The Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2018
Since 1952, we’ve convened a rotating annual panel of three expert judges, who consider every illustrated children’s book published that year in the United States. They select the winners purely on the basis of artistic merit. The judges this time were Leonard Marcus, a children’s literature historian and critic; Jenny Rosenoff, a children’s librarian at the New York Public Library; and Bryan Collier, the author and illustrator of many acclaimed picture books and a past winner of the award.
AYOBAMI AND THE NAMES OF THE ANIMALS written by PIlar Lopez Aliva illustrated by Mar Azabal OUR CAR written by J.M. Brum illustrated by Jan Bajtlik THE FOREST written by Riccardo Bozzi illustrated by Violeta Lopiz & Valerio Vidali THE FUNERAL written and illustrated by Matt James RUN WILD written and illustrated by David Covell | DREAMERS written and illustrated by Yuri Morales FLORETTE written and illustrated by Anna Walker SHE MADE A MONSTER: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein written by Lynn Fulton illustrated by Felicita Sala THE HOUSE THAT ONCE WAS written by Julie Fogliano illustrated by Lane Smith THE VISITOR written and illustrated by Antje Damm |