Reasons to Drool in 2012:

[tamarak]

Last year at this time, picture book author and friend Boni Ashburn posted a list of the picture books she was looking forward to in 2011.

This year, I decided to do the same for the first half of 2012. Oh, people. It's going to be an amazing year for picture books! These are just a few of the ones that I am anticipating:




Petunia Goes Wild
by Paul Schmid




Mario Makes a Move
by Jill McElmurry



Another Brother
by Matthew Codell




Builder Goose: It's Construction Rhyme Time!
by Boni Ashburn and Sergio De Giorgi




Chico the Brave
by Dave Horowitz




Chopsticks
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon




Surfer Chick
by Kristy Dempsey and Henry Cole




So You Want to Be a Rock Star
Audrey Vernick and Kirstie Edmunds




Chloe and the Lion
by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex



C. R. Mudgeon
by Leslie Muir and Julian Hector




Crafty Chloe
by Kelly DiPucchio and Heather Ross

Oh. And these two.




Me Want Pet!
by Tammi Sauer and Bob Shea




Bawk and Roll
by Tammi Sauer and Dan Santat