Editing Picture book (section)

=== Mid- to late 20th century ===
In 1949 American writer and illustrator [[Richard Scarry]] began his career working on the [[Little Golden Books]] series. His ''[[Best Word Book Ever]]'' from 1963 has sold 4&nbsp;million copies. In total Scarry wrote and illustrated more than 250 books, and more than 100&nbsp;million of his books have been sold worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/03/obituaries/richard-scarry-74-children-s-book-author-and-illustrator-dies.html|first=Eric|last=Pace|title=Richard Scarry, 74, Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Dies |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date= May 3, 1994 |accessdate=May 5, 2022}}</ref> In 1963, ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'' by American writer and illustrator [[Maurice Sendak]] was published. It has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1973, a [[Where the Wild Things Are (opera)|1980 opera]], and, in 2009, a live-action [[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|feature film adaptation]] directed by [[Spike Jonze]]. By 2008 it had sold over 19&nbsp;million copies worldwide.<ref name="Thornton">Thornton, Matthew (February 4, 2008) [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6528120.html "Wild Things All Over"]. ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''</ref> American illustrator and author [[Gyo Fujikawa]] created more than 50 books between 1963 and 1990. Her work has been translated into 17 languages and published in 22 countries. Her most popular books, ''Babies'' and ''Baby Animals'', have sold over 1.7&nbsp;million copies in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA186995.html Publishers Weekly]. Retrieved 23 April 2007.</ref> Fujikawa is recognized for being the earliest mainstream illustrator of picture books to include children of many races in her work.<ref>
[http://ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/diversity/versed/versedbackissues/september2005a/fujikawa.cfm ''Gyo Fujikawa, a Children's Illustrator Forging the Way'', Dr. Andrea Wyman. Versed, Sept. 2005.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724231703/http://ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/diversity/versed/versedbackissues/september2005a/fujikawa.cfm |date=2011-07-24 }} URL accessed 21 July 2009.</ref><ref>[http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/grosset.html Penguin Group Diversity.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404175001/http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/grosset.html |date=2007-04-04 }} URL accessed 23 April 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.askart.com/AskART/F/gyo_fujikawa/gyo_fujikawa.aspx Ask Art: Gyo Fujikawa.] URL accessed 23 April 2007.</ref>

Most of the [[Moomin]] books by Finnish author [[Tove Jansson]] were novels, but several Moomin picture books were also published between 1952 and 1980, like ''[[Who Will Comfort Toffle?]]'' (1960) and ''[[The Dangerous Journey]]'' (1977). The [[Barbapapa]] series of books by [[Annette Tison]] and [[Talus Taylor]] was published in France in the 1970s. They feature the shapeshifting pink blob Barbapapa and his numerous colorful children. The ''[[Mr. Men]]'' series of 40-some books by English author and illustrated [[Roger Hargreaves]] started in 1971. ''[[The Snowman (picture book)|The Snowman]]'' by [[Raymond Briggs]] was published in Britain in 1978 and was entirely [[Wordless picture book|wordless]]. It was made into an [[Academy Awards|Oscar nominated]] [[The Snowman|animated cartoon]] that has been shown every year since on [[British television]].

Japanese author and illustrator [[Mitsumasa Anno]] has published a number of picture books, beginning in 1968 with ''Mysterious Pictures''. In his "Journey" books a tiny character travels through depictions of the culture of various countries. ''[[Everyone Poops]]'' was first published in [[Japan]] in 1977, written and illustrated by the prolific children's author [[Taro Gomi|Tarō Gomi]]. It has been translated into several languages. Published in 1978, [[Roald Dahl]]'s ''[[The Enormous Crocodile]]'' is in the style of a picture book in contrast to his other children's books. Australian author [[Margaret Wild]] has written more than 40 books since 1984 and won several awards. In 1987 the first book was published in the ''[[Where's Wally?]]'' (known as ''Where's Waldo?'' in the United States and Canada) series by the British illustrator [[Martin Handford]]. The books were translated into many languages and the franchise also spawned [[Where's Waldo? (TV series)|a TV series]], a comic strip and a series of video games. Since 1989 over 20 books have been created in the ''[[Elmer the Patchwork Elephant]]'' series by the British author [[David McKee]]. They have been translated in 40 languages and adapted into a children's TV series.