Varieties of Gazelle: Marvelous Picture Books of 2002
List compiled by Susan P. Bloom,
Director Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, Boston

The Pot That Juan Built
by Nancy Andrews-Goebel, illus. by David Diaz
Lee and Low

Close Your Eyes
by Kate Banks, illus. by Georg Hallensleben
Farrar

"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth
written & illus. by Eric Carle
Philomel

Jazzy in the Jungle
written & illus. by Lucy Cousins
Candlewick

Rap A Tap Tap
written & illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon
Scholastic

Gossie and Gossie and Gertie
written & illus. by Olivier Durea
Houghton

Action Jackson
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illus. by Robert Andrew Parker
Roaring Brook Press

Talkin' About Bessie; The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
by Nikki Grimes, illus. by E. B. Lewis
Orchard

Life on Earth
written & illus. by Steve Jenkins
Houghton

As The City Sleeps
written & illus. by Steve Johnson
Viking

The Spider and the Fly
by Howitt, Mary, illus. by Tony DiTerlizzi
Simon & Schuster

What Charlie Heard
written & illus. by Mordecai Gerstein
Farrar

Fireboat: Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
written & illus. by Maria Kalman
Penguin Putnam

This Little Chick
written & illus. by John Lawrence
Candlewick Press

Benny and the Binky
by Barbro Lindgren, illus. by Olof Landström
R & S Books

Angelo
written & illus. by David Macaulay
Houghton

I Stink
written & illus. by Kate and Jim McMullan
HarperCollins

Dahlia
written & illus. by Barbara McClintock
Farrar

The Three Questions
written & illus. by Jon J. Muth
Scholastic

Dean Patrol
by Walter Myers, illus.by Anne Grifalconi
HarperCollins

Mole and the Baby Bird
written & illus. by Marjorie Newman
Bloomsbury

The Brave Little Seamstress
by Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Giselle Potter
Atheneum

Noah's Ark
written & illus. by Jerry Pinkney
Seastar

The Broken Cat
written & illus. by Lynne Rae Perkins
Greenwillow

The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders
by Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Petra Mathers
Greenwillow

John Coltrane's Giant Steps
written & illus. by Chris Raschka
Atheneum

When Marian Sang
by Pam Munoz Ryan, illus. by Brian Selznick
Scholastic

The Night Before Christmas
written & illus. Robert Sabuda
Simon & Schuster

David Gets in Trouble
written & illus. David Shannon
Scholastic

Duck on a Bike
written & illus. David Shannon
Scholastic

Madlenka's Dog
written & illus. by Peter Sis
Farrar

Mrs. Biddlebox
by Linda Smith, illus. by Marla Frazee
HarperCollins

Snow
written & illus. by Manya Stojic
Knopf

This is the House that Jack Built
written & illus. by Simms Taback
Scholastic

Sense Pass King: A Story from Cameroon
written by Katrin Tchan, illus by Trina Schart Hyman
Holiday

Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
written & illus. by Mark Teague
Scholastic

Eloise Takes a Bawth
written by Kay Thompson, illus. by Hilary Knight
Simon & Schuster

Courage
written & illus. by Bernard Waber
Houghton

Apple Pie on the 4th of July
written by Janet Wong, illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
Harcourt

Knick-Knack Paddywack!
adapted by Paul O. Zelinsky
Dutton