New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2006

The New York Times Book Review recently named the Ten Best Illustrated Books of 2006. These titles were selected among several thousand children's books by a panel of judges comprised of author Donald Crews, author Michael Patrick Hearn, and Judy Zuckerman, the assistant director of neighborhood services for the Brooklyn Public Library Judy Zuckerman.

The Best Illustrated Books of 2006 are:

• HELLO TWINS written and illustrated by Charlotte Voake (Candlewick)
  
• THE LITTLE RED HEN written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (Dial Books for Young Readers)
  
• JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, & BEN written and illustrated by Lane Smith (Hyperion Books for Children)
  
• THE RED LEMON written and illustrated by Bob Staake (Golden Books/Random House)
  
• SO SLEEPY STORY written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  
• ADÈLE & SIMON written and illustrated by Barbara McClintock (Frances Foster/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  
• MOMMY? art by Maurice Sendak, scenario by Arthur Yorinks, paper engineering by Matthew Reinhart (Michael di Capua/Scholastic)
  
• MOVE! by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Houghton Mifflin)
  
• FLOTSAM written and illustrated by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
  
• GONE WILD: AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL ALPHABET written and illustrated by David McLimans (Walker)
  

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