Brightly’s Best Picture Books of 2025 list includes BROKEN, WORDS WITH WINGS AND MAGIC THINGS, A BOOK OF MAPS FOR YOU, and TO SEE AN OWL

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Written By Hillary Godwin

Studio books on Brightly’s Best Picture Books of 2025 list:

  • BROKEN by X. Fang

  • WORDS WITH WINGS AND MAGIC THINGS by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Doug Salati

  • A BOOK OF MAPS FOR YOU, illus. by Maxwell Eaton III

  • TO SEE AN OWL by Matthew Cordell

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