25 Picture Books in 2025

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7 participants (79 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Jan 2025

Overview

This was a fun idea that spawned last year between a friend, Lyn, & I while discussing picture books. It was such a wonderful and rewarding idea that I thought I'd bring it back again this year. There aren't any specific books to read for this challenge though I do encourage folks to diversify their reading as much as possible. There are so many great picture books out there that we adults can learn from as well.

Challenge Books

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Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire by Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville

Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire

Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville

48 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art biography informative lighthearted slow-paced
How Sweet the Sound by Kwame Alexander

How Sweet the Sound

Kwame Alexander

48 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction childrens history music poetry informative inspiring fast-paced
Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer by Quartez Harris

Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer

Quartez Harris

40 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison's Life in Stories by Andrea Davis Pinkney

And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison's Life in Stories

Andrea Davis Pinkney

32 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens historical medium-paced
Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson: A True Story about Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson

Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson: A True Story about Jackie Robinson

Sharon Robinson

40 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
Survivor Tree by Marcie Colleen

Survivor Tree

Marcie Colleen

48 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Place Hand Here by Katie Yamasaki, Katie Yamasaki

Place Hand Here

Katie Yamasaki, Katie Yamasaki

32 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction childrens
Dad Bakes by Katie Yamasaki

Dad Bakes

Katie Yamasaki

48 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction childrens emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children by Jonah Winter

Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children

Jonah Winter

40 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

Michelle Markel

32 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens history informative fast-paced