I love baby bird I love you children’s
literature has never looked this good
please children scootch closer don’t
make me tell you again about the
scooching you and the red chop-chop
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
Illustrated children’s books that island
looks like a nice quiet place and it’s
only a little way from the public garden
for this list we’re looking at
individual illustrated books that aren’t
part of an extended series so there’s no
room for the likes of the berenstain
bears or for Clifford the Big Red Dog
I guess she’s right we’re also focusing
on books that are fully Illustrated on
every page and therefore are omitting
works such as Grimm’s fairy tales or any
of the Roald Dahl books
despite Quentin Blake’s brilliance
number 10 guess how much I love you Sam
McBratney and Anita Jerome little
nut-brown hare who was going to bed held
on tight to big nut-brown hares very
long ears a simple tale taking place
between two nut-brown hares the plot for
our first picture book begins when
little nut-brown hare asks big nut-brown
the titular question guess how much I
love you the pair then seeks to measure
their amount of love for the other
always out doing the measurement
previously given I love you as high as I
can reach said big nut-brown hare a
charming story on its own though there
is also an animated series inspired by
it kids love the repetition and the
overall message in this book but I love
you as high as I can hop smiled big
nut-brown hare it explains to them in
language they understand the endlessness
of love then he lay down close by and
whispered with a smile
I love you right up to the moon
number nine Alexander and the terrible
horrible no good very bad day
Judith yours and ray Cruz I would the
sweet with gum in my mouth and now
there’s gum in my hair many kids books
tell tall tales of fantastical
happenings we could only hope to
experience this is no such book a boy
who most definitely woke up on the wrong
side of bed Alexander’s terrible
horrible no good very bad day involves
gum in hair cavities and lima beans all
of which encourage our titular boy to
wish to move down under next week I said
I’m going to Australia a black and white
Award winner for grades K through two
its moral is simple some days are just
terrible horrible no good and very bad
but that’s okay my mom says some days
are like that even in Australia number
eight make way for ducklings Robert
McCluskey you’ll get run over and once
she got her breath she added this is no
place for babies a story that would
suffer without its authors charcoal
illustrations McCluskey’s make way for
ducklings has been in print since it
first hit shelves in 1941 if you guys
ever read that wonderful children’s book
make way for ducklings with a mama duck
you know leads or baby ducks across the
street inspired by the author’s time in
the Boston Public Garden as a young art
student it’s the tale of a mallard
family searching for a permanent home
with a heartwarming trek through Boston
and to loving yet independent characters
at its core the book is sold well over
two million copies has been immortalized
as a statue in the Boston Public Garden
and was named the official children’s
book of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
proving that parental love transcends
species and when night falls they swim
to their little island and go to sleep
number seven go dog go PD Eastman big
dog
little dog big dogs and little dogs dr.
Seuss edited and approved this classic
colorfully Illustrated kids book teaches
as much as it tickles the funny bone a
beginner book for ages 3 through 7
penned by PD Eastman and not Seuss
himself as many believe it is it is not
hot here under the house
it’s simple text communicates lessons
about colors life diversity and even
romance all while telling a playful
parable with few syllable words oh do
you like my hat
I do not goodbye
good boy the dogs go in the dogs go out
the dogs are big the dogs are little the
dogs are red the dogs are blue teachers
love it parents love it and kids love it
too a dog party big dog party number 6
good night moon Margaret wise Brown and
Clement heard in the Great Green Room
there was a telephone and a red balloon
and the picture of the cow jumping over
the moon bedtime stories are an
essential part of childhood and good
night moon is probably one of the
greatest bedtime stories ever written
good night room good night moon good
night cow jumping over the moon a
ritualistic account of an
anthropomorphic bunnies bedtime routine
it’s about bidding good night to all the
important things in a child’s life from
the Bears to the chairs the kittens to
the mittens it works especially well as
a picture book because kids can look for
the things mentioned themselves both on
the page and off of it inside their own
rooms and cook
to the old lady whispering
number five The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle what in Sunday morning the
warm Sun came up and pop out of the egg
came a tiny and Very Hungry Caterpillar
a picture book recognized with awards
for graphic design The Very Hungry
Caterpillar is a twentieth century
literature phenomenon with over 30
million books sold worldwide Eric Carles
classic has been bought more than once
every minute since publication on
Wednesday he ate through three plums but
he was still hungry and that’s before
various toys and merchandiser taken into
account not bad for a story that entered
into the author’s head one day while he
was using a hole puncher the rest is
number learning appetite inducing
history and the quirkiest caterpillar to
butterfly tale ever told he nibbled a
hole in the cocoon pushed his way out
and
number four the giving tree’ shel
silverstein everyday the boy would come
he would gather her leaves one of the
more controversial picture books in
existence interpretations of The Giving
Tree are divided the story sees a little
boy grow into an old man under the
watchful eyes of the eponymous tree so
the boy cut off her branches and carried
him away to build his house the changes
that occur in their relationship have
critics unsure whether the message is
positive or negative
either way this book gets children
thinking and adults to Silverstein’s
poem collection where the sidewalk ends
almost featured here but the giving tree
gets our vote come boy come sit out
check on arrest number three
love you forever Robert Munsch and
Sheila McGraw a mother held her new baby
and very slowly rocked him back and
forth back and forth back and forth
another cyclical story love you forever
deals with the passing of time and the
stages of life preparing kids for the
adulthood that they will eventually
encounter the boy grew he grew and he
grew and he grew he grew until he was a
teenager he had strange friends and he
wore strange clothes and he listened to
strange music the message is both simple
and thought-provoking especially as the
mother son roles are reversed towards
the books conclusion the son went to his
mother he picked her up and rocked her
back and forth back and forth back and
forth Robert Munsch could have featured
for paper-bag princess as well but love
you forever will likely never be beaten
in terms of being a picture book that
brings tears to your eyes
just ask the cast of friends and while
he rocked her he’s saying I love you
forever I’ll like you for always as long
as I’m living my baby you’ll be Wow
number 2 where the wild things are
Maurice Sendak his mother called him
wild thing
and Max said I read you up so he was
sent to bed without eating anything a
story of just 338 words it’s a testament
to the weight of those words and the
detail of the accompanying illustrations
that where the wild things are has a
reputation as one of the most vibrant
imaginative and emotional children’s
stories ever written and now cried max
let the wild rumpus start the plot
centers on a young boy named Max who
after being naughty is sent to bed
without his supper max then embarks into
an anger inspired make-believe world
literally journeying to where the wild
things are but after all of his
adventures nothing beats the warmth of a
parent’s love and through a day and into
the night of his very own room
where he found his supper waiting for
him before we crack the spine on our top
pick here are some honorable mentions
sunshine lollipops and Biggles
everything is this you yeah well it says
here no photo with the department store
Santa this year no letter to Santa and
you made your sister put out the milk
and cookies mm-hmm sounds to me like
this is your crucial year if I were you
I would think about climbing on board
number one The Cat in the Hat dr. Seuss
okay you will note I am neat wiped my
feet on the mat Theodore Geisel
otherwise known as dr. Seuss is rightly
regarded as a legendary picture book
writer and illustrator green eggs and
ham is an absolute essential title of
his but our top spots taken by The Cat
in the Hat a story which Geisel himself
admits to being proudest of oat oat out
of this house out out why every house
should have a cat in it curled up by the
fireplace little Warren The Cat in the
Hat was written at a time when
children’s literature was at a
crossroads publishers wanted to do away
with what they called Dick and Jane
traditions replacing them with something
new original educational and funny it
isn’t here I’ll mark this X it isn’t
there I’ll mark that why it isn’t
underneath the Apple mark the Apple hki
the cat was exactly that look I’m a cat
that can talk do you agree with our list
well he just wants attention
give him the satisfaction which book
brings back your childhood form or
nostalgic top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com that
was amazing thank you so much for that
gift I was not ready for this today
literature has never looked this good
please children scootch closer don’t
make me tell you again about the
scooching you and the red chop-chop
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
Illustrated children’s books that island
looks like a nice quiet place and it’s
only a little way from the public garden
for this list we’re looking at
individual illustrated books that aren’t
part of an extended series so there’s no
room for the likes of the berenstain
bears or for Clifford the Big Red Dog
I guess she’s right we’re also focusing
on books that are fully Illustrated on
every page and therefore are omitting
works such as Grimm’s fairy tales or any
of the Roald Dahl books
despite Quentin Blake’s brilliance
number 10 guess how much I love you Sam
McBratney and Anita Jerome little
nut-brown hare who was going to bed held
on tight to big nut-brown hares very
long ears a simple tale taking place
between two nut-brown hares the plot for
our first picture book begins when
little nut-brown hare asks big nut-brown
the titular question guess how much I
love you the pair then seeks to measure
their amount of love for the other
always out doing the measurement
previously given I love you as high as I
can reach said big nut-brown hare a
charming story on its own though there
is also an animated series inspired by
it kids love the repetition and the
overall message in this book but I love
you as high as I can hop smiled big
nut-brown hare it explains to them in
language they understand the endlessness
of love then he lay down close by and
whispered with a smile
I love you right up to the moon
number nine Alexander and the terrible
horrible no good very bad day
Judith yours and ray Cruz I would the
sweet with gum in my mouth and now
there’s gum in my hair many kids books
tell tall tales of fantastical
happenings we could only hope to
experience this is no such book a boy
who most definitely woke up on the wrong
side of bed Alexander’s terrible
horrible no good very bad day involves
gum in hair cavities and lima beans all
of which encourage our titular boy to
wish to move down under next week I said
I’m going to Australia a black and white
Award winner for grades K through two
its moral is simple some days are just
terrible horrible no good and very bad
but that’s okay my mom says some days
are like that even in Australia number
eight make way for ducklings Robert
McCluskey you’ll get run over and once
she got her breath she added this is no
place for babies a story that would
suffer without its authors charcoal
illustrations McCluskey’s make way for
ducklings has been in print since it
first hit shelves in 1941 if you guys
ever read that wonderful children’s book
make way for ducklings with a mama duck
you know leads or baby ducks across the
street inspired by the author’s time in
the Boston Public Garden as a young art
student it’s the tale of a mallard
family searching for a permanent home
with a heartwarming trek through Boston
and to loving yet independent characters
at its core the book is sold well over
two million copies has been immortalized
as a statue in the Boston Public Garden
and was named the official children’s
book of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
proving that parental love transcends
species and when night falls they swim
to their little island and go to sleep
number seven go dog go PD Eastman big
dog
little dog big dogs and little dogs dr.
Seuss edited and approved this classic
colorfully Illustrated kids book teaches
as much as it tickles the funny bone a
beginner book for ages 3 through 7
penned by PD Eastman and not Seuss
himself as many believe it is it is not
hot here under the house
it’s simple text communicates lessons
about colors life diversity and even
romance all while telling a playful
parable with few syllable words oh do
you like my hat
I do not goodbye
good boy the dogs go in the dogs go out
the dogs are big the dogs are little the
dogs are red the dogs are blue teachers
love it parents love it and kids love it
too a dog party big dog party number 6
good night moon Margaret wise Brown and
Clement heard in the Great Green Room
there was a telephone and a red balloon
and the picture of the cow jumping over
the moon bedtime stories are an
essential part of childhood and good
night moon is probably one of the
greatest bedtime stories ever written
good night room good night moon good
night cow jumping over the moon a
ritualistic account of an
anthropomorphic bunnies bedtime routine
it’s about bidding good night to all the
important things in a child’s life from
the Bears to the chairs the kittens to
the mittens it works especially well as
a picture book because kids can look for
the things mentioned themselves both on
the page and off of it inside their own
rooms and cook
to the old lady whispering
number five The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle what in Sunday morning the
warm Sun came up and pop out of the egg
came a tiny and Very Hungry Caterpillar
a picture book recognized with awards
for graphic design The Very Hungry
Caterpillar is a twentieth century
literature phenomenon with over 30
million books sold worldwide Eric Carles
classic has been bought more than once
every minute since publication on
Wednesday he ate through three plums but
he was still hungry and that’s before
various toys and merchandiser taken into
account not bad for a story that entered
into the author’s head one day while he
was using a hole puncher the rest is
number learning appetite inducing
history and the quirkiest caterpillar to
butterfly tale ever told he nibbled a
hole in the cocoon pushed his way out
and
number four the giving tree’ shel
silverstein everyday the boy would come
he would gather her leaves one of the
more controversial picture books in
existence interpretations of The Giving
Tree are divided the story sees a little
boy grow into an old man under the
watchful eyes of the eponymous tree so
the boy cut off her branches and carried
him away to build his house the changes
that occur in their relationship have
critics unsure whether the message is
positive or negative
either way this book gets children
thinking and adults to Silverstein’s
poem collection where the sidewalk ends
almost featured here but the giving tree
gets our vote come boy come sit out
check on arrest number three
love you forever Robert Munsch and
Sheila McGraw a mother held her new baby
and very slowly rocked him back and
forth back and forth back and forth
another cyclical story love you forever
deals with the passing of time and the
stages of life preparing kids for the
adulthood that they will eventually
encounter the boy grew he grew and he
grew and he grew he grew until he was a
teenager he had strange friends and he
wore strange clothes and he listened to
strange music the message is both simple
and thought-provoking especially as the
mother son roles are reversed towards
the books conclusion the son went to his
mother he picked her up and rocked her
back and forth back and forth back and
forth Robert Munsch could have featured
for paper-bag princess as well but love
you forever will likely never be beaten
in terms of being a picture book that
brings tears to your eyes
just ask the cast of friends and while
he rocked her he’s saying I love you
forever I’ll like you for always as long
as I’m living my baby you’ll be Wow
number 2 where the wild things are
Maurice Sendak his mother called him
wild thing
and Max said I read you up so he was
sent to bed without eating anything a
story of just 338 words it’s a testament
to the weight of those words and the
detail of the accompanying illustrations
that where the wild things are has a
reputation as one of the most vibrant
imaginative and emotional children’s
stories ever written and now cried max
let the wild rumpus start the plot
centers on a young boy named Max who
after being naughty is sent to bed
without his supper max then embarks into
an anger inspired make-believe world
literally journeying to where the wild
things are but after all of his
adventures nothing beats the warmth of a
parent’s love and through a day and into
the night of his very own room
where he found his supper waiting for
him before we crack the spine on our top
pick here are some honorable mentions
sunshine lollipops and Biggles
everything is this you yeah well it says
here no photo with the department store
Santa this year no letter to Santa and
you made your sister put out the milk
and cookies mm-hmm sounds to me like
this is your crucial year if I were you
I would think about climbing on board
number one The Cat in the Hat dr. Seuss
okay you will note I am neat wiped my
feet on the mat Theodore Geisel
otherwise known as dr. Seuss is rightly
regarded as a legendary picture book
writer and illustrator green eggs and
ham is an absolute essential title of
his but our top spots taken by The Cat
in the Hat a story which Geisel himself
admits to being proudest of oat oat out
of this house out out why every house
should have a cat in it curled up by the
fireplace little Warren The Cat in the
Hat was written at a time when
children’s literature was at a
crossroads publishers wanted to do away
with what they called Dick and Jane
traditions replacing them with something
new original educational and funny it
isn’t here I’ll mark this X it isn’t
there I’ll mark that why it isn’t
underneath the Apple mark the Apple hki
the cat was exactly that look I’m a cat
that can talk do you agree with our list
well he just wants attention
give him the satisfaction which book
brings back your childhood form or
nostalgic top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com that
was amazing thank you so much for that
gift I was not ready for this today
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