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I recently illustrated this sticker book, Halloween is Here, published by Running Press Kids. There is a story with tons of stickers inside!
I'm celebrating by giving away a copy at my blog, please hop over there for more details. Good luck! -Jannie

Sigh, I love lots of picture books, it's impossible to choose just one. But I'll try. Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm is one of my favorites. In this book by Jerdine Nolen, a young girl befriends a local farmer, Harvey Potter. What makes Potter unusual is that instead of corn or soy beans he grows balloon animals in his field. I never got tired of reading this one to the kids. I initially tracked down this book because I'm a fan of Mark Buehner's illustration and this book doesn't disappoint. Mark Buehner is a wonderful illustrator. If you aren't familiar with his work, he always hides things in his illustrations, which the kids love. But be aware that some of them are really tough to find - so if you are reading this for the first time at bedtime you might not want to mention it, or you'll be up all night trying to find that darn dinosaur ;)

As I was looking up the book on Amazon I noticed that Disney made a movie of the book back in 1999, with Rip Torn as Harvey Potter. Rip Torn seems like an odd casting decision to me. I may have to rent it to see for myself.

I have lots of favorite picture books. One of them is Kitty's Cuddles by Jane Cabrera.

It's a simple book where we get to see different kinds of cuddles, and in the end figure out who is Kitty's favorite friend to cuddle.

What made me fall in love with this book was the amazing illustrations! They're colorful with big, bold shapes - and you can see the strokes from the paint brush. It's definitely worth a look!