Chris Barton. The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-
New Colors. (Charlesbridge, 2009)
Fred Bowen. No Easy Way: The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season. (Dutton, 2010)
Bowen tells, in spare text and with illustrations reminiscent of Norman Rockwell, the simple story of
T ed Williams, who wouldn't go into the record books with a tainted record and anything less than a
full season of hitting .400, a feat that has not been matched in seven decades. This is a baseball
biography for even the very young; read this to a future Hall of Famer in your life.
Carolyn Buehner. Superdog: the Heart of a Hero. (HarperCollins, 2003)
Nathan Clement. Job Site. (Boyds Mills Press, 2011)
When the boss says get it done, which piece of machinery gets the job? Big bold pictures of big
powerful machines doing big jobs, perfect for little guys.
Timothy Decker. For Liberty: The Story of the Boston Massacre. (Calkins Creek, 2009)
Julia Donaldson. The Gruffalo. (Dial, 1999)
Cambria Evans. Bone Soup. (Houghton Mifflin, 2008)
Don't wait for Halloween! Here is a fun picture book take on an old storytelling classic with ghouls
and grossness and goofiness.
Nancy Bo Flood. Sand to Stone and Back Again. (Fulcrum, 2009)
For those young explorers who are obsessed with the question "How?", here is a stunning look at
the natural wonders of the desert. The words seem to gladly sink into the background as pictures of
rock formations and minerals just dance across the page. It looks like fantasy, and reads like
nonfiction. How can you go wrong?
Tony Fucile. Let's Do Nothing! (Candlewick, 2009)
For all those little guys who can't sit still, here is a picture book that asks that most important
question: Why try?
Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Laura Stringer. Fold Me a Poem. (Harcourt, 2005)
Robert Gould. "Big Stuff" (Series):
Monster Trucks. (Big Guy Books, 2004)
Tractors. (Big Guy Books, 2004)
Big Rigs. (Big Guy Books, 2004)
Giant Earthmovers. (Big Guy Books, 2004)
Rescue Vehicles. (Big Guy Books, 2005)
Racers. (Big Guy Books, 2005)
Sea Creatures. (Big Guy Books, 2005)
Dinosaurs. (Big Guy Books, 2005)
Martin Howard & Colin Stimpson. How to Cook Children: A Grisly Recipe Book. (Pavilion, 2008)
Outrageous! A spoof on all those international cookbooks. "Irish Stu", "Pie-Ella", "Kate and Sidney
Pie"! Shocking! With gloriously hideous illustrations of witch chefs and their sniffling ingredients, you
will just die laughing, then they will serve you with carrots and peas.
Steve Jenkins. Actual Size. (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)
Put your hand up against the hand of a gorilla. Go eye to eye with a giant squid. Lay your whole arm
along the back of the world's biggest insect. Too cool!
Marty Kelley. The Rules. (Knowledge Unlimitted, 2000)
Marty Kelley. Twelve Terrible Things. (Tricycle Press, 2008)
Kathleen Kudlinski. Boy Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs. (Dutton, 2005)
David Martin. Piggy and Dad Go Fishing. (Candlewick, 2005)
Kate McMullan. I Stink! (Joanna Cotler, 2002)
Mary Elise Monsell. Underwear! (Albert Whitman, 1988)
Dav Pilkey. Kat Kong. (Harcourt, 1993)
Dav Pilkey. Dogzilla. (Harcourt, 1993)
Dav Pilkey. Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis. (Blue Sky Press, 1994)
Jon Scieszka. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. (Viking, 1993)
Jon Scieszka. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. (Viking Kestral, 1989)
David Shannon. No, David! (Scholastic, 1998)
Judy Sierra, pictures by Stephen Gammell. The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School.
(Simon & Schuster, 2007)
Marilyn Singer. What Stinks? (Darby Creek , 2006)
Erik John Slangerup. Dirt Boy. (Sagebrush, 2003)
Bill Thompson. Chalk. (Marshall Cavendish, 2010)
What does sidewalk chalk have in common with a wordless picture book?
Shrill Travesty. The Taking Tree: A Selfish Parody. (Simon & Schuster, 2010)
Okay, even if you love The Giving Tree, admit it. That selfish, snot-nosed kid really ticks you off.
Gimme this, gimme that. I want apples, I want wood, la la la. Don't you sometimes just wish that tree
would...
Herve Tullet. Press Here. (Chronicle Books, 2011)
The perfect picture book for little guys. They will point, tap, clap, jump up, and laugh. It is a book
designed to stimulate the analytical side of the young boys' brains, and boy does it ever.
Lisa Wheeler, illustrations by Barry Gott. Dino-Basketball. (Carolrhoda, 2011)
High-powered basketball lingo, tongue-twisting dinosaur names, and dizzyness-inducing pictures. All
a little guy could want from a picture book!
David Wiesner. Sector 7. (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)
David Wiesner. The Three Pigs. (Clarion, 2001)
David Wiesner. Tuesday. (Clarion, 1991)
Mo Willems. Listen to My Trumpet! [Elephant & Piggie] (Hyperion, 2012)
How do you tell a friend that his music really, really, really stinks?!?
New Colors. (Charlesbridge, 2009)
Fred Bowen. No Easy Way: The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season. (Dutton, 2010)
Bowen tells, in spare text and with illustrations reminiscent of Norman Rockwell, the simple story of
T ed Williams, who wouldn't go into the record books with a tainted record and anything less than a
full season of hitting .400, a feat that has not been matched in seven decades. This is a baseball
biography for even the very young; read this to a future Hall of Famer in your life.
Carolyn Buehner. Superdog: the Heart of a Hero. (HarperCollins, 2003)
Nathan Clement. Job Site. (Boyds Mills Press, 2011)
When the boss says get it done, which piece of machinery gets the job? Big bold pictures of big
powerful machines doing big jobs, perfect for little guys.
Timothy Decker. For Liberty: The Story of the Boston Massacre. (Calkins Creek, 2009)
Julia Donaldson. The Gruffalo. (Dial, 1999)
Cambria Evans. Bone Soup. (Houghton Mifflin, 2008)
Don't wait for Halloween! Here is a fun picture book take on an old storytelling classic with ghouls
and grossness and goofiness.
Nancy Bo Flood. Sand to Stone and Back Again. (Fulcrum, 2009)
For those young explorers who are obsessed with the question "How?", here is a stunning look at
the natural wonders of the desert. The words seem to gladly sink into the background as pictures of
rock formations and minerals just dance across the page. It looks like fantasy, and reads like
nonfiction. How can you go wrong?
Tony Fucile. Let's Do Nothing! (Candlewick, 2009)
For all those little guys who can't sit still, here is a picture book that asks that most important
question: Why try?
Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Laura Stringer. Fold Me a Poem. (Harcourt, 2005)
Robert Gould. "Big Stuff" (Series):
Monster Trucks. (Big Guy Books, 2004)
Tractors. (Big Guy Books, 2004)
Big Rigs. (Big Guy Books, 2004)
Giant Earthmovers. (Big Guy Books, 2004)
Rescue Vehicles. (Big Guy Books, 2005)
Racers. (Big Guy Books, 2005)
Sea Creatures. (Big Guy Books, 2005)
Dinosaurs. (Big Guy Books, 2005)
Martin Howard & Colin Stimpson. How to Cook Children: A Grisly Recipe Book. (Pavilion, 2008)
Outrageous! A spoof on all those international cookbooks. "Irish Stu", "Pie-Ella", "Kate and Sidney
Pie"! Shocking! With gloriously hideous illustrations of witch chefs and their sniffling ingredients, you
will just die laughing, then they will serve you with carrots and peas.
Steve Jenkins. Actual Size. (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)
Put your hand up against the hand of a gorilla. Go eye to eye with a giant squid. Lay your whole arm
along the back of the world's biggest insect. Too cool!
Marty Kelley. The Rules. (Knowledge Unlimitted, 2000)
Marty Kelley. Twelve Terrible Things. (Tricycle Press, 2008)
Kathleen Kudlinski. Boy Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs. (Dutton, 2005)
David Martin. Piggy and Dad Go Fishing. (Candlewick, 2005)
Kate McMullan. I Stink! (Joanna Cotler, 2002)
Mary Elise Monsell. Underwear! (Albert Whitman, 1988)
Dav Pilkey. Kat Kong. (Harcourt, 1993)
Dav Pilkey. Dogzilla. (Harcourt, 1993)
Dav Pilkey. Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis. (Blue Sky Press, 1994)
Jon Scieszka. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. (Viking, 1993)
Jon Scieszka. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. (Viking Kestral, 1989)
David Shannon. No, David! (Scholastic, 1998)
Judy Sierra, pictures by Stephen Gammell. The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School.
(Simon & Schuster, 2007)
Marilyn Singer. What Stinks? (Darby Creek , 2006)
Erik John Slangerup. Dirt Boy. (Sagebrush, 2003)
Bill Thompson. Chalk. (Marshall Cavendish, 2010)
What does sidewalk chalk have in common with a wordless picture book?
Shrill Travesty. The Taking Tree: A Selfish Parody. (Simon & Schuster, 2010)
Okay, even if you love The Giving Tree, admit it. That selfish, snot-nosed kid really ticks you off.
Gimme this, gimme that. I want apples, I want wood, la la la. Don't you sometimes just wish that tree
would...
Herve Tullet. Press Here. (Chronicle Books, 2011)
The perfect picture book for little guys. They will point, tap, clap, jump up, and laugh. It is a book
designed to stimulate the analytical side of the young boys' brains, and boy does it ever.
Lisa Wheeler, illustrations by Barry Gott. Dino-Basketball. (Carolrhoda, 2011)
High-powered basketball lingo, tongue-twisting dinosaur names, and dizzyness-inducing pictures. All
a little guy could want from a picture book!
David Wiesner. Sector 7. (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)
David Wiesner. The Three Pigs. (Clarion, 2001)
David Wiesner. Tuesday. (Clarion, 1991)
Mo Willems. Listen to My Trumpet! [Elephant & Piggie] (Hyperion, 2012)
How do you tell a friend that his music really, really, really stinks?!?
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