Eileen Browne’s Top 20 of 2022

EILEEN BROWNE (guest post)

These titles are a “good read” for all children.
Chosen from 300+ picture books with Female and BAME characters, reviewed in 2022.
Do forward this to fellow authors and illustrators.

Alcatoe and the Turnip Child (5-10 yrs)
Isaac Lenkiewicz
97818 38740 146 – Flying Eye Books 2022 (graphic novel)

Best Bear Tracker, The (2-7 yrs)
John Condon & Julia Christians
97817 87418 073 – Templar Books 2022

Bluey – The Pool (1-4 yrs)
97802 41553 732 (board bk) – Ladybird Books 2022

Cat and the Rat and the Hat, The (2-7 yrs)
Em Lynas & Matt Hunt
97818 39941 566 – Nosy Crow 2021 (+ smartphone audio book)

Daisy’s Dragons, A story about feelings (4-9 yrs)
Frances Stickley & Annabel Tempest
97817 87418 974 – Studio Press 2021

Fears You Fear, The (2-7 yrs)
Rachel Rooney & Zehra Hicks
97818 39130 915 (hbk) – Andersen Press 2022

Good Place, A (1-6 yrs)
Lucy Cousins
97815 29501 254 (hbk) – Walker Books 2022

Hilda and the Troll (5-11+ yrs)
Luke Pearson
97819 09263 789 – Flying Eye Books 2015 (2013) (graphic novel)

Home for Grace (4-9 yrs)
Kathryn White & Rachael Dean
97818 39131 752 (hbk) – Andersen Press 2022

How to Count to One (4-8 yrs)
Caspar Salmon & Matt Hunt
97818 39941 931 – Nosy Crow 2022

Huffalots The (2-7 yrs)
Eve Coy
97817 83449 804 – Andersen Press 2021 (2020)

If I Had a Kangaroo (1-7 yrs)
Gabby Dawnay & Alex Barrow
97805 00652 686 (hbk) – Thames & Hudson 2022

I’m Sticking With You Too (2-8 yrs)
Smriti Halls & Steve Small
97814 71193 200 – Simon & Schuster Children’s 2021

Littlest Yak, The: The New Arrival (2-7 yrs)
Lu Fraser & Kate Hindley
97814 71182 655 – Simon & Schuster Children’s UK 2022

One Tiny Dot (3-9 yrs)
Lucy Rowland & Gwen Millward
97817 87418 868 – Templar Books 2022

Plesiosaur’s Neck, The (5-11 yrs)
Dr Adam S. Smith, Jonathan Emmett & Adam Larkum
97819 12979 424 – UCLan Publishing 2021 (+ non-fiction)

Pop-up Peekaboo! Under the Sea (0-3 yrs)
Clare Lloyd & Elle Ward
97802 41333 112 (board bk) – Dorling Kindersley 2018 (+ flaps & pop-ups)

Practical Present for Philipa Pheasant, A (3-8 yrs)
Briony May Smith
97814 06391 312 (hbk) – Walker Books 2022

Well Done, Mummy Penguin (2-7 yrs)
Chris Haughton
97814 06385 533 (hbk) – Walker Books 2022

We’re Going to Find the Monster (2-8 yrs)
Malorie Blackman & Dapo Adeola
97802 41401 309 – Puffin 2021