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Top 5 Picture Books Written and Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
Caldecott Medal winner Maurice Sendak has had a profound impact on children's literature. Here are your About Children's Books Guide's top picks of children's picture books Maurice Sendak has written and illustrated, including Where the Wild Things Are. Maurice Sendak was honored with the Caldecott Medal for his children's picture book Where the Wild Things Are.

Top 4 Books by Bill Peet
Award winning author and illustrator Bill Peet wrote 35 children's picture books. Peet's imaginative and clever artwork and stories appeal to children four years old and up.

Top 7 Guide Picks - Top Books by Sharon Creech
Sharon Creech, who won a Newbery Medal for "Walk Two Moons," has written a number of excellent children's books. If you are looking for good novels for an older child (9-12, upper elementary - middle school), check out the children's fiction by Sharon Creech.