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October 28, 2015 by Travis Jonker

Gallery: The New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2015

October 28, 2015 by Travis Jonker   Leave a Comment

New York Times Best Illustrated Books list, you catch me off guard every time. And I like it.

The 2015 winners have been announced. Let’s have a look at them, shall we?

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(Side note: I went three for ten in my predictions from a couple months back.)

Big Bear

Big Bear 1

Big Bear 2

Big Bear 3

Big Bear Little Chair by Lizi Boyd

A Fine Dessert

A Fine Dessert 1

A Fine Dessert 2

A Fine Dessert by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Funny Bones

Funny Bones 1

Funny Bones 2

Funny Bones 3

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh

Leo: A Ghost Story

Leo 1

Leo 2

Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Madame Eiffel

M.E. 1

M.E. 2

M.E. 3

Madame Eiffel: The Love Story of the Eiffel Tower by Alice Brière-Haquet, illustrated by Csil

The Only Child

The Only Child 1

The Only Child 2

The Only Child 3

The Only Child by Guojing

The Skunk

The Skunk 1

The Skunk 2

The Skunk 3

The Skunk 4

The Skunk by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Patrick McDonnell

Sidewalk Flowers

Sidewalk Flowers 1

Sidewalk Flowers 2

Sidewalk Flowers 3

Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Sydney Smith

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Tiger-interior (1)-18

The Tiger Who Would Be King by James Thurber, illustrated by JooHee Yoon

Tricky Vic

 

Vic 1

Vic 2

Vic 3

Vic 4

Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower by Greg Pizzoli

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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