March is here, and on our stage Adventure Theatre MTC is bringing their musical adaptation of Caps for Sale to life, monkeys and all! Last year, we pitted the greats of Kids' Lit against one another in a March Madness tournament, from which Peter Pan emerged victorious. This year, in honor of all the artful adaptations we've presented on the New Victory stage this season, we bring you Picture Book March Madness.

Illustrations enrich so many beloved storybooks, so it wasn't easy to narrow the pantheon of picture books down to a bracket of thirty-two. But we managed it somehow. This year, eight picture books from four conferences will face off, two-by-two, until a champion rises from the pile. Will it be a Caldecott Medalist, an Animal Tale, an Enchanting Newcomer or a Colorful Classic? Check out the bracket below to see the match-ups, then cast your votes in the embedded form.

Caldecott Medalists			Enchanting Newcomers
This Is Not My Hat				Elephant & Piggie: We Are In A Book!
Make Way for Ducklings				A Ball For Daisy
The Snowy Day				The Day The Crayons Quit
The Polar Express				Giraffes Can't Dance
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble				Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
Madeline's Rescue				Rosie Revere, Engineer
Where the Wild Things Are				Waiting
The Little House				Peanut Butter & Cupcake!
Animal Tales			Colorful Classics
Corduroy				The Lorax
Curious George				The Little Prince
Mr. Popper's Penguins				The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Gruffalo				Caps for Sale
Handa's Surprise				The Giving Tree
The Very Hungry Caterpillar				Goodnight Moon
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie				Harold and the Purple Crayon
Frog and Toad Are Friends				Are You My Mother?

Next week, we'll announce the winners of this round, along with some words of wisdom from some New Vic parents about why their kids love particular titles. Let the games begin!