New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2012
Next month marks the 60th anniversary of the NewYork Times Book Review list of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of the year. I was going over lists from year's past and, out of the ten books chosen, the judges seem to be very in tune with the ALA. Since 2000 there has been a Caldecott honoree (sometimes more than one) on every list and the Caldecott winner on almost all of the lists. There are always three judges - a picture book illustrator, a journalist and an academic and they frequently include a NYC-centric book on the list. This year's judges are Chris Raschka (winner of last year's Caldecott Medal and one of the ten books on the NYTimes Best Illustrated Children's Books of the year, A Ball for Daisy,) Bruce Handy, journalist for Vanity Fair and Cathryn Mercier, director of the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons College.
New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2012
illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Ted Kooser
by illustrated by Albertine, written by Germano Zullo
Bear Despair
by Gaëtan Dorémus (to be reviewed on 11/12)
Unspoken
by Henry Cole
The Beetle Book
by Steve Jenkins
The Hueys in THE NEW SWEATER
by Oliver Jeffers
Red Knit Cap Girl
by Naoko Stoop
One Times Square
by Joe McKendry
Infinity and Me
illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska, written by Kate Hosford
Stephen and the Beetle
illustrated by Chiara Carrer, written by Jorge Luján
