1. BEST PICTURE BOOKS FOR 2012 OELMA Conference October 2012 Stephanie Bange, presenter

2.  The Fly Flew In by David Catrow

3.  Penny and her song by Kevin Henkes

4.  1-2-3 Peas by Keith Baker

5.  Z Is for Moose (That’s Me!) by Kelly Bingham

6.  I Know a Wee Piggy by Kim Norman

7.  Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

8.  Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff

9.  Hans My Hedgehog by Kate Coombs

10.  Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? by David Levinthal

11.  Zero the Hero by Joan Holub

12.  Seeing Symmetry by Loreen Leedy

13.  A Rock Is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston

14.  Nightsong by Ari Berk

15.  Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops! By Jill Biden

16.  Vote for Me! by Ben Clanton

17.  Machines Go to Work in the City by William Low

18.  The Quiet Place by Sarah Stewart

19.  Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic by Beth Lo

20.  Maggie’s Chopsticks by Isabelle Malenfant

21.  Words Set Me Free by Lesa Cline-Ransome

22.  We March by Shane W. Evans

23.  Freedom’s a-Callin Me by Ntozake Shange

24.  Bully by Patricia Polacco

25.  Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein

26.  Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

27.  Chuck Close Face Book by Chuck Close Winner the 2012 Boston Globe- Horn Book Nonfiction Award

28.  The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle Markel

29.  Georgia in Hawaii by Amy Novesky

30.  The Art of Miss Chew by Patricia Polacco

31.  It Jes’ Happened by Don Tate

32.  Just Behave, Pablo Picasso! By Jonah Winter Winner International Latino Book Awards, Best Picture Book (Spanish) 2012

33.  Jazz Age Josephine by Jonah Winter

34.  If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond by Robert Burleigh

35.  A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson

36.  Life in the Ocean by Claire A. Nivola

37.  Annie & Helen by Deborah Hopkinson

38.  Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman

39.  Minette’s Feast by Susanna Reich

40.  There Goes Ted Williams by Matt Tavares 2012 Booklist top Ten Sports Books for Youth

41.  Brothers at Bat by Audrey Vernick

42.  And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano

43.  Awesome Autumn by Bruce Goldstone

44.  Gem by Holly Hobbie

45.  Bear in Love by Daniel Pinkwater

46.  Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds

47.  Water Sings Blue by Kate Coombs

48.  Dare to Dream…Change the World edited by Jill Corcoran

49.  Step Gently Out by Helen Frost

50.  Forget-Me-Nots edited by Mary Ann Hoberman

51.  Go, Go Grapes! By April Pulley Sayre

52.  A Strange Place to Call Home by Marilyn Singer

53.  Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett

54.  Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett Winner 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Picture Books

55.  Mossy by Jan Brett

56.  One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo

57.  Homer by Elisha Cooper

58.  Another Brother by Matthew Cordell

59.  Just Ducks! by Nicola Davies

60.  Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman

61.  Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer

62.  Oh, No! by Candace Fleming

63.  Cat Tale by Michael Hall

64.  Lost and Found by Bill Harley

65.  The Fantastic Flying Books of Mister Morris Lessmore by William Joyce

66.  Moby Dick by Eric A. Kimmel

67.  This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

68.  Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack

69.  Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds

70.  Hands Around the Library by Susan L. Roth & Karen Leggett Abouraya

71.  Monsters Aren’t Real by Kerstin Schoene

72.  Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead

73.  A Home for Bird by Philip Stead

74.  The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems

75.  Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

76.  Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten! By Hyewon Yum

77. WAYS TO ENJOY PICTURE BOOKS!  We Believe in Picture Books, sponsored by Candlewick Press We Believe in Picture Books, sponsored by Candlewick Press  Celebrate Picture Book MonthPicture Book Month  Celebrate the 75 th Anniversary of the Caldecott Medal by hosting a Mock Caldecott at your school or library75 th Anniversary of the Caldecott Medal  Happy Reading!