The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has Susan Bloom’s picks for best picture books of 2011.  Susan Bloom is Professor Emeritus at Simmons College and a reviewer for The Horn Book.

Her picks are filled with my personal favorites but she also has some books that I have yet to get my hands on.  Some even that I can’t find in our library system catalog, which is quite unusual. 

So enjoy her list!  I’m sure you will find new reads in it.