Monday, September 22, 2025

Award Winning Picture Books

Check out these award-winning picture books.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .

Where Is the Dragon? by Leo Timmers
The king can't sleep until the dragon is found. Luckily, the three knights know everything about dragons and are armed to the teeth! Now they just have to find him. They set out into the night with a candle in hand. Soon they find something that looks very much like a dragon . . .

Odd Dog Out by Rob Biddulph
It's lonely being the odd dog out, when all she wants to do is find her place in the world. She's willing to go to the other side of the world to look for it. However, it might take a different kind of journey for her to discover that maybe where she's meant to be is right back where she started . . . 

Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian
When assorted intruders invade his personal space and bowl, Goldfish is put out, to say the least. He wants none of it, preferring his former peace and quiet and solitude. But time away from his new companions gives him a chance to rethink the pros and cons of a solitary life. And discover what he's been missing.

Moo! by David LaRochelle
When Cow gets her hooves on the farmer’s car, she takes it for a wild ride through the country. Moooo! But a bump in the road brings this joy ride to a troublesome end. 


More Books --
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet Sarg
A Bear, A Bee, and a Honey Tree by Daniel Bernstrom
A Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston
Don't Hug Doug by Carrie Finison
Don't Worry, Little Crab by Chris Haughton
Hello Sun by Julie Downing
Hudson and Tallulah Take Sides by Anna Kang
Leap by Jonarno Lawson
Let's Play Monsters by Lucy Cousins
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
Off to See the Sea by Nikki Grimes
The Problem with Problems by Rachel Rooney
Pumpkin Heads by Wendell Minor
Saturday by Oge Mora
Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman
Turtle Walk by Matt Phelan


Monday, September 8, 2025

Family Friendly Classics

Today, I'm sharing classic stories that can be read by the whole family.  Here are a few of my favorites . . .

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Headed for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
No case is too tricky for the world's most famous sleuth and his incredible powers of deduction, in a collection of mystery stories for young readers.


More Books --
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
White Fang by Jack London
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum