Picture Books

Picture books are for everyone! Teens and tweens – if you’re having trouble picking a picture book to read for your Beanstack badge, here are some ideas and suggestions from Teen/Tween Librarian Mollie:

  • Revisit a favorite childhood book or story.
  • Look in the Juvenile biography section (J 920) to learn about a historical figure in a picture book format.
  • Read one of Mollie’s favorites that even older readers will enjoy or connect with:
    • Big by Vashti Harrison – EASY HAR
    • Spaghetti Hunters by Morag Hood – EASY HOO
    • I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen – EASY KLA/MEDIA KIT KLA
    • Oh Look, a Cake! by J. C. McKee – EASY MCK
    • Unstoppable by Adam Rex and Laura Park – EASY REX
    • A Pizza with Everything on it by Kyle Scheele and Andy J. Pizza – EASY SCH
    • Cowboy and Octopus by Jon Sciescka and Lane Smith – EASY SCI
    • Cookie Time by Jessie Sima – EASY SIM
    • The Good Little Mermaid’s Guide to Bedtime by Eija Sumner and Nici Gregory – EASY SUM