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