A Dog Wearing Shoes
Author: Sangmi Ko
Illustrator: Sangmi Ko
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Awards: A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Greyhound, A Groundhog
Author: Emily Jenkins
Illustrator: Chris Appelhans
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
Awards: A Junior Library Guild Selection; Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts, 2018; Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices, Selection 2018; ALA Notable Children’s Book, Selection 2018; 2018 Zena Sutherland Award for Best Text
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Bark George
Author: Jules Feiffer
Illustrator: Jules Feiffer
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Poor George! Whenever he barks, he sounds like another animal. When his worried mom takes him to the vet, boy are they in for a surprise! Well, actually, quite a few surprises. A laugh-out-loud book. Be prepared to read it a lot!
Awards: 2000 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book; 2001 Buckeye Children’s Book Award (Ohio); Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award (ND); Arizona Young Readers’ Award; Maryland Children’s Book Award; Parents’ Choice Silver Honor; Georgia Children’s Picture Storybook Award; ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice; ALA Notable Children’s Book; Florida Children’s Book Award; Keystone to Reading Book Award (PA)
Blue
Author: Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Illustrator: Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
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Awards: ALA Children’s Notable Book, 2019; Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibit Selection 2018/2019; School Library Journal Best Books of 2018; NPR Best Books of 2018; Horn Book Fanfare Best Books of 2018; Washington Post Best Books of 2018; WSJ Best Books of 2018; Bank Street College of Education Best Books of 2018; CCBC Choices Best Books of 2018; Amazon Best Books of 2018; Evanston Public Library Best Books of 2018; Winner, Wanda Gag Read Aloud Honor Book, 2019
Hondo & Fabian
Author: Peter McCarty
Illustrator: Peter McCarty
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book, 2003; New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, 2002; ALA Notable Children’s Books; Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books of the Year; New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Books of the Year, 2002; Parents Choice Award Winner
I Will Love You Anyway
Author: Mick Inkpen
Illustrator: Chloe Inkpen
Publisher: Aladdin
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 6
Spencer’s New Pet
Author: Jessie Sima
Illustrator: Jessie Sima
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Age Range: 1 to 8
Awards: A Junior Library Guild Selection; Kids’ Indie Next List, 2019
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The Juggling Pug
Author: Sean Bryan
Illustrator: Tom Murphy
Publisher: Sky Pony Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Recommended Age Range: 2 to 5
A pug with an attitude? In this terrific rhyming book, a town learns the hard way that their “famous” pug is quickly becoming known for his dreadful manners instead of his juggling. Captured through comical drawings and humorous words, one smug pug learns that it’s never bad to be good.