I ran into this list of books while doing my "kindergarten readiness" research.
http://www.flavorwire.com/306958/the-20-most-beautiful-childrens-books-of-all-time?all=1#
The beautiful photos and pictures of the books made me want to run to the library immediately and check them out. There are a couple of more interesting lists available from the same website http://rifblog.org/2012/07/25/lists-of-summer/.
