Family Stories

Check out one of these great picture books featuring stories about families.  Here's a few of our favorites . . .

The Tiny King by Taro Miura

A tiny and lonely king learns the joys of having a family.

Templeton Gets His Wish by Greg Pizzoli

Templeton the cat makes a wish for his family to disappear, but quickly learns that being alone isn't as great as he had thought it would be.

Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins

In words and pictures, a girl describes the three humans and two cats that live in her house, and details some of the traits that they share.

Catch That Baby! by Nancy Coffelt

Everyone from Mom to Grandpa joins the chase when baby Rudy decides he does not want to get dressed after his bath.

More Books --

Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal

Aunt Pearl by Monica Kulling

The Bear in My Family by Maya Tatsukawa

Big Family Beach Day by Nina Crews

A Family for Louie by Alexandra Thompson

A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O'Leary

Family Reunion by Chad Richards

A Fine Dessert by Emily Jenkins

Forty Winks by Kelly DiPucchio

Grandpa Is Here by Tanya Rosie

Hiking Day by Anne Rockwell

How to Welcome a New Baby by Jean Reagan

I Got You: A Brother's Promise by Derrick Barnes

I'm Not a Baby by Jill McElmurry

Little Good Wolf by Janet Stevens

Mama and Papa Have a Store by Amelia Lau Carling

Milo Is Missing Something by Vern Kousky

The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin

Oddbird's Chosen Family by Derek Desierto

Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis

One Family by George Shannon

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant

The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles by Jake Gyllenhaal

The Snow Globe Family by Jane O'Connor

Summer Is For Cousins by Rajani LaRocca

Under the Table by Allan Ahlberg

Waiting for Mama by Ianna Marino

What's In Baby's Morning by Judy Hindley

The Worm Family by Tony Johnston

Best Furry Friends

Some of our best friends are furry!  Check out these chapter books about our furry animal friends . . . .

Absolutely Lucy by Ilene Cooper

Bobby is a shy boy until he gets a beagle puppy named Lucy, who helps him to make new friends.

The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

Humphrey, a pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher.

Bunnicula by Deborah Howe

Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.



More Books --

A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold

Chancey of the Maury River by Gigi Amateau

The Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton

The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds

Jigsaw Pony by Jessie Haas

Just Gus by McCall Hoyle

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater

My Kingdom of Darkness by Susan Tan

Petlandia by Peter Hannon

Quack by Anna Humphrey

The Simple Art of Flying by Cory Leonardo

Wait . . . That's a Book?

So many books have been turned into movies over the years.  Often, the movies become more popular than the books.  Try reading one of these books that were turned into popular movies.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.

The Witches by Roald Dahl

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.

More Books --

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes

Matilda by Roald Dahl

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum