The 25 Best Picture Books of the Last 25 Years

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On this episode: Lucy and Elizabeth are joined by guest host Rebecca Onion to dive into her and Dan Kois’ definitive list of the 25 best picture books of the last quarter century. Which modern stories have staying power? Which books belong beside the classics on your child’s shelf? The hosts debate and delight in the choices. But first, they share their latest triumphs and fails: hiding snacks, an urgent care scare, and a deeply irrational fears. If you’re not part of the Slate Plus community, we hope you’ll consider joining! Keep reading to learn how. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Listen to Opportunity Gap wherever you get your podcasts: ⁠⁠https://lnk.to/opportunitygapPS!careandfeeding⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.2	between when it comes to parenting. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool family travel
1:08.1	blog, Dutch Dutch, Dutch goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver
1:11.5	who's 11, and Teddy who's 8, and we are currently in Atlanta, Georgia. Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another
1:17.5	podcast, the Mamasita Rica. I'm mother to Amelia who's 15, Avery, who's 12, and we live in Miami,
1:24.5	Florida. And I'm Rebecca Onion, and I'm a senior editor at Slate.
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