It’s the 4th Annual Picture Book 10 for 10, hosted by Cathy Mere & Mandy Roebek, and I’m so glad Cathy invited me to participate because I’ve been making it a priority to focus on reading picture books this summer, and am excited to share some that I love the most.
This was really hard to narrow down to a top 10 (as it always seems to be for me with books of any kind) and these are in no particular order. Some are old favorites I’ve used with students, and some are new favorites I’m looking forward to sharing with my students this year, and all make me smile and touch on themes I want my middle schoolers to think about and discuss.
ONE by Kathryn Otoshi
I WANT MY HAT BACK & THIS IS NOT MY HAT by Jon Klassen
HOW ROCKET LEARNED TO READ & ROCKET WRITES A STORY by Tad Hills
THE WAR BETWEEN THE VOWELS AND THE CONSONANTS by Priscilla Turner
CREEPY CARROTS by Aaron Reynolds
PRUDENCE WANTS A PET by Cathleen Daly
ART & MAX by David Wiesner
THE STORY OF FISH & SNAIL by Deborah Freedman
WE ARE IN A BOOK by Mo Willems
+ 1 Non-Fiction Extra (Yes, I cheated a bit, but hey, it’s my blog and my list, & this is a beautiful book that I discovered this summer that I hope others discover, too.)
ON A BEAM OF LIGHT: THE STORY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN by Jennifer Berne
I like every book you have on this list, Jill. Do you use the companion book to One, Zero, also?
Lots of my favorites on your list too! Love your list!
Love your list! The only one I've never heard of is The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants. I need to check that one out!
Thanks for this great list, Jillian! I'm looking forward to checking out The War Between the Vowels and Consonants and Prudence Wants a Pet. I love I Want My Hat Back and This is Not My Hat, as well as others on here!
Jillian,
So glad you took time to share your picture book love! There are a lot of great titles here. Looking forward to checking out The Story of Fish and Snail as well as A Beam of Light.
Cathy
Just added On a Beam of Light and The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants to my "must get my hands on" list. Thanks!
Why have I not read the book One! Must check it out.
I have so much book love for all the books you've included on your #pb10for10 list! I appreciate that you use these with middle school readers…proving you're never too old for a good picture book!
Thanks for sharing!
Happy Reading!
I love so many of the books on your list–can't wait to get the couple of titles I haven't heard of because I'm guessing I'll love those too. Thanks!
Art and Max is one I keep meaning to read! Great list!