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The New York Times recently weighed in on the best illustrated children’s books of 2009. Here’s the editors’ top 10.

■ “Only a Witch Can Fly,” by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo (Feiwel & Friends)

“Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11,” written and illustrated by Brian Floca (Richard Jackson/Atheneum)

■ “The Snow Day,” written and illustrated by Komako Sakai (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)

“The Odd Egg,” written and illustrated by Emily Gravett (Simon & Schuster)

“A Penguin Story,” written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis (HarperCollins)

■ “Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales,” written and illustrated by Lucy Cousins (Candlewick)

“The Lion & the Mouse,” illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown)

■ “Tales From Outer Suburbia,” written and illustrated by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)

“All the World,” by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee (Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster)

■ “White Noise,” by David A. Carter (Little Simon/Simon & Schuster)

| Lajean Keene, lkeene@kcstar.com

Posted on Mon, Nov. 09, 2009 10:15 PM

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