Sophisticated Picturebooks @ the Library
This is a list of picture books that explore story, history,
ethics, art and music. They are
great discussion starters in multigenerational groups.
Pick one up, look at the world in a different light. *indicates books recommended for those 10 years old and older.
- Barber, Antonia
Catkin;
The
Mousehole Cat
- Bartone, Elisa Peppe
the Lamplighter
- Billout, Guy Something’s
Not Quite Right
- Borden, Louise
The
Little Ships: Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk
in WW II
- *Briggs, Raymond
Ethel
and Ernest
- Cooney, Barbara Miss
Rumphius
- Demas, Corinne
Disappearing
Island
- De Paola, Tomie
Tom
- Fern, Tracey E.
Buffalo
Music
- Foreman, Michael
Memories
of Childhood
- Gaiman, Neil
The
Wolves in the Walls
- Gilman, Phoebe
Something
from Nothing
- Gonsalves, Robert
Imagine
a Day; Imagine
a Night
- Gravett, Emily
Wolves
- Hall, Donald
Farm
Summer of 1942
- Houston, Gloria
My
Great-Aunt Arizona
- Hughes, Shirley
The
Lion and the Unicorn
- *Innocenti, Roberto
Rose
Blanche
- Johnson, Paul Brett
Old
Dry Frye
- Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie
Fiddler
of the Northern Lights
- Le Box, Annette
Wild
Bog Tea
- Lee, Milly
Nim
and the War Effort
- MacGill-Callahan, Sheila
And
Still the Turtle Watched
- MacLachlan, Patricia
What
You Know First
- Mayer, Marianna Baba
Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave
- McPhail, David
Mole
Music
- Miles, Miska
Annie
and the Old One
- Mills, Lauren
The
Rag Coat
- Mochizuki, Ken Baseball
Saved Us
- *Myers, Walter Dean
Blues
Journey; Patrol
- Nash, Scott
Tuff Fluff
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Fishing Day
- Polacco, Patricia
Luba and the
Wren; Mr. Lincoln's
Way; Pink and Say
- Prince, April Jones
Twenty-One
Elephants and Still Standing
- Pyle, Howard
Bearskin
- Say, Allen
Grandfather’s
Journey; Kamishibai
Man; Music for Alice
- Scieszka, Jon
Seen Art?
- *Sendak, Maurice
Brundibar;
Dear
Mili; We are all in the dumps with Jack and Guy
- Shulevitz, Uri
How I Learned Geography
- Swain, Sally
Once Upon Picture
- *Tan, Shaun
The Arrival
- *Vincent, Gabrielle
A Day, A Dog
- *Walker,
Alice
Why War Is Never a
Good Idea
- Wells, Rosemary
Wingwalker
- *Wild, Margaret
Fox
- Wiesner, David
Flotsam;
Tuesday
- Williams, Vera B
Amber was Brave, Essie Was Smart
- Woodson, Jacqueline
The Other Side
- Yezerski, Thomas
Together in Pinecone Patch
- Yolen, Jane
All Those Secrets of the World
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