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