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Kirkus Best Books of the Year – Picture Books for Starting Conversations Winners

Browse Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full Kirkus Best Books of the Year history.

Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations Cross-year archive

2025

Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations results for the 2025 award year.

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Astro

Marsol, Manuel

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Before I Lived Here

Jensen, Stacy S.

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The House That Floated

Guojing

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Invisible Parade

Bardugo, Leigh

Standalone · General Fiction

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My Home Is in My Backpack

Perrella, Eugenia

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

One Can

Button, Lana

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Pilgrim Codex

Mansour, Vivian

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbors

Savage, Chloe

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Slightly Spooky Tale of Fox and Mole

Heikkila, Cecilia

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2025 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

2024

Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations results for the 2024 award year.

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The Cat Way

Lundberg, Sara

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2024 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Giant On The Shore

Ochoa, Alfonso

Standalone · General Fiction

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Griso: The One and Only

Mello, Roger

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2024 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Heatwave

Redniss, Lauren

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2024 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

I Know How to Draw an Owl

Hippely, Hilary Horder

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2024 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Last Stand

Eady, Antwan

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2024 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Last Zookeeper

Becker, Aaron

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2024 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Look! Look!

Krishnaswami, Uma

Standalone · General Fiction

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A Map for Falasteen

Odeh, Maysa

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2024 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Pepper and Me

Alemagna, Beatrice

Standalone · General Fiction

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Simone

Nguyen, Viet Thanh

Standalone · General Fiction

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They Call Me Teach

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Standalone · General Fiction

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The Yellow Bus

Long, Loren

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2024 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

2023

Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations results for the 2023 award year.

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All Aboard the Schooltrain

Armand, Glenda

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2023 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Bear and the Wildcat

Yumoto, Kazumi

Standalone · General Fiction

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Boyogi

Moore, David Barclay

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2023 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Corner

Zo-O

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2023 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Hospital Book

Brown, Lisa

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2023 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

How This Book Got Red

Greanias, Margaret Chiu

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2023 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Remembering

Gonzalez, Xelena

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2023 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Shape of You

Van, Muon Thi

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2023 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

To the Other Side

Meza, Erika

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2023 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Tree and the River

Becker, Aaron

Standalone · General Fiction

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Yellow Butterfly

Shatokhin, Oleksandr

Standalone · Historical

Feb-2023 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

2022

Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations results for the 2022 award year.

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Abuelita and Me

Carranza, Leonarda

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

A Blue Kind of Day

Tomlinson, Rachel

Standalone · General Fiction

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The Circles in the Sky

Mountford, Karl James

Standalone · General Fiction

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The Curiosities

Fraillon, Zana

Standalone · General Fiction

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Joao by a Thread

Mello, Roger

Standalone · General Fiction

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The Moon from Dehradun

Shamsi, Shirin

Standalone · Historical

Sep-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

My Uncle Is Coming Tomorrow

Camargo, Sebastian Santana

Standalone · General Fiction

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Paradise Sands

Pinfold, Levi

Standalone · General Fiction

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Sometimes I Grumblesquinch

Vail, Rachel

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Talk

Williams, Alicia D.

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Until Someone Listens

Juarez, Estela

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Will It Be Okay?

Dragonwagon, Crescent

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-1977 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

2021

Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations results for the 2021 award year.

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The Big Bad Wolf in My House

Fontaine, Valerie

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Big House and the Little House

Ueno, Yoshi

Standalone · General Fiction

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Black and White

Vogrig, Debora

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

Bright Star

Morales, Yuyi

Standalone · General Fiction

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Can You See Me?

Irten, Gokce

Standalone · General Fiction

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The Day the Rain Moved In

Douspis, Eleonore

Standalone · General Fiction

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Jenny Mei Is Sad

Subisak, Tracy

Standalone · General Fiction

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The Longest Letsgoboy

Wilder, Derick

Standalone · General Fiction

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The Longest Storm

Yaccarino, Dan

Standalone · General Fiction

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Rissy No Kissies

Howes, Katey

Standalone · General Fiction

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The Sour Cherry Tree

Hrab, Naseem

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

The Wind and the Trees

Stewart, Todd

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2021 Kirkus Best Books of the Year Picture Books for Starting Conversations *

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