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Picture Books The Big Kids Love |
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You're going to love this book!
by Jory John
Daring readers not to have fun, this unique and uproarious picture book has everything — comedy, drama, action, heart — and what's even better, it has homework, a trip to the dentist and raisins — nature's candy! By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Good Egg and The Bad Seed.
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The most boring book ever
by Brandon Sanderson
As a young boy goes about his ordinary day, surprising adventure unfolds around him involving pirates, dragons and other unexpected perils, taking him by surprise, in this clever interplay between text and imaginative art.
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Blurp's Book of Manners
by Cindy Derby
When etiquette coach Ms. Picklepop teeters off her stool and spills a bucket of paint, a creature emerges. Not a scary one, or an evil one, or anything of the sort. Instead, what comes alive is... BLURP! She'll have to carry on with her lesson, despite Blurp's many, messy distractions. But paint splotches and burps aren't all that disrupt Ms. Picklepop's decorous class. Perhaps through an unlikely friendship, Ms. Picklepop will learn a thing or two about manners herself.
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This Is Not That Kind of Book by Christopher HealyA riotous mash-up alphabet primer features characters that represent different book genres, from fairy tales and mysteries to superhero adventures and joke books, challenging readers to keep up as the story abruptly shifts in other directions.
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And the dish ran away with the spoon
by Janet Stevens
When the Dish runs away with Spoon and neither return on the next evening, Cow, Dog, and Cat venture out to find them, encountering unusual characters and strange places along the way.
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The book that eats people
by John Perry
A darkly whimsical account of a predatory book's people-eating history warns young readers about the possible consequences of reading it while describing how it consumed such characters as little Sam Ruskin, sweet Victoria Glassford, and security guard Mr. Singh.
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The book with no pictures
by B. J. Novak
The Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his performances in The Office presents a silly read-aloud book that combines a deliberately image-free format with wacky nonsense text, goofy song lyrics and more.
Read on 3/16/22
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Carnivores
by Aaron Reynolds
Lion, Great White Shark, and Timberwolf, troubled by their bad reputations with the other animals, form a support group which has limited success until Great Horned Owl shares some advice
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The end (almost)
by Jim Benton
Informed that his story is over and that he must leave, Donut the bear, believing his fun has only just started, schemes and dons elaborate disguises to keep his story from ending.
Read 3/1/23
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I want my hat back
by Jon Klassen
A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important, in a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist.
Read on 2/16/22
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Mr. Tiger goes wild
by Peter Brown
Wanting to have more fun when he tires of his prim-and-proper existence, staunch Mr. Tiger decides to give in to his wild nature until his antics go too far. By the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Creepy Carrots!
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Please, open this book!
by Adam Lehrhaupt
The award-winning creators of Warning: Do Not Open This Book! present a new hazard-filled volume that explains how opening the book is the only way to save a zany monkey crew trapped between pages.
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Put it on the list!
by Kristen Darbyshire
When family members see the consequences of forgetting to write things on the grocery list, they not only do better at keeping the list up-to-date, they also help with the shopping to ensure they never again eat pickled grubs
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Those shoes
by Maribeth Boelts
Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone at school seems to have but his grandmother cannot afford, is excited when he sees them for sale in a thrift shop and decides to buy them even though they are too small.
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Twelve terrible things
by Marty Kelley
Grownups who wax nostalgic about their youth are given an in-your-face visual tour through twelve terrible experiences of childhood, including bedtime monsters and "atomic wedgies."
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The three pigs
by David Wiesner
The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon. By the creator of the Caldecott Honor book, Sector 7.
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Crash, splash, or moo!
by Bob Shea
A lively picture book presented in the style of a game show introduces host Mr. McMonkey and a trio of unlikely daredevil contestants who face off in a zany sequence of challenges while inviting readers to guess the outcomes of their wacky stunts.
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