Interactive Picture Books

Become part of the story with these interactive picture books! Answer silly questions, wiggle and giggle, or choose which way the story goes.

Updated August 22, 2024
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Can you make a scary face?
Thomas, Jan
Paper Book
What kind of a face would you make if a tickly green bug were sitting on your nose? Or if it were--eek!--inside your shirt? Could you make a scary face to frighten it away? Or, even better, stand up and do the chicken dance? Yes? Then better get to it! This exuberant, interactive picture book...
Count the monkeys
Barnett, Mac.
Paper Book
Kids will giggle as they count all the animals that have frightened the monkeys off the pages. Full of fun reader interactions and keeps readers guessing until the very last page! Matching Mac Barnett's brilliant wit are Kevin Cornell's luminous illustrations, which will have young readers...
Crunch, the shy dinosaur
Dunlap, Cirocco
Paper Book
From Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) comes a charming, giggly read-aloud that illustrates the particular art of making a friend! Crunch is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has...
Greetings, Floof!
Hong, C. J.
Paper Book
Floof - from the planet Ploof - has just landed on Earth! Luckily, alien expert Dr. Greta Goodnote is here to guide readers on how to interact with him. She explains how to make Floof feel welcome by raising your arms and jiggling them, protect him from the rain by blowing clouds away, and most...
Guess again!
Barnett, Mac.
Paper Book
From author-illustrator duo Adam Rex and Mac Barnett comes a wacky picture book that's sure to keep you on your toes. What's got soft hair, hard teeth, and ears that do a flop? Can you guess? Are you sure? Well, guess again!
How to count to one : (and don't even THINK about bigger numbers!)
Salmon, Caspar
Paper Book
"Just as we once screamed at a pigeon not to drive the bus, we now, with similar glee, take on Salmon as he commands us not to count past one."  --Amy Alznauer, New York Times Outsmart this bossy and hilarious picture book about counting! You know how to count, right?...
Hungry bunny
Rueda, Claudia
Paper Book
From Claudia Rueda, author and illustrator of Bunny Slopes and the award-winning, New York Times bestseller, Here Comes the Easter Cat. In this charming sequel to Bunny Slopes, Bunny needs help picking apples for mama's apple pie. Young readers will...
Is everyone ready for fun?
Thomas, Jan
Paper Book
Chicken has some unexpected and exuberant cow visitors who have exciting plans for jumping, dancing, and wiggling on his teeny-tiny couch, and Chicken is none too happy about it. That is until the fun concludes with a quiet, cozy and delicious nap for all!
The monster at the end of this book
Stone, Jon.
Paper Book
By all accounts, this book is a favorite among toddlers and adults alike. Generations will recall their first time reading along as lovable, furry old Grover begs the reader not to turn the page . . . for a monster is at the end of the book! But, of course, the monster is none other than Grover...
Oops!
Massy, Julie
Paper Book
Key Selling Points Playful scenarios give children an opportunity to explore cause and effect in situations where they would usually be asked to be careful. Brightly colored illustrations show the messy, silly and surprising results of readers' interactions with the book.<...
Pet this book
Young, Jessica
Paper Book
For fans of Press Here, this new interactive picture book line invites readers to touch and move and "play" with the book. Hello, friend! It's time to play! We're taking care of pets today. There are lots of ways little hands can care for animals....
Play this book
Young, Jessica
Paper Book
For fans of Press Here, this new interactive picture book line invites readers to touch and move and "play" with the book. To start our show we need a band--maybe you can lend a hand! There are lots of ways little hands can make music. Each page of this...
Press here
Tullet, Herv
Paper Book
The longest-running picture book on the New York Times bestseller list! "Tullet's brilliant creation proves that books need not lose out to electronic wizardry; his colorful dots perform every bit as engagingly as any on the screen of an iPad.... The joy is...
I say ooh you say aah
Kane, John
Paper Book
This hilarious interactive book will have everyone giggling gleefully! Young readers help to tell the story by responding to simple verbal or visual cues - the perfect read aloud, and fun for the whole family.
Shake the tree!
Vignocchi, Chiara
Paper Book
There's a whole lot of shaking going on -- and a funny final twist -- as a series of hungry animals seek shelter in an obliging tree. Mouse spots a nut high up in a tree. "Mmm," she says. "I'm going to gobble that up!" So she shakes the tree a little to the right, and she shakes...
Tap! tap! tap! : dance! dance! dance!
Tullet, Hervé
Paper Book
Read, play, and DANCE on the pages of this interactive and definitely out-of-the box picture book from the creator of Press Here! New from the New York Times bestselling creator Hervé Tullet! Harnessing his love of dance, the passion of his...
Twenty questions
Barnett, Mac
Paper Book
Award-winning creators Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson tap deep into childhood curiosity with a mind-tickling ode to the open-ended. Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In...
Watch out for the lion!
Hartman, Brooke
Paper Book
Readers beware--there's a ferocious lion in this book! The book warns that it has seen the lion already. First its bristly tail, then clashing claws, twitchy ears, fearsome fangs... and it's lying in wait to turn any unsuspecting passerby into a child cheeseburger or rugrat ravioli. But does a...
Where is my nose?
Zanotto, Lucas
Paper Book
In this humorous and heartwarming story, a dog wakes up without his nose and sets out on a search to find it. Despite the obvious challenge of searching without a nose, the dog explores various places. At the seaside, he mistakes a fluffy white cloud for his nose. Underwater, he spots something red...
You are a raccoon!
Thompson, Laurie Ann
Paper Book
The second in an adorable, STEM nonfiction picture book series that encourages very young readers to learn-through gentle interactivity and play-about the animals who share their world Crawl, cling climb! You may have seen a raccoon scurry up a tree or across the road just...

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