10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2013 (in the US)

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IN the Winners' Circle

The New York Times Book Review has announced its 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2013. 

The honorees are:

● My Brother’s Book by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins/di Capua)
● Ballad by Blexbolex, trans. from the French by Claudia Z. Bedrick (Enchanted Lion)
● Jemmy Button by Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali (Candlewick/Templar)
● The Dark by Lemony Snicket, illus. by Jon Klassen (Little, Brown)
● Holland by Charlotte Dematons (Lemniscaat)
● Journey by Aaron Becker (Candlewick)
● Fog Island by Tomi Ungerer (Phaidon)
● Jane, The Fox and Me by Fanny Britt, trans. from the French by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou, illus. by Isabelle Arsenault (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)
● Locomotive by Brian Floca (S&S/Atheneum/Jackson)
● Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson (HarperCollins/Tegen)

To see a slideshow featuring interior art, click here.