Imagination: 30+ Picture Books that Bring Us Inside Children's Minds

from Good Night, Commander

Akbarpour, Ahmad. (2009). Good Night, Commander. Illustrated by  Morteza Zahedi. Translated by Helen Mixter & Shadi Eskandani. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
Argueta, Jose. (2003). Trees Are Hanging from the Sky. Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
Audet, Martine. (2012).  Martin on the Moon. Illustrated by Luc Melanson. Translated by Sarah Quinn. Toronto, ON: Owlkids Books.
Baker, Jeannie. (1988). Where the Forest Meets the Sea. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Becker, Aaron. (2013). Journey. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
Browne, Anthony. (2008). The Tunnel. New York: Walker Books.
Browne, Anthony. (1999). The Zoo. New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.
Chin, Jason. (2009). Redwoods. New York: Flash Point.

from Sebastian's Roller Skates.

De Deu Prats, Joan. (2005). Sebastian's Roller Skates. Illustrated by Francesc Rovira. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Books.

from Wild Berries/Pakwa Che Menisu.

Flett, Julie. (2013). Wild Berries/Pakwa Che Menisu. Vancouver, BC: Simply Read Books.

Fogliano, Julie.  (2013). If You Want to See A Whale. Illustrated by Erin Stead. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
Geeslin, Campbell. (2004). Elena's Serenade. Illustrated by Ana Juan. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. (2003). Super Cilantro Girl/La Superniña del Cilantro. Illustrated by Honorio Robleda Tapia. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.
Hosford, Kate. (2012). Infinity and Me. Illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska. Carolrhoda Books.
Jeffers, Oliver. (2004).  How To Catch a Star. New York: Philomel.
Johnson, Angela. (2007). Lily Brown's Paintings. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. New York: Orchard Books. 

Johnson, Angela. (2003). I Dream of Trains.  Illustrated by Loren Long. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Johnson, Crockett. (2005). Harold and the Purple Crayon. New York: HarperCollins.

Keats, Ezra Jack. (2009). Regards to the Man in the Moon. New York: Viking Juvenile.
Larsen, Andrew. (2013). In the Tree House. Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press.
Liao, Jimmy. (2009). When the Moon Forgot. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

from The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination.

Liao, Jimmy. (2006). The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Lunde, Stein Erik. (2013). My Father's Arms Are A Boat. Illustrated by Øyvind Torseter. Translated by Kari Dickson. Brooklyn, NY: Enchanted Lion Books.
Maclear, Kyo. (2013). Mr. Flux. Illustrated by Matte Stephens. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press.

Maclear, Kyo. (2012). Virginia Wolf. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press.

Morstad, Julie. (2013). How To. Vancouver, BC: Simply Read Books.

Ramirez, Antonio. (2004). Napi. Illustrated by Domi. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
Reynold, Peter H.  (2004). Ish. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
Ringgold, Faith. (1996). Tar Beach. New York: Dragonfly Books.
Sendak, Maurice. (1962/2012). Where the Wild Things Are. New York: HarperCollins.
Sendak, Maurice. (1996). In the Night Kitchen. New York: HarperCollins.
Spinelli, Eileen. (2007). Someday. Illustrated by Rosie Winstead. New York: Dial.
Stoop, Nancy. (2012). Red Knit Cap Girl.  New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Wiesner, David. (1999). Sector 7. New York: Clarion.
Wiesner, David. (1991). Free Fall. New York: HarperCollins.

from A Few Blocks.

Young, Cybele. (2011).  A Few Blocks. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.