best picture books for 2012 oelma conference october 2012 stephanie bange, presenter

BEST PICTURE BOOKS FOR 2012OELMA Conference

October 2012

Stephanie Bange, presenter

The Fly Flew In by David Catrow

Penny and her song by Kevin Henkes

1-2-3 Peas by Keith Baker

Z Is for Moose (That’s Me!) by Kelly Bingham

I Know a Wee Piggy by Kim Norman

Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff

Hans My Hedgehog by Kate Coombs

Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? by David Levinthal

Zero the Hero by Joan Holub

Seeing Symmetry by Loreen Leedy

A Rock Is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston

Nightsong by Ari Berk

Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops! By Jill Biden

Vote for Me! by Ben Clanton

Machines Go to Work in the City by William Low

The Quiet Place by Sarah Stewart

Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic by Beth Lo

Maggie’s Chopsticks by Isabelle Malenfant

Words Set Me Free by Lesa Cline-Ransome

We March by Shane W. Evans

Freedom’s a-Callin Me by Ntozake Shange

Bully by Patricia Polacco

Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

Chuck Close Face Book by Chuck Close

Winner the 2012 Boston Globe- Horn Book Nonfiction Award

The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle Markel

Georgia in Hawaii by Amy Novesky

The Art of Miss Chew by Patricia Polacco

It Jes’ Happened by Don Tate

Just Behave, Pablo Picasso! By Jonah Winter

Winner International Latino Book Awards, Best Picture Book (Spanish) 2012

Jazz Age Josephine by Jonah Winter

If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond by Robert Burleigh

A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson

Life in the Ocean by Claire A. Nivola

Annie & Helen by Deborah Hopkinson

Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman

Minette’s Feast by Susanna Reich

There Goes Ted Williams by Matt Tavares

2012 Booklist top Ten Sports Books for Youth

Brothers at Bat by Audrey Vernick

And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano

Awesome Autumn by Bruce Goldstone

Gem by Holly Hobbie

Bear in Love by Daniel Pinkwater

Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds

Water Sings Blue by Kate Coombs

Dare to Dream…Change the World edited by Jill Corcoran

Step Gently Out by Helen Frost

Forget-Me-Nots edited by Mary Ann Hoberman

Go, Go Grapes! By April Pulley Sayre

A Strange Place to Call Home by Marilyn Singer

Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett

Winner 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Picture Books

Mossy by Jan Brett

One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo

Homer by Elisha Cooper

Another Brother by Matthew Cordell

Just Ducks! by Nicola Davies

Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman

Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer

Oh, No! by Candace Fleming

Cat Tale by Michael Hall

Lost and Found by Bill Harley

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mister Morris Lessmore by William Joyce

Moby Dick by Eric A. Kimmel

This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack

Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds

Hands Around the Library by Susan L. Roth & Karen Leggett Abouraya

Monsters Aren’t Real by Kerstin Schoene

Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead

A Home for Bird by Philip Stead

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten! By Hyewon Yum

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