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Timeless Picture Books for Every Age “Don’t let the format fool you. These Alexander and the Horrible, books contain complicated vocabulary Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and/or concepts.” Judith Viorst —Ann Seaton, Hicklebee’s, San Jose, CA Ray Cruz (illus.) Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780689711732 All the World Liz Garton Scanlon Marla Frazee (illus.) Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781416985808 “The language in picture books is often quite rich and sophisticated, exposing children to the joys of language, vocabulary, cadence, and the many ways a story can be spun. The same is true of picture book art. Nowhere else in literature are readers of all ages exposed to such a variety The Day the Crayons Quit of artistic styles and examples of visual expression.” Drew Deywalt —Elizabeth Bluemle, The Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, VT Oliver Jeffers (illus.) Penguin ISBN: 9780399255373 The Grudge Keeper “The cadences, along with white space, Arm in Arm Mara Rockliff rich language and a delightful or inven- Remy Charlip Eliza Wheeler (illus.) tive illustration always keep someone Random House Peachtree interested and wanting more. Where is the story going? What is going to ISBN: 9781582463681 ISBN: 9781561457298 happen? This sparks the imagination... and begins reading fluency.” —Maureen Palacios, Once Upon a Time, Montrose, CA Flotsam Hi, Koo! David Wiesner Jon J. Muth HMH Scholastic ISBN: 9780618194575 ISBN: 9780545166683 “Picture books tell a different kind of story than a chapter book. The best ones Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse have a rich vocabulary and stories.” Marilyn Singer —Valerie Koehler, Blue Willow Bookshop, Josee Massee (illus.) Houston, TX Penguin ISBN: 9780525479017 I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen “Because they are so short, picture Candlewick books may be read many, many ISBN: 9780763655983 times. The best ones reward repeated readings. The more reading a child does, especially of books with rich language, the more fluent he or she becomes as a reader.” The Mischievians —Elizabeth Bluemle, The Flying Pig William Joyce Bookstore, Shelburne, VT Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781442473478 Timeless Picture Books for Every Age “The emotional value of picture books cannot be understated as it ties warm or humorous or joyful Miss Rumphius or silly memories to reading books and/or sharing reading with another person. Whenever you ask Barbara Cooney a young adult to you pick one book from the entire Penguin store—any section—as as a favorite, it will almost ISBN: 9780140505399 always be a picture book.” —Maureen Palacios, Once Upon a Time, Montrose, CA “People return to picture books Oh, The Places You’ll Go! in times of need because, like Dr. Suess poetry, they have the power Random House to distill deep thoughts and ISBN: 9780679805274 emotions.” —Valerie Koehler, Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX “When someone balks because a picture book looks too simple, I say, “Let Patrol me find you something with a simpler Walter Dean Myers vocabulary…” Ann Grifalconi (illus.) —Ann Seaton, Hicklebee’s, San Jose, CA HarperCollins ISBN: 9780060731595 The Stinky Cheese Man Jon Scieszka Lane Smith (illus.) Penguin ISBN: 9780670844876 The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf Robert Lawson (illus.) Penguin ISBN: 9780448456942 The Table Where Rich People Sit Byrd Baylor Peter Parnall (illus.) Simon & Schuster “It’s very effective to let adults know that teachers ISBN: 9780689820083 use picture books all the time in the classroom with older readers. Kids can learn a lot about story structure and narrative, simile and metaphor and other rhetorical devices, and storytelling mastery through reading picture books.” —Elizabeth Bluemle, The Flying Pig Bookstore, The Three Questions Shelburne, VT Jon J. Muth Scholastic ISBN: 9780439199964 This is Not My Hat Jon Klassen “One of the marks of a fluent reader is Candlewick the ability to read all kinds of literature, ISBN: 9780763655990 both “harder” and “easier.” They have Weasels different purposes and varying appeal, Elys Dolan speaking to a child’s imagination, chal- Candlewick lenging thinking, introducing new ideas, entertaining and delighting, comforting, ISBN: 9780763671006 and sparking creativity.” —Elizabeth Bluemle, The Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, VT The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka Weslandia Lane Smith (illus.) Paul Fleischman Penguin Kevin Hawkes (illus.) ISBN: 9780140544510 Candlewick ISBN: 9780763610524.