Gallery: The New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2024

My favorite “Best of” list has arrived, full of great picks. How’d I do on my predictions? Heh, well, let’s not talk about that.

Here are the 2024 New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books.

Interested in owning the books below? I created a list of all the books mentioned in this post in Bookshop – an online shop that supports brick-and-mortar independent bookstores. I apparently might get a few cents as well, but that’s not why I’m doing it – I just figured it might be helpful to share a good place to purchase them.

The Cat Way by Sara Lundberg, translated by B.J. Woodstein

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Animal Albums from A to Z by Cece Bell

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Planting Hope : A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado illustrated by Renato Alarcão, written by Philip Hoelzel

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Yaya and the Sea Illustrated by Tonya Engel, written by Karen Good Marable

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The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals illustrated by LeUyen Pham, written by Deborah Underwood

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Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, written by Anita Yasuda

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Here & There by Thea Lu

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As Edward Imagined: A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts illustrated by Marc Majewski, written by Matthew Burgess

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Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi

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There’s a Ghost in the Garden illustrated by Katty Maurey, written by Kyo Maclear

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