By Adam Rex, Illustrated by Claire KeaneChronicle Books, 2019Picture book, 60 pages, ages 4-8 On an ordinary day at the mall, an evil villain crashes through the ceiling, shouting, “Go ahead and …
The Princess in Black
By Shannon Hale & Dean Hale, illustrated by LeUyen PhamCandlewick Press, 2015Chapter book, 96 pages, ages 4-7 / grades k-3 Princess Magnolia – perfect, poised, and proper, dressed in frilly …
Please Don’t Read this Book
By Deanna Kizis, illustrated by Sam Boughton Philomel, 2021Picture book, 32 pages, ages 4-8 Narrated by a cute little ink blot with big eyes and stick arms and legs, this interactive book …
Some Bugs
Author: Angela DiTerlizzi Illustrator: Bendan WenzelLittle Simon, Simon and Schuster 2016Board Book, 34 Pages, Ages 1-4 Years This delightful, rhyming board book about bugs and bug behavior in your …
My Father’s Dragon
Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett Illustrator: Ruth Chrisman GannettDover, 2014 (originally Random House, 1948)Softcover, 80 Page Chapter Book Grades 3-4 Kindhearted Elmer Elevator rescues a stray …
Unstoppable
By Adam Rex, illustrated by Laura ParkChronicle, 2020Picture book, 56 pages, ages 5-8 A cat stalks a crab … then stalks a bird, who flies away and commiserates with the crab… and they become an …
Noodle and the No Bones Day
By Jonathan Graziano, illustrated by Dan TavisMargaret K. McElderry Books, 2022Picture book, 32 pages, ages 2+ Noodle is a silly, stubborn, sweet old pug. Jonathan is his human who takes him on …
On Account of the Gum
Written and Illustrated by: Adam Rex Chronicle Books, 2020Picture book, 56 pages, ages 3-6 The book opens with an image of the unnamed main character asleep with – the big no-no – gum in her mouth! …
POWWOW Day
Author: Traci Sorell, Illustrator: Madelyn GoodnightCharlesbridge 2022Hardcover 32 Page Picture Book River is recovering from an illness and is unable to dance in the tradition of Powwow Day. Her …
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By Janet Sumner Johnson, illustrated by Courtney DawsonCapstone Editions, 2020Picture book, 32 pages, ages 4-7 Unlike most kids, Shailey loves bedtime – because her dad reads stories to her. But …
Stolen Words
By Melanie Florence, illustrated by Gabrielle GrimardSecond Story Press, 2017Picture book, 24 pages, ages 6-9 A girl and her grandfather are walking along. “How do you say grandfather in Cree?” she …
Interrupting Chicken
By David Ezra SteinCandlewick Press, 2010 (board book 2019)Board book/Picture book, 34 pages, ages 3-6 It is bedtime. Papa settles his little red chicken into bed to read a story with the proviso …