Recent Reads

Hello new friends! Here’s a quick list of picture books we’ve read recently and featured on Instagram and more. These books are generally great for 3-6 year olds, and are listed chronologically by when we read them.

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Recent Reads

  • Let’s Get Boba (Direct) by Isabella Chiu
  • Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books (Amazon and Bookshop) by Karen Leggett Abouraya and Susan L. Roth. 
  • Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix (Amazon and Bookshop) by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee and illustrated by Man One
  • The Adventures of Prince and Theodore (direct) written and illustrated by Allison Bowen, edited by Michelle Melamed
  • Philomena’s New Glasses (Amazon and Bookshop) by Brenna Maloney
  • I Am A Gluten-Sniffing Service Dog (Amazon and Bookshop) by Michal Babay, illustrated by Ela Smietanka
  • What Is Your Dog Doing (Amazon and Bookshop) by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Kathleen Habbley
  • Do Jellyfish Like Peanut Butter (Amazon and Bookshop) by Corinne Demas and Artemis Roehrig, illustrated by Ellen Shi 
  • The Very Impatient Caterpillar (Amazon and Bookshop) by Ross Burach
  • It’s Only One! (Amazon and Bookshop) by Tracey Corderoy, illustrated by Tony Neal
  • Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr (Amazon) by Lisa Bullard, illustrated by Holli Conger
  • Arnie the Doughnut (Amazon and Bookshop) by Laurie Keller 
  • Sam Is My Sister (Amazon and Bookshop) by Ashley Rhodes-Courter, illustrated by MacKenzie Haley 
  • World of Reading Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Leader Named Leia (Amazon and Bookshop) by Jennifer Heddle, art by Brian Rood
  • Out of Nowhere (Amazon and Bookshop) by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros 
  • We Are The Gardeners (Amazon and Bookshop) by Joanna Gaines and kids, illustrated by Julianna Swaney.
  • Rhyming Dust Bunnies (Amazon and Bookshop) by Jan Thomas
  • This Is My Fort! (Monkey & Cake) (Amazon and Bookshop) by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Olivier Tallec
  • Apples and Oranges: Going Bananas with Pairs (Amazon) by Sara Pinto
  • Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines (Amazon and Bookshop) by Jeanne Walker Harvey, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
  • The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine (Amazon and Bookshop) written by Linda Elovitz Marshall, illustrated by Lisa Anchin
  • Danbi Leads the School Parade (Amazon and Bookshop) written and illustrated by Anna Kim
  • The Quickest Kid in Clarksville (Amazon and Bookshop) by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Frank Morrison.
  • The Bug Girl (Amazon and Bookshop) by the bug girl herself Sophia Spencer along with Margaret McNamara, illustrated by Kerascoët
  • Bob Not Bob!: *to be read as though you have the worst cold ever (Amazon and Bookshop) by Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Matthew Cordell
  • A is for Audra: Broadway’s Leading Ladies from A to Z (Amazon and Bookshop) by John Robert Allman, illustrated by Peter Emmerich 
  • The Mess That We Made (Amazon and Bookshop) by Michelle Lord, illustrated by Julia Blattman
  • Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years (Amazon and Bookshop) by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by David Litchfield
  • Elmer and the Rainbow (Amazon and Bookshop) by David McKee 
  • She’s Got This (Amazon and Bookshop) by Laurie Hernandez, illustrated by Nina Mata
  • Grandmother School (Amazon and Bookshop) by Rina Singh, illustrated by Ellen Rooney
  • They All Saw A Cat (Amazon and Bookshop) by Brendan Wenzel
  • Where’s the Poop? (Amazon) by Julie Markes, illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung 
  • Packs: Strength In Numbers (Amazon and Bookshop) by Hannah Salyer 
  • Just Bunny and the Great Fire Rescue (Amazon and Bookshop) by Jeanne LaSala Taylor, illustrated by Ana Sebastián 

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