Kids - Staff Favorites Picture Books

A young girl and her grandmother visit the girl's father in prison.

When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, are separated during China's Cultural Revolution, they are able to stay close by greeting one another every day with flying kites until Baba, like the kites, is free. Includes historical note.

When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head.

When Cow gets her hooves on the farmer's car, she takes it for a wild ride through the country.

Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.

The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

"Max and Ruby prepare for a new baby sibling--only to find out they are getting two of them!"--

How does a dinosaur eat all his food? Does he burp, does he belch, or make noises quite rude? Does he pick at his cereal, throw down his cup, hoping to make someone else pick it up? Just like kids, dinosaurs have a difficult time learning to behave at the table. However, with a little help from Mom and Dad, these young dinosaurs eat all before them with smiles and goodwill. As in their previous books, Yolen and Teague capture children's rambunctious...

When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots.