Through the year, we invite guest curators – international picturebook and illustration specialists – to independently highlight their favourite picturebooks showcased on the dPICTUS platform. The 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. Due to the Covid-19 situation, 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 (autumn 2020 selection)
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An Odd Beast
Martine Laffon & Delphine Durand
Les Fourmis Rouges, France
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The Tiger Who Would Be King
James Thurber & JooHee Yoon
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy
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Gronouyot
Stéphane Servant & Simone Rea
Didier Jeunesse, France
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MVSEVM
Manuel Marsol
Orecchio Acerbo | Orfeu Negro | Fulgencio Pimentel, Italy
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Migrants
Issa Watanabe
Libros del Zorro Rojo, Spain
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Mexique the name of the ship
María José Ferrada & Ana Penyas
alboroto ediciones, Mexico
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The Tunnel
Hege Siri & Mari Kanstad Johnsen
Magikon Forlag, Norway
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Ten Little Flowers
Emma Virke & Ida Björs
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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Marathon
Karin Cyrén
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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War
José Jorge Letria & André Letria
Pato Lógico, Portugal
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A History of Pictures for Children
David Hockney & Rose Blake
Thames & Hudson, United Kingdom
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Outside
Maria Ana P. Dias & Bernardo P. Carvalho
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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It Isn't Rude to be Nude
Rosie Haine
Tate Publishing, United Kingdom
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In the Tube
Alice Barberini
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy
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ThumbShiners
Henrik Drescher
Magikon Forlag, Norway
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A River
Marc Martin
Penguin Random House Australia, Australia
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The Castle
Emma AdBåge
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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Fables
Esopo & Simone Rea
Topipittori, Italy
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Don’t Cross the Line!
Isabel Minhós Martins & Bernardo P. Carvalho
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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Joanna's plant
Luca Caimmi
Éditions Notari, Switzerland
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Panther
Andrés Lopez
alboroto ediciones, Mexico
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Ginting and Ganteng - A visual essay about Orang-Utans in Sumatra
Regina Frey & Petra Rappo
Atlantis Verlag, Switzerland
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This is Istanbul
Tereza Říčanová
Baobab, Czech Republic
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Pikkeli Mimou
Anne Brouillard
Pastel, Belgium
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My mum my dad
Małgorzata Swędrowska & Joanna Bartosik
Wytwórnia, Poland
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SWIMMERS
María José Ferrada & Mariana Alcantara
alboroto ediciones, Mexico
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The Bird Within Me Flies Wherever it Wants
Sara Lundberg
Mirando Bok, Sweden
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Puppet, Plum Pit, Plum, Plank, and back to Puppet
Vojtěch Mašek & Valoušek Chrudoš
Baobab, Czech Republic
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Morning Kitty – Pebbles
Anne Herbauts
Pastel, Belgium
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Waiting for Walt
Daniel Fehr & Maja Celija
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy
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Fechamos
Gilles Baum & Régis Lejonc
Les Editions des éléphants, France
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Half, half
Isabel Minhós Martins
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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Hiro, Snow and Marshmallows
Marine Schneider
Versant Sud Jeunesse, Belgium
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White
Stéphane Kiehl
La Martiniere Jeunesse, France
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Isresan
Thomas & Anna-Clara Tidholm
Alfabeta Bokförlag, Sweden
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Your turn, Adrian
Helena Öberg & Kristin Lidström
Mirando Bok, Sweden
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Maps
Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielińscy
Dwie Siostry, Poland
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The Big Snake
Adrien Parlange
ALBIN MICHEL JEUNESSE, France
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Rosie Runs
Marika Maijala
Etana Editions, Finland
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Cat born from coffee cream
Horváthová Tereza & Volfová Eva
Baobab, Czech Republic
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Moon
Junko Nakamura
Editions MeMo, France
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Stories of the night
Kitty Crowther
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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What weather
Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby & Stuart, Germany
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The Old Russian Home. Russia Inside
Alexandra Litvina & Anna Desnitskaya
Samokat, Russia
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The Kiosk
Anete Melece
Liels un mazs, Latvia
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The Summer of Diving
Sara Stridsberg & Sara Lundberg
Mirando Bok, Sweden
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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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Everybody Counts
Kristin Roskifte
Magikon Forlag, Norway
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Big Bear, Little Bear
Marine Schneider
Cambourakis, France
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Duck, Death and the Tulip
Wolf Erlbruch
Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Germany
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The Stone Giant
Anna Höglund
Bonnier Carlsen, Sweden
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NO!
Dr. Alderete
alboroto ediciones, Mexico
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The Beach
Sol Undurraga
L'Agrume, France
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The Book That Kibo Wrote
Mariana Ruiz Johnson
Unpublished, Argentina
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A Thing Called Life
Christian Borstlap
Comme des géants, Canada
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Topsy Turvy World
ATAK
Jacoby & Stuart, Germany
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Stupid Drawing!
Johanna Thydell & Emma Adbåge
Alfabeta Bokförlag, Sweden
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What is a child?
Beatrice Alemagna
Topipittori, Italy
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Lola on the Shore
Teresa Arroyo Corcobado
Versant Sud Jeunesse, Belgium
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Come Daytime, Come Nighttime
Åsa Lind & Emma Virke
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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TAREK'S TYRE
Mathilde CHEVRE
Le port a jauni, France
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Sea - actividary
Ricardo Henriques & André Letria
Pato Lógico, Portugal
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In the Garden
Irene Penazzi
Maison Eliza, France
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Women and Men
Equipo Plantel & Luci Gutiérrez
Media Vaca, Spain
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The Garden
ATAK
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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When stories are mistold
Gianni Rodari & Beatrice Alemagna
Emme Edizioni, Italy
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Ahead!
Loren Capelli
Editions courtes et longues, France
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High-Tide
Bernardo P. Carvalho
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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Farwest
Peter Elliott & Kitty Crowther
Pastel, Belgium
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HOUSES FOR SALE
Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample
Corraini Edizioni, Canada
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Whereof one only speaks with rabbits
Anna Höglund
Lilla Piratförlaget, Sweden
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Crazy Holidays
Mathilde Poncet
Les Fourmis Rouges, France
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The Lost Soul
Olga Tokarczuk & Joanna Concejo
Editions Format, Poland
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Trans-Siberian. All aboard
Alexandra Litvina & Anna Desnitskaya
Samokat, Russia
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The very tired man and the woman who passionately loved bonsai trees
Peter Verhelst & Kaatje Vermeire
De Eenhoorn, Belgium
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Jan Toorop – The song of time
Kitty Crowther
Leopold, Netherlands
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Busy, Very Busy
Eva Lindström
Alfabeta Bokförlag, Sweden
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What Is a River?
Monika Vaicenavičiene
Bokförlaget Opal, Sweden
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Out of a Dark Winter's Night
Flora McDonnell
Thames & Hudson, United Kingdom
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An Orchard in My Belly
Simon Boulerice & Gérard DuBois
Groupe d'édition la courte échelle, Canada
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Everyone Walks Away
Eva Lindström
Alfabeta Bokförlag, Sweden
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Curious characters, A short story about letters
Ricardo Henriques & Madalena Matoso
Pato Lógico, Portugal
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The Bear Who Wasn't There
Oren Lavie & Wolf Erlbruch
Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Germany
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Atlas of travels and explorers
Isabel Minhós Martins & Bernardo P. Carvalho
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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To Each Their Own House
Chiara Carrer
Petra Ediciones, Mexico
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Moon Sherbet
BAEK, Heena
Bear Books Inc., South Korea
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Nolens Volens. Almost 100 Latin (and a few Greek) maxims
Zuzanna Kisielewska & Agata Dudek
Druganoga, Poland
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Strange creatures
Cristina Sitja Rubio
Éditions Notari, Switzerland
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Me and Everybody
Ylva Karlsson & Sara Lundberg
Rabén & Sjögren, Sweden
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In the Woods
Ana María Matute & Elena Odriozola
Libros del Zorro Rojo, Spain
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The Bridge
Eva Lindström
Alfabeta Bokförlag, Sweden
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The Camp
Oscar K. & Dorte Karrebæk
Høst & Søn, Denmark
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This or that
Ana Pessoa & Yara Kono
Planeta Tangerina, Portugal
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The Great Friend
Ylva Karlsson & Eva Lindström
Urax förlag, Sweden
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Umbrella
Elena Arevalo Melville
Scallywag Press, United Kingdom
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Kiki Goes for a Walk
Marie Mirgaine
Les Fourmis Rouges, France
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Kalief's Island
Davide Orecchio & Mara Cerri
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy
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That spoon
Sandra Siemens & Bea Lozano
Limonero, Argentina
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Jane, the Fox and Me
Fanny Britt & Isabelle Arsenault
Éditions de La Pastèque, Canada
