Lost and Found: Picture Books of Distinction in 2004
List compiled by Susan P. Bloom,
Director Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, Boston

How to Make a Night
written by Linda Ashman, illustrated by Tricia Tusa
HarperCollins

Home
written and illustrated by Jeannie Baker
Greenwillow

Into the Forest
written and illustrated by Anthony Browne
Candlewick Press

Mister Seahorse
written and illustrated by Eric Carle
Philomel

Gugi Gugi
written and illustrated by Chih-Yuan Chen
Kane Miller

Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel
written by Leslie Connor, illustrated by Mary Azarian
Houghton Mifflin

The Neighborhood Mother Goose
written and illustrated by Nina Crews
Greenwillow

How Many Miles to Bethlehem
written by Kevin Crossley-Holland, illustrated by Peter Malone
Scholastic

Sidewalk Circus
written by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Candlewick Press

Where is the Green Sheep?
written by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek
Harcourt

Stanley Goes for a Drive
written and illustrated by Craig Frazier
Chronicle

Doodler Doodling
written by Rita Golden Gelman, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Greenwillow

The People Could Fly
written by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
Knopf

Going North
written by Janice Harrington, illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Kitten’s First Full Moon
written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow

The Cats in Krasinski Square
written by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Wendy Watson
Scholastic

Baby Brains
written and illustrated by Simon James
Candlewick Press

Walt Whitman: Words for America
written by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Brian Selznick
Scholastic

The Best Pet of All
written by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama
Dutton

The Red Book
written and illustrated by Barbara Lehman
Houghton Mifflin

Hanna in the Time of the Tulips
written by Deborah Noyes, illustrated by Bagram Ibatouilline
Candlewick Press

If Not for the Cat
written by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Ted Rand
Greenwillow

Ish
written and illustrated by Peter Reynolds
Candlewick Press

The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard
written and illustrated by Gregory Rogers
Roaring Brook

Sequoyah
written and illustrated by James Rumford
Houghton Mifflin

America the Beautiful
written and illustrated by Robert Sabuda
Simon & Schuster

A Glorious Day
written and illustrated by Amy Schwartz
Atheneum

The Train of States
written and illustrated by Peter Sis
Greenwillow

A Child’s Christmas in Wales
written by Dylan Thomas, illustrated by Chris Raschka
Candlewick Press

Polar Bear Night
written by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Stephen Savage
Scholastic

Tiny’s Big Adventure
written by Martin Waddell, illustrated by John Lawrence
Candlewick Press

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Hyperion

Coming On Home Soon
written by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Putnam

Teeth, Tails & Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book
written and illustrated by Christopher Wormell
Running Press

I Doko: The Tale of a Basket
written and illustrated by Ed Young
Philomel