I absolutely love picture books. I love the silly ones and the sweet ones. I love the rhyming ones and the ones that make up words. I love the illustrations and the messages. But the kinds of picture books I love most are the ones that make children laugh, the ones that introduce them to the possibilities in life and the kind of person they should strive to be, and the ones that are really adult books in disguise. I promise posts recommending some of my favorites of the funny ones and the ones offering possibilities. Today, in honor of “booksgiving,” I have prepared a list of picture books that I love which are certainly written for children but are maybe for adults every bit as much (or more). They will be in alphabetical order by the title because I couldn’t possibly put them in some order of favorites…and by author just seemed too predictable from a former librarian.
If you would like a brief description and reviews of these books, go to the link below for the list I created for these books (and a few more) on goodreads.com.
whttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/108681.Picture_Books_Adults_Should_Read
You can also look at an earlier list I made that includes some picture book biographies.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/99709.Picture_Books_Adults_will_Love
Great Picture Books for You (and maybe a child too)
- 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
- I Am Story by Dan Yaccarino
- Be Happy!: A Little Book for a Happy You by Monica Sheehan
- Before Morning by Joyce Sidman
- Book by David W. Miles
- A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers
- The Crown Affair by Jeanie Franz Ransom
- Dandelion’s Tale by Kevin Sheehan
- The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
- The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
- Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Frankencrayon by Michael Hall
- The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers
- I Wish You More by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Ish by Peter H. Reynolds
- It’s a Book by Lane Smith
- The Journey by Francesca Sanna
- Little Tree by Loren Long
- Mama, Let’s Make a Moon by Clay Rice
- North Star by Peter H. Reynolds
- One by Kathryn Otoshi
- One Green Apple by Eve Bunting
- Penguin Problems by Jory John
- Playing from the Heart by Peter H. Reynolds
- The Promise by Nicola Davies
- Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds
- The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito
- The Storyteller by Evan Turk
- Tuckey Jo and Little Heart by Patricia Polacco
- Two Hands to Love You by Diane Adams
- What Do You Do With a Problem by Kobi Yamada
- What Do You Do With an Idea by Kobi Yamada
- The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski
- Willow by Denise Brennan-Nelson
- You and Me by Susan Verde
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