If you've found yourself reading the same picture book over and over (and over and over) to a small but determined audience we see you and salute you! Perhaps you'd like to add a few new titles to the mix? Every year we ask our staff and book critics for recommendations for Books We Love — NPR's annual, year-end books guide. Here are some of the 2023 picture books they selected — to see the full list, including books for older kids — head over to Books We Love.
Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld
Big by Vashti Harrison
I'm From by Gary R. Gray Jr., illustrated by Oge Mora
The King Penguin by Vanessa Roeder
Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar by Mojdeh Hassani and Samira Iravani, illustrated by Maya Fidawi
My Head Has a Bellyache by Chris Harris, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi
Rainbow Shopping by Qing Zhuang
Remember by Joy Harjo, illustrated by Michaela Goade
Twenty Questions by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Christian Robinson
A Walk in the Woods by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
This is just a sampling of the titles in the Kids' Books section of Books We Love. Check out all of this year's selections, and stick around to browse picks from the last 11 years.
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