Here is a link to librarians, Betsy Bird @fuseeight and Brian Wilson’s picks for their favorite books of 2021. Betsy and Brian work at the Evanston Public Libraries in Evanston, IL. Betsy also produces the A Fuse #8 Production blog for the School Library Journal.

https://www.epl.org/booklist/2021-favorite-picture-books-presentation-titles-from-betsy-and-brian/

My favorite from the list, so far is, MY FIRST DAY by Phúng Nguyên Quang and Huỳnh Kim Liên. I love the sweeping landscape views. Huỳnh Kim Liên loves painting environments as much as I do. I love how the water is portrayed as a character in the book. Beautiful!