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