Included in Richie's presentation at CSLA: 10 of my favorite picture books for older readers:

Artemis Fowl: the graphic novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and Giovanni Rigano, ill. New York: Hyperion, 2007.

Blankets: an illustrated novel by Craig Thompson. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf, 2003.

Cello of Mr O, The by Jane Cutler and Greg Couch, ill. New York: Dutton, 1999.

Common Ground, the water, earth, and air we share by Molly Bang. New York: Blue Sky Press, 1997.

Faithful Elephants: a true story of animals, people, and war by Yukio Tsuchiya and Ted Lewin, ill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.

Lucky Thing, A by Alice Schertle and Wendell Minor, ill. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, 1999.

Moon over Star, The by Dianna Hutts Aston and Jerry Pinkney, ill. New York: Dial, 2008.

Previously by Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2007.

Thoreau at Walden by John Porcellino. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.

Why War is Never a Good Idea by Alice Walker and Stefano Vitale, ill. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.