All Points West December 2024: Picture Books With Adult Appeal

There are so many different kinds of picture books to choose from on the library shelves! The following titles are picture books that many grown ups may enjoy. They all have a wacky, dry, and even dark humour that might appeal more to adults than children. Happy reading!

Updated December 18, 2024
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Greater Victoria Public Library
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Leave me alone
Brosgol, Vera
Paper Book
Already love Vera's work? Don't miss her first novel Return to Sender! A Caldecott Honor Book that The New York Times calls "both classic and ultracontemporary," Leave Me Alone! is an epic tale about one grandmother, a giant sack of yarn, and her...
The wolf, the duck & the mouse
Barnett, Mac
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! This is a story about a duck and mouse who get swallowed by a wolf, and then decide to live in his belly. Early one morning a mouse met a wolf and was quickly gobbled up. When a woeful mouse is...
I want my hat back
Klassen, Jon.
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times bestseller! A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2011! A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently...
The wall in the middle of the book
Agee, Jon
Paper Book
A foolish knight is certain that his side of the wall is the safe side in this clever, amusingly meta picture book by the acclaimed creator of It's Only Stanley There's a wall in the middle of the book, and our hero--a young knight--is sure that the wall protects his side...

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