GULF STREAM SCHOOL'S

BEST PICTURE BOOKS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

(So far!)

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Olivia

by Ian Falconer (2000)

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The Invisible String

by Patrice Karst (2000)

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The Three Pigs

by David Wiesner (2001)

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Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey

by Maira Kalman (2002)

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

by Mo Willems (2003)

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

by Mordicai Gerstein (2003)

How to Catch a Star

by Oliver Jeffers (2004)

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type

by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (2006)

Jazz

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers (2006)

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Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (2007)

Elephant & Piggie

by Mo Willems (2007)

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Grandfather’s Journey

by Allen Say (2008)

We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro Baseball League

by Kadir Nelson (2008)

14 Cows for America

by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez (2009)

The Lion & the Mouse

by Jerry Pinkney (2009)

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I Want My Hat Back

by Jon Klassen (2011)

Dragons Love Tacos

by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri (2012)

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Each Kindness

by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis (2012)

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Sleep Like a Tiger

by Mary Logue, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski (2012)

Journey

by Aaron Becker (2013)

The Day the Crayons Quit

by Drew Dewalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers (2013)

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The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

by Dan Santat (2014)

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The Book with No Pictures

by B. J. Novak (2014)

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The Most Magnificent Thing

by Ashley Spires (2014)

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What Do You Do With an Idea?

by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Mae Besom (2014)

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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear

by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall (2015)

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Last Stop on Market Street

by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson (2015)

Strictly No Elephants

by Lisa Mantchev, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo (2015)

Trombone Shorty

by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, illustrated by Brian Collier (2015)

A Child of Books

by Oliver Jeffers (2016)

Ada Twist, Scientist

by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts (2016)

Daniel Finds a Poem

by Micha Archer (2016)

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How This Book Was Made

by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Adam Rex (2016)

Penguin Problems

by Jory John, illustrated by Lane Smith (2016)

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

by Javaka Steptoe (2016)

Surf's Up

by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Daniel Miyares (2016)

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What Do You Do With a Problem?

by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Mae Besom (2016)

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A Different Pond

by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui (2017)

Dear Girl,

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal, illustrated by Holly Hatam (2017)

On a Magical Do-Nothing Day

by Beatrice Alemagna (2017)

The Book of Mistakes

by Corinna Luyken (2017)

The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors

by Drew Dewalt, illustrated by Adam Rex (2017)

We’re All Wonders

by R. J. Palacio (2017)

Wolf in the Snow

by Matthew Cordell (2017)

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A Big Mooncake for Little Star

by Grace Lin (2018)

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Hello Lighthouse

by Sophie Blackall (2018) 

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I Am Enough

by Grace Byers, illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo (2018)

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Love

by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Loren Long (2018)

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The Word Collector

by Peter H. Reynolds (2018)

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Another

by Christian Robinson (2019)

Because

by Mo Willems, illustrated by Amber Ren (2019)

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal (2019)

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Hair Love

by Matthew A. Cherry, illustrated by Vashti Harrison (2019)

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My Papi Has a Motorcycle

by Isabel Quintero (2019)

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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family

by Ibtihaj Muhammad with S. K. Ali, illustrated by Hatem Aly (2019)

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Saturday

by Oge Mora (2019)

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Say Something

by Peter H. Reynolds (2019)

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The Undefeated

by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (2019)