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P i c t u r e B o o k s f o r O l d e r C h i l d r e n a n d A d u l t s |
All books located in J Picture Books unless otherwise noted.
- Alexander, Lloyd. illus. D. Brent Burkett.
- Dream-of-Jade: The Emperor's Cat. 2005.
- Follows the adventures of a Chinese cat who became the emperor's good friend and advisor.
- Allan, Nicholas.
- The Bird. 1997.
- A hermit doesn't want to share his neat island with a messy, noisy bird. When he finally succeeds in getting rid of the bird, he finds he misses it . . . until the bird returns with his friends, Noah and the Ark.
- Baxter, Nicola. illus. Mike Taylor.
- Parallel Universe. 1996. J 909 BAX
- An interactive illustrated world history in which the reader enters thirteen different time periods and in each one finds twenty objects which are chronologically out of place.
- Carrier, Roch. illus. Sheldon Cohen; trans. Sheila Fischman.
- The Flying Canoe. 2004.
- On Christmas Eve, six French-Canadian trappers meet a mysterious stranger who gives them the gift of a trip to their homes in Montreal, if only they agree not to speak until they cross their own thresholds.
- Costanza, Stephen.
- Mozart Finds a Melody. 2004.
- Wolfgang Mozart finds the inspiration to compose a new piano concerto from his pet starling and the sounds heard through the streets of eighteenth-century Vienna, Austria.
- Crew, Gary. illus. Shaun Tan.
- The Viewer. 2003. J Easy Fiction
- A boy finds a Viewmaster that takes him on a journey.
- Dorros, Arthur. illus. David Catrow.
- The Fungus that Ate My School. 2000.
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- While the students are home for spring vacation, the fungus they are growing in their classroom grows and grows and takes over the entire school.
- Drescher, Henrik.
- Hubert The Pudge: A Vegetarian Tale. 2006.
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- As one of many Pudgies awaiting their trip to the meat factory from the Pudge Processing Farm, little Hubert escapes to the jungle where the animals show him all the good foods he can eat and, as a result, he becomes the first Pudge to achieve full size since ancient times.
- Faulkner, Matt.
- A Taste of Colored Water. 2008.
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- A surprising event occurs after the townsfolk build a statue to honor a homeless dog they believe died in a struggle to save two children.
- Gackenbach, Dick.
- Beauty, Brave and Beautiful. 1990. J Easy Fiction
- A surprising event occurs after the townsfolk build a statue to honor a homeless dog they believe died in a struggle to save two children from a bear.
- Grahame, Kenneth. abridged and illustrated by Inga Moore
- The Reluctant Dragon. 2004.
- In this illustrated, abridged version of the original, the boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and, especially, St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern?
- Gunning, Monica. illus. Elaine Pedlar.
- A Shelter in Our Car. 2004.
- Since she left Jamaica for America after her father died, Zettie lives in a car with her mother while they both go to school and plan for a real home.
- Hearn, Michael Patrick. illus. Leo and Diane Dillon.
- The Porcelain Cat. 2004.
- A sorcerer's apprentice has to complete several difficult tasks before dawn in order to obtain a missing ingredient for one of his master's spells.
- Jacques, Brian. illus. Alexi Natchev.
- The Tale of Urso Brunov: Little Father of All Bears. 2003.
- Urso Brunov or Little Father, a bear the size of a thumb, saves a group of animals from a misguided baggy-trousered crybaby known as the Lord of all Sands.
- Jacobson, Rick. illus. Laura Fernandez & Rick Jacobson.
- The Mona Lisa Caper. 2005.
- Believing that the Mona Lisa should be returned to Italy, Vincenzo Perugia steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and journeys back to Florence with it in his car. This story is based on a true event and is told through the eyes of the Mona Lisa itself.
- Johnson, Stephen
- As the City Sleeps. 2002.
- A look at the city at night reveals that innocent objects are not quite what they seem once the sun has set.
- Keens-Douglas, Richardo illus. Julia Gukova.
- Freedom Child of the Sea. 1995.
- African legend which tells of slave traders and of a young slave woman about to give birth to a child who was thrown overboard. Her baby boy became the freedom child of the sea, bearing all the pain and bondage of the human race.
- Kitamura, Satoshi.
- Me and My Cat? 1999.
- A young boy spends an unusual day after awakening to find that he and his cat have switched bodies.
- Laden, Nina.
- The Night I Followed the Dog. 1994.
- A boy follows his dog one night to see what exactly dogs do at night when they're on their own.
- Lester, Julius. illus. John Clapp.
- Shining. 2003.
- A young girl who has not uttered a sound since birth is shunned by the people in her village, until they realize how special she is.
- Mochizuki, Ken. illus. Dom Lee.
- Baseball Saved Us. 1993. J Easy Fiction
- A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
- Heroes. 1995. J Easy Fiction
- Japanese American Donnie, whose playmates insist he be the "bad guy" in their war games, calls on his reluctant father and uncle to help him get away from that role.
- Pilegard, Virginia Walton. illus. Nicolas Debon.
- The Warlord's Messengers. 2005.
- In ancient China, Chuan and Jing Jing invent a cart that sails on land in order to quickly reach the warlord with an important message from the emperor.
- The Warlord's Puppeteers. 2003.
- While traveling back to their warlord's palace in ancient China, Chuan and the artist to whom he is apprenticed join a troupe of puppeteers and Chuan learns about puppet proportions. Includes instructions for making a simple sock puppet.
- Porto, Tony. conceived and designed by 3CD (Tony Porto, Mitch Rice, Glenn Deutsch).
- Blue Aliens!: An Adventure in Color. 2003.
- After staying up late to watch a scary movie, a boy awakens to find that blue things are missing, from his favorite jeans to his blue-lined notebook paper, and he is certain that aliens are the reason.
- Reiss, Mike.
- The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln. 2003.
- Eight-year-old Benjy, who resembles Abraham Lincoln, is tired of being teased and always being Lincoln in the school play, but a special camp helps him to appreciate his appearance.
- San Souci, Robert D. illus. Rebecca Walsh.
- Well at the End of the World. 2004.
- In this fairy tale, loosely based on English and Scottish lore, feisty Princess Rosamond, who prefers good books to good looks, risks her throne and all her wealth to save her father's life.
- Scieszka, Jon and Smith, Lane.
- Math Curse. 1995.
- When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.
- Smith, Will. illus. Kadir Nelson.
- Just the Two of Us. 2001.
- Celebrates the dignity, integrity, and honor of being a father.
- Stark, Ken.
- Oh, Brother! 2003.
- In 1952, two brothers, aged nine and ten, enjoy a year filled with fun and adventure in the farmlands of northeastern Illinois.
- Steig, William.
- Yellow & Pink. 1984.
- Two wooden dolls, left out to dry in the sun, come to life and contemplate how they might have arrived in this world.
- Stolz, Mary.
- Belling the Tiger. 2004.
- Small twin mice, Bob and Ozzie are chosen to bell the house cat and end up going on a strange and wonderful adventure in a foreign land.
- Tenzing, Norbu.
- Secret of the Snow Leopard. 2004.
- Van Allsburg, Chris.
- The Wretched Stone. 1991.
- A strange glowing stone picked up on a sea voyage captivates a ship's crew and has a terrible transforming effect on them.
- Vander Zee, Ruth. illus. Floyd Cooper.
- Mississippi Morning. 2004.
- Amidst the economic depression and the racial tension of the 1930s, a boy discovers a horrible secret of his father's involvement in the Ku Klux Klan.
- Wenberg, Michael.
- Elizabeth's Song. 2003.
- A fictionalized account of how an eleven-year-old girl, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, saved to buy her first guitar and composed the popular folksong, "Freight Train."
- Wheeler, Lisa.
- Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta. 2004.
- This comic-book-style tale of sea adventure and love is related through funny songs and verses. The text contains a good deal of whimsical humor and wordplay.
- Wild, Margaret.
- Woolvs in the Sitee. 2007.
- In a mostly abandoned city, Ben lives in a musty basement room, terrified of the "woolvs" that dwell in the shadows outside, with only an upstairs neighbor, Mrs. Radinski, to help him cope with his fears.
- Show Way. 2005.
- The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
- Yee, Paul. illus. Jan Peng Wang.
- A song for Ba. 2004.
- An ancient art form is brought to life through the story of Wei and his father and their struggle to maintain the cultural art of the Chinese opera.
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