100 Picture Book Recommendations! 📚 The Most Beautiful Children’s Books 😍

Here are 100 beautiful books! Phewf. Pull up a seat, and let's talk about them! xx

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MY BOOKS:

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Things mentioned:

Franklin's Flying Bookshop by Jen Campbell
Franklin and Luna Go to the Moon by Jen Campbell
Franklin and Luna and the Book of Fairy Tales by Jen Campbell
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
Just One of Those Days by Jill Murphy
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd
Hairy Maclary's Bone
Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks
Hairy Maclary Shoo
Hairy Maclary Sit
Hairy Maclary And Zachary Quack
Hairy Maclary Scattercat
Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper
Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness
Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet
(Also, Slinky Malinki!)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See by Eric Carle
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear by Eric Carle
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See by Eric Carle
Also, forgot to mention:
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle
The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle
Peepo by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Noisy Farm by Rod Campbell
Animal Rhymes by Rod Campbell
It’s Mine! By Rod Campbell
Oh Dear! By Rod Campbell
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
At the Park by Sally Garland
Babies Laugh at Peekaboo
If I Had an Octopus by Gabby Dawnay and Alex Barrow
If I Had a Vampire Bat*
If I Had a Dragon*
If I Had a Dinosaur
Little Turtle's Book of the Blue by Yuval Zommer*
The Big Book of Beasts by Yuval Zommer
The Big Book of Blooms by Yuval Zommer
The Big Book of Birds by Yuval Zommer*
The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer*
The Big Book of the Blue by Yuval Zommer
The Little Snail's Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer*
There's a Tiger in the Garden by Lizzy Stewart

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WHO I AM

Hello, I'm Jen Campbell. I'm an award-winning poet and bestselling author of twelve books, spanning short stories, poetry, picture books, and nonfiction.

My books for adults include Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit, The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night, The Girl Aquarium, The Bookshop Book, and The Sunday Times bestselling Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series. My picture book trilogy Franklin and Luna, and my middle-grade book The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers, are published by Thames & Hudson. I've won both an Eric Gregory Award and the Jane Martin Poetry Prize, and my books have been translated into twenty languages.

I've worked in the publishing industry for over fifteen years, initially as a bookseller, and now as a freelance editor, content creator and disability advocate. I review books online, in print and on the radio. I run a Youtube channel where I talk about books, the history of fairy tales, and the representation of disability and disfigurement. I also offer online writing workshops and editorial services, give talks at schools, publishing companies, universities and book festivals on a variety of topics, and I run a book club for TOAST clothing.

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Where to find me:

This video is kindly sponsored by Serious Readers. Any books marked with * were kindly sent to me for review.

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Book list, continued from description!

Where is the Green Sheep by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
Mouse's Wood by Alice Melvin
Mouse on the River by Alice
Melvin Grandma’s House by Alice Melvin
Mouse on the Sea by Alice Melvin
Dim Sum Palace by X. Fang
We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang
Tell Me Your Dragon by Jackie Morris
Never, Not Ever! by Beatrice Alemagna*
On a Do-Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna*
The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty by Beatrice Alemagna
Petra by Marianna Coppo
Avocado Asks by Momoko Abe*
Dragon Post by Emma Yarlett
Home by Carson Ellis
The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade by Davina Bell
The Grand Hotel of Feelings by Lidia Brankovic
What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking by Tina Oziewicz and Aleksandra Zając*
All the Things We Carry by Helen Doye and Brazil Magro
The Little Girl Who Was Afraid of Everything by Aurora Cacciapuoti
The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford Smith
The Song of the Tree by Coralie Bickford Smith*
The Squirrel and the Lost Treasure by Coralie Bickford Smith
Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood
The Terribly Friendly Fox by Susannah Lloyd
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
Beasts of India
Sun and Moon Folktales by various artists
The Liszts by Kayo McLear
Leina and the Lord of the Toads is by Myriam Dahman and Nicholas Digard
The Queen in the Cave by Julia Sarda
How the Stars Came to Be by Poonam Mistry
What Happened to You? by James Catchpole*
You're So Amazing by James and Lucy Catchpole
Mama Car by Lucy Catchpole
A Superpower Like Mine by Dr. Ranj
Hélène Druvert’s Paris Up, Up and Away*
The Roller Coaster Ride by David Broadbent
Joy to the World: Christmas Around the Globe by Kate DePalma and Sophie Fatus
Little Glow by Kate Sahota
Nabil Steals a Penguin by N. Read and Janessa Banda
Granddad's Gift by Fiona Lamb
The Homesick Fox by David Greaves
Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus and Polly Dunbar
The Girl Who Loves Bugs by Lily Murray and Jenny Lovely
How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green
The Midnight Fair
Pool by Jihyeon Lee
Prudence and Her Amazing Adventure by Charlotte Gastal

[jenvcampbell]

Thanks for watching, folks! I hope you found this video helpful. x

[covergirlbooks]

What a treasure trove! I’ll be returning to this video often for auntie inspiration😊 thank you!

[bookishl]

Such an amazing video, thank you Jen! I really want to get my baby some books for my baby’s first birthday which is coming up in a couple of months, so many amazing recommendations here

[mariluzgil-cervantes]

Thanks for a lovely video to brighten up my Sunday Jen!

[JenTheEllis]

Each Peach Pear Plum by the same authors as Peepo was my favourite book as a kid! Has the fun vibe of things in the background, and then the next page they're in the foreground. My Gran had it so whenever I would stay with her I would read it, including as a teenager, because the rhymes are just fun to say!

Honestly I still love it, maybe I should get myself a copy lol

[Lumiere.Doodles]

Thank you for this! I have a 6 month old nephew and he loves books - you’ve given me so many ideas for what to share with him.

[sandeesandwich]

If you are ever in the States, there is an Eric Carle Museum in western Massachusetts which is dedicated to children's book illustrations. Also, you can find Eric Carle books in other languages, which is a great way to introduce vocabulary.

[CarinaZacharias]

Omg, what a trip down memory lane! I used to adore the German translation of „Peace at last“ when my father read it to me 🥹

[Ali-AvidReader]

Gosh what a fabulous video, thank you for taking the time. Have added quite a few to my Christmas list for the little ones in my life!

[Carla]

I've just entered my second trimester, so this video is a great resource for starting a book list for baby x

[ReadingAce]

Jen you're always coming through with recommendations for all kids in my family! I got them the Luna and Franklin books already but some of these will definitely come in handy soon! Thank you!

[Nastya-readsandlifts]

Thank you Jen! So many great ideas for gifts to my friends’ kids! (Mine is almost 19, and I am not Eng native, so this is all very new and exciting for me, might keep some for myself though😂)

[talithareads]

Thanks for all these lovely recommendations! I ordered Petra immediately ☺

[habibadesai]

I gifted all the Franklin & Luna books to myself (and had them all signed by you & Katie Harnett!) they are the most beautiful books ever

[magicalvelcro]

Thank you for compiling this brilliant list. There were quite a few on there that we own, have read or heard of, or have gifted to other people, but many that we hadn’t 🥰 I definitely need to buy The Girl Who Loves Bugs for my little wildling. She’d love it.

[lizzierh]

Oh my goodness! I though it was just me who felt that about '10 Little fingers and 10 little toes'. It was at a toddler group I went to, but no one else seemed bothered so thought I was being OTT. 'Ableist nonsense' is a much better way of describing how I felt about it.

[nolawernicke]

Thank you Jen, great video, took me back to my childhood. 😊

[kimedge]

I want to recomment „the book of dirt“ from Piotr Socha. The illustrations are so good and also the text.

[victoriawhitelock]

Thanks so much, lots of ideas to add to our collection/ find in the library!

We also correct dear zoo - but so that they’re not all ‘he’!