Through the year, we invite guest curators – international picturebook and illustration specialists – to independently highlight their favourite picturebooks showcased on the dPICTUS platform. The ongoing 100 Outstanding Picturebooks showcase features the titles which have been highlighted by the most guest curators, and includes an eclectic mix of new-and-soon-to-be-released picturebooks, as well as classic backlist titles. We’re currently unable to present a physical showcase at book fairs, but we hope you’ll enjoy viewing the 100 Outstanding Picturebooks on dPICTUS instead. Members can view these titles in full; non-members can see two spreads from each title.
The 100 Outstanding Picturebooks (summer 2021 selection)
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High-Tide
Bernardo P. Carvalho
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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The Lost Soul
Olga Tokarczuk & Joanna Concejo
Editions Format, Poland
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Rosie Runs
Marika Maijala
Etana Editions, Finland
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The Great Story of A Little Line
Serge Bloch
Éditions Sarbacane, France
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Your turn, Adrian
Helena Öberg & Kristin Lidström
Mirando Bok, Sweden
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I want a dog. Any dog
Kitty Crowther
Pastel, Belgium
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The Moose of Ewenki
Blackcrane & Jiu'er
Jieli Publishing House, China
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The Tunnel
Hege Siri & Mari Kanstad Johnsen
Magikon Forlag, Norway
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Isresan
Thomas & Anna-Clara Tidholm
Alfabeta Bokförlag, Sweden
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Farwest
Peter Elliott & Kitty Crowther
Pastel, Belgium
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Hiro, Snow and Marshmallows
Marine Schneider
Versant Sud Jeunesse, Belgium
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Jacqueline
Pierre-Jacques Ober
Seuil Jeunesse, France
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The Gift
Page Tsou
HongFei Cultures, France
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Curious characters, A short story about letters
Ricardo Henriques & Madalena Matoso
Pato Lógico, Portugal
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The Great Friend
Ylva Karlsson & Eva Lindström
Urax förlag, Sweden
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Duck, Death and the Tulip
Wolf Erlbruch
Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Germany
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Two hundred and sixty-nine days
Roald Kaldestad & Bjørn Rune Lie
Magikon Forlag, Norway
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Nothing is Impossible to Us
Eva Lindström
Alfabeta Bokförlag, Sweden
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Women and Men
Equipo Plantel & Luci Gutiérrez
Media Vaca, Spain
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They are coming!
Sylvie Neeman & Albertine
Editions La Joie de lire, Switzerland
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An Orchard in My Belly
Simon Boulerice & Gérard DuBois
Groupe d'édition la courte échelle, Canada
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The Garden
ATAK
Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Germany
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Ahead!
Loren Capelli
Editions courtes et longues, France
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When stories are mistold
Gianni Rodari & Beatrice Alemagna
Edizioni EL, Italy
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Jane, the Fox and Me
Fanny Britt & Isabelle Arsenault
Éditions de La Pastèque, Canada
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Nolens Volens. Almost 100 Latin (and a few Greek) maxims
Zuzanna Kisielewska & Agata Dudek
Druganoga, Poland
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Fresh Water
Emilie Vast
Editions MeMo, France
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Mr Filkins in the Desert
Quentin Blake
Tate Publishing, United Kingdom
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The Castle
Emma AdBåge
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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Busy, Very Busy
Eva Lindström
Alfabeta Bokförlag, Sweden
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To Carnival! A Celebration In Saint Lucia
Baptiste Paul & Jana Glatt
Barefoot Books, United States
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Kisses
Goele Dewanckel
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy
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A River
Marc Martin
Penguin Random House Australia, Australia
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The Bird Within Me Flies Wherever it Wants
Sara Lundberg
Mirando Bok, Sweden
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Me and Everybody
Ylva Karlsson & Sara Lundberg
Rabén & Sjögren, Sweden
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Big Bear, Little Bear
Marine Schneider
Cambourakis, France
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Bear In New-York
Gaya Wisniewski
Editions MeMo, France
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The Beach
Sol Undurraga
L'Agrume, France
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Don’t Cross the Line!
Isabel Minhós Martins & Bernardo P. Carvalho
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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The wild swans
Hans Christian Andersen & Joanna Concejo
Topipittori, Italy
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To Each Their Own House
Chiara Carrer
Petra Ediciones, Mexico
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In the Garden
Irene Penazzi
Maison Eliza, France
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Moon Sherbet
BAEK, Heena
Bear Books Inc., South Korea
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Once upon a time there was and will be so much more
Johanna Schaible
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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Didi and Gogo Wait for the Bus
Anna Höglund
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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Legenday Robberies
Soledad Romero & Julio Antonio Blasco
Zahorí Books, Spain
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Stories of the night
Kitty Crowther
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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Land in Reverse
Henning Wagenbreth
Peter Hammer Verlag, Germany
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Everyone Walks Away
Eva Lindström
Alfabeta Bokförlag, Sweden
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Topsy Turvy World
ATAK
Jacoby & Stuart, Germany
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In the Woods
Ana María Matute & Elena Odriozola
Libros del Zorro Rojo, Spain
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Geo-graphics
Regina Giménez
Zahorí Books, Spain
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Odysseus’ quest for a friend
Lena Repetur
Detskaya Literatura, Russia
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In the Tube
Alice Barberini
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy
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A Beautiful Day
Anne Laval
le Rouergue, France
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Pirates in the Garden
ATAK
Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Germany
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In the Mountains
Irene Penazzi
Maison Eliza, France
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The Big Snake
Adrien Parlange
ALBIN MICHEL JEUNESSE, France
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A History of Pictures for Children
David Hockney & Rose Blake
Thames & Hudson, United Kingdom
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That spoon
Sandra Siemens & Bea Lozano
Limonero, Argentina
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MVSEVM
Manuel Marsol
Orecchio Acerbo, Orfeu Negro & Fulgencio Pimentel, Italy
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Bear against Time
Jean-Luc Fromental & Joëlle Jolivet
Hélium, France
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TAREK'S TYRE
Mathilde CHEVRE
Le port a jauni, France
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What weather
Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby & Stuart, Germany
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Come Daytime, Come Nighttime
Åsa Lind & Emma Virke
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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Uani
Violaire Leroy
Éditions de La Pastèque, Canada
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Last Summer
Jihyun Kim
Woongjin Thinkbig, South Korea
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Out of a Dark Winter's Night
Flora McDonnell
Thames & Hudson, United Kingdom
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Migrants
Issa Watanabe
Libros del Zorro Rojo, Spain
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Fables
Esopo & Simone Rea
Topipittori, Italy
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The Camp
Oscar K. & Dorte Karrebæk
Høst & Søn, Denmark
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Morning Kitty – Pebbles
Anne Herbauts
Pastel, Belgium
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What Is a River?
Monika Vaicenavičiene
Bokförlaget Opal, Sweden
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ThumbShiners
Henrik Drescher
Magikon Forlag, Norway
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The Tiger Who Would Be King
James Thurber & JooHee Yoon
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy
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SWIMMERS
María José Ferrada & Mariana Alcantara
alboroto ediciones, Mexico
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Ten Little Flowers
Emma Virke & Ida Björs
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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They All Saw It
Margaret Wise Brown & Ylla
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy
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White
Stéphane Kiehl
La Martiniere Jeunesse, France
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Moon
Junko Nakamura
Editions MeMo, France
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The Kiosk
Anete Melece
Liels un mazs, Latvia
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Fechamos
Gilles Baum & Régis Lejonc
Les Editions des éléphants, France
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At the Lithographer's
Gaby Bazin
Editions MeMo, France
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The Old Russian Home. Russia Inside
Alexandra Litvina & Anna Desnitskaya
Samokat, Russia
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Joanna's plant
Luca Caimmi
Éditions Notari, Switzerland
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The Mystery of the Thinking Rabbit
Clarice Lispector & Gerda Dendooven
Querido, Netherlands
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Atlas of travels and explorers
Isabel Minhós Martins & Bernardo P. Carvalho
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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This is Istanbul
Tereza Říčanová
Baobab, Czech Republic
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Maps
Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielińscy
Dwie Siostry, Poland
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Flame
E.T Silton & Zhu ChengLiang
Beijing Poplar Culture Company, China
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The Summer of Diving
Sara Stridsberg & Sara Lundberg
Mirando Bok, Sweden
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War
José Jorge Letria & André Letria
Pato Lógico, Portugal
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Jan Toorop – The song of time
Kitty Crowther
Leopold, Netherlands
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Everybody Counts
Kristin Roskifte
Magikon Forlag, Norway
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Houses
María José Ferrada & Pep Carrió
alboroto ediciones, Mexico
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What is a child?
Beatrice Alemagna
Topipittori, Italy
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Slush Mountain
Bjørn Rune Lie
Magikon Forlag, Norway
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This or that
Ana Pessoa & Yara Kono
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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The Florist of Sarajevo
Mario Boccia & Sonia Maria Luce Possentini
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy
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Pikkeli Mimou
Anne Brouillard
Pastel, Belgium
