Interesting that this is focusing on what makes them great from a "product design" perspective, and not the more subjective "artistic" or "book" perspectives. I

Interesting that this is focusing on what makes them great from a "product design" perspective, and not the more subjective "artistic" or "book" perspectives. If you're interested in great picture books (with "great" defined more in terms of the art and storytelling), you might check out the Wikipedia list [0] of Caldecott [1] books. Never expected to be telling this story on HN but I'm the visual inspiration for the main character in Flotsam [2], the 2007 winner. One drawback to the Caldecott is that it only considers books drawn/written by US citizens; is anyone familiar with similar medals in other countries? [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal#Recipients https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal#Recipients [1]: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmeda... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flotsam_(David_Wiesner_book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flotsam_(David_Wiesner_book)