Children's Books We Love | Part I - Illustration-Only

In honor of NLW's (and soon to be the twins - woohoo!) birthday month, I'm starting a series featuring children's literature. I've discovered most of these captivating books in the past year or so through the library and would recommend each for the following three reasons:

1. Visually appealling (especially for this first post)

2. A high re-read value

3. Engaging for a variety of ages, including 30-somethings :)  

Today's category is the best ILLUSTRATION-ONLY titles:

Inside Outside by Anne-Margot Ramstein & Matthias Aregui

Before After by Anne-Margot Ramstein & Matthias Aregui

The Other Side by Istvan Banyai

Zoom by Istvan Banyai

Flotsam by David Wiesner

Free Fall by David Wiesner

Sector 7 by David Wiesner

Monkey on the Run by Leo Timmers

Bang by Leo Timmers

While You Are Sleeping by Mariana Ruiz Johnson

The best of the best award goes to: The Birthday Cake Mystery by the Tjong-khing

For sure, words matter, and I plan to share some endearing, rhyming, educational, and humorous books in the next few posts. But I wanted to start by highlighting the beauty, wit, whimsy, and craft of these illustrators. I love when you can tell a story or simply ask questions from book images. 

Books galore,

- SJW