Favorite Picture Books of 2023

At the Drop of a Cat by Élise Fontenaille and Violeta Lópiz, and translated by Karin Snelson and Emilie Robert Wong (Enchanted Lion Books)

View my full review here.

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Bunny & Tree by Balint Zsako (Enchanted Lion Books)

View my interview with Balint here.

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The Collector of Heads by Ana Matsusaki, translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato (Tapioca Stories)

View my interview with Ana here.

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Corner by Zo-O (Owlkids)

View my interview with Zo-O here.

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Dear Stray by Kristen Hubbard and Susan Gal (Nancy Paulsen Books)

View my interview with Susan here.

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Grief Is an Elephant by Tamara Ellis Smith and Nancy Whitesides (Chronicle Books)

View my interview with Nancy here.

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Luna Ranchera by Rodrigo Morlesin and Mariana Ruiz Johnson (Minerva)

View my interview with Mariana here.

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My Baba's Garden by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith (Neal Porter Books)

View my review of the book here.

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My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom and Steph Littlebird (Abrams Books Young Readers)

View my interview with Steph here.

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My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder (Thames & Hudson)

View my interview with Zeno here.

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To the Other Side by Erika Meza (Katherine Tegen Books)

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The Silence of Water by José Saramago and Yolanda Mosquera, translated by Margaret Jull Costa (Triangle Square)

View my interview with Yolanda here.

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When You Can Swim by Jack Wong (Orchard Books)

View my interview with Jack here.

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Yellow Butterfly: A Story from Ukraine by Oleksandr Shatokhin (Red Comet Press)

View my interview with Oleksandr here.

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You So Black by Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D and London Ladd (Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

View my interview with London here.

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