New York Times Best Illustrated Books list, you catch me off guard every time. And I like it.

The 2015 winners have been announced. Let’s have a look at them, shall we?

(Side note: I went three for ten in my predictions from a couple months back.)

Big Bear Little Chair by Lizi Boyd

A Fine Dessert by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh

Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Madame Eiffel: The Love Story of the Eiffel Tower by Alice Brière-Haquet, illustrated by Csil

The Only Child by Guojing

The Skunk by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Patrick McDonnell

Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Sydney Smith

The Tiger Who Would Be King by James Thurber, illustrated by JooHee Yoon

Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower by Greg Pizzoli