Daddy
Author: Leslie Patricelli
Illustrator: Leslie Patricelli
Publisher: Candlewick Press (Board Book)
Recommended Age Range: 1 to 3
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Daydreamers
Author: Tom Feelings
Illustrator: Eloise Greenfield
Publisher: A Pied Piper Book, Dial Books for Young Readers (Pbk.)
Recommended Age Group: 3 to 5
Awards: A Reading Rainbow Book; ALA Notable Children’s Book, 1984; Coretta Scott King Picture Book Honor Book; Library of Congress Children’s Books, 1984
La La La
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator: Jaime Kim
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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Let’s Taco about How Great you are
Author: Bob Holt
Illustrator: Bob Holt
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers, an Imprint of Random House Children’s Books
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
Love You When You Whine
Author: Emily Jenkins
Illustrator: Sergio Ruzzier
Publisher: Frances Foster Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
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Awards: A Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year; A Book of the Month Club Alternate Selection; Parents Choice Gold Award
Mina
Author: Matthew Forsythe
Illustrator: Matthew Forsythe
Publisher: A Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Mommy
Author: Leslie Patricelli
Illustrator: Leslie Patricelli
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Recommended Age Range: 1 to 3
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Moo-Moo, I Love You!
Author: Tom Lichtenheld & Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Illustrator: Tom Lichtenheld
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, an Imprint of Abrams
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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Most People
Author: Michael Leannah
Illustrator: Jennifer E. Morris
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 5
Awards: 2017 Gold Moonbeam Children’s Book Award
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Once Upon a Memory
Author: Nina Laden
Illustrator: Renata Liwska
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
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This is such a simple and beautiful book that takes the end of something and brings it back to the beginning – “Does a book remember it once was…a word?…Does an island remember it once was…unknown?…Does a family remember it once was…two?..” I love this concept because it always makes children pause and wonder. Captivating illustrations accompany the text.
Awards: A Bank Street College Children’s Book Committee Best Book of 2014 Selection; 2014 Crystal Kite Winner, Western Washington
Reach for the Stars and Other Advice for Life’s Journey
Author: Serge Bloch
Illustrator: Serge Bloch
Publisher: Sterling
That’s Me Loving You
Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Illustrator: Teagan White
Publisher: Random House
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
The Blur
Author: Minh Le
Illustrator: Dan Santat
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
The Giving Tree
Author: Shel Silverstein
Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
Publisher: Harper
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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I think that one of the reasons this book will always pass the test of time is because, in very few words and simple drawings, it manages to convey life, love, and what makes us truly happy.
Awards: 1974 New York Times Outstanding Book Award
Who Done It?
Author: Olivier Tallec
Illustrator: Olivier Tallec
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
You Belong Here
Author: M.H. Clark
Illustrator: Isabelle Arsenault
Publisher: Compendium, Inc.
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6