE BOOKS OF 2016 ABOUT FAMILY

IN PLAIN SIGHT by Richard Jackson

by Richard Jackson

A SQUIGGLY STORY by Andrew Larsen

A SQUIGGLY STORY

by Andrew Larsen

MAYA by Mahak Jain

by Mahak Jain

THE AIRPORT BOOK by Lisa Brown

THE AIRPORT BOOK

by Lisa Brown

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BEST PICTURE BOOKS OF 2016 ABOUT FRIENDS & COMMUNITY

MAYBE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL by F. Isabel Campoy

MAYBE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

by F. Isabel Campoy

THE NIGHT GARDENER by Terry Fan

THE NIGHT GARDENER

by Terry Fan

NOBODY LIKES A GOBLIN by Ben Hatke

NOBODY LIKES A GOBLIN

by Ben Hatke

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LOOK UP! by Jung Jin-Ho

by Jung Jin-Ho

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BEST PICTURE BOOKS OF 2016 THAT MAY SURPRISE YOU

AT NIGHT by Helga Bansch

by Helga Bansch

LUCY by Randy Cecil

by Randy Cecil

DU IZ TAK? by Carson Ellis

by Carson Ellis

APPLES AND ROBINS by Lucie Felix

APPLES AND ROBINS

by Lucie Felix

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BEST INFORMATIONAL PICTURE BOOKS OF 2016

PREACHING TO THE CHICKENS by Jabari Asim

PREACHING TO THE CHICKENS

by Jabari Asim

WHOOSH! by Chris Barton

by Chris Barton

FREEDOM OVER ME by Ashley Bryan

FREEDOM OVER ME

by Ashley Bryan

BILLIONS OF BRICKS by Kurt Cyrus

BILLIONS OF BRICKS

by Kurt Cyrus

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BEST PICTURE BOOKS OF 2016 TO GET KIDS THINKING

THE DEAD BIRD by Margaret Wise Brown

by Margaret Wise Brown

I HEAR A PICKLE by Rachel Isadora

I HEAR A PICKLE

by Rachel Isadora

DU IZ TAK? by Carson Ellis

by Carson Ellis

SHY by Deborah Freedman

by Deborah Freedman

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