Picture Books
Chloe and the Lion
Grades K-3
A truly original, silly, funny, and downright cool picture book about a girl named Chloe, a loose-change finder who ends up lost in the woods after a dizzyingly long merry-go-round ride... where she meets a huge lion. (The lion is really a dragon, not a lion. Illustrator Adam Rex has been fired for replacing the lion with a "cooler" dragon. Sorry. The remainder of the book will be handled by a true illustrator who can follow directions. Apologies for this interruption.)
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Reading Level: Ages 3-6
A magpie with a very empty nest is given a marble by a helpful mouse....
...but then he gets more...
...and more....
...and more...
How will magpie fit in his nest with all that stuff?
The Obstinate Pen
Reading Level: PreK-2
Uncle Flood is ready to begin writing his story - beginning with this sentence: "The following story is all true." (A great first line, if he does say so himself.)
However, his pen has other ideas for Uncle Flood's first line:
"You have a big nose."
"You have eyes as large as dinner plates."
"Your hair is like a bird's nest."
Z is for Moose
Reading Level: Ages 3 - 6
Moose literally cannot wait for M to come up in this alphabet book so that he can have his turn to shine. Moose should meet Mo Willems' Pigeon.
Oh No, George!
Reading Level: Ages 2 - 8
George really wants to be a good dog when he is left home alone, but some things, like a cake and a cat are just too tempting.
Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All
Reading Level: Ages 3 - 8
Young superhero, Question Boy, asks non-stop questions to poor unsuspecting everyday superheroes like Garbage Man until he meets Little Miss Know-It-All in the park. Has he finally met his match?
My Rhinoceros
Reading Level: Ages 4 - 6
Rhinoceros isn't a very fun pet - he doesn't really do much. The rhinoceros expert says that rhinos only really do two things: pop balloons, and poke holes in kites.
Not very good activities for a boy and a rhinoceros who want to go to the park... where there is a balloon man (rhino doesn't pay him a glance) and a bunch of kids flying kites (rhino doesn't care).
On the way home from the park, the boy and the rhino see two bank robbers getting away... in a hot air balloon and by kite!
Stuck
Reading Level: Ages 3 and up
Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree and he does everything he can think of to get it out. Unfortunately, what he can't do is think of an intelligent solution in this ridiculously absurd story that will appeal to the truly silly child in your life (or in you).
Shaggy Dogs, Waggy Dogs
Reading Level: Ages 2 - 6
This charmingly illustrated rhyming book celebrates dogs of all types, sizes and behaviors.
School for Bandits
Reading Level: PreK-1
Ralph isn't a normal raccoon - he doesn't like being messy, or rude. So his parents ship him off to Bandit School, where Ralph is the worst student of all. He's just awful at everything, and when the term ends, his teacher assigns a competition - whoever has the largest sack of loot after vacation wins the Best Bandit prize. Ralph isn't interested, not one bit. He stays in his room reading over the break, not wanting to get in anyone's way. But then something happens on his way back to school, and Ralph becomes the best!

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