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