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2024 Round Up: Favourite Picture Books
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Snuggle up and read! Here are our top picks from 2024 for reading aloud.
Updated January 6, 2025
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Bookie & Cookie
Go?mez, Blanca
Paper Book
Even the best friendships have rough moments, but a true friend will always find a way to compromise (especially when cookies are involved!) - a scrumptious and clever read-aloud by the illustrator of Very Good Hats and Besos for Baby. Bookie and Cookie are best...
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Cranky
Tran, Phuc
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Food Group series, Pete Oswald, and debut picture book author Phuc Tran, this is a hilarious picture book about big trucks, big feelings, and even bigger friendships! It's the last day at the...
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Crow helps a friend
Fritz, Andrea
Paper Book
Indigenous artist and storyteller Andrea Fritz tells the tale of a wood duck and a crow who turn a mistake into an opportunity for friendship and growth. Qwiwilh the wood duck is preparing to nest in his favorite tree when Q'uleeq'e' the crow invites him to play in the tall branches. They...
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Dog vs. Strawberry
Buchet, Nelly
Paper Book
A dog and a strawberry find themselves nose to stem in this hilarious picture book that's perfect for dog lovers. An epic battle ensues-who will come out on top? A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Welcome to the Greatest Race of All Time! ...
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How to Pee Your Pants : The Right Way
Wilson, Rachel Michelle
Paper Book
Don't miss this humorous and heartwarming picture book by debut creator Rachel Michelle Wilson about that embarrassing moment in life when you (gasp) pee your pants. Well, it happened. You peed your pants.You probably regret that second (okay, third) lemonade.We've all been there.This book has some...
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Let's Go
Flett, Julie
Paper Book
A 2025 Notable Social Studies Trade Book! A 2025 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Title! A Kirkus Reviews and Horn Book Magazine Best Book of 2024! A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2024! "Gives the viewer the sense that...
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Roar-choo!
Cheng, Charlotte
Paper Book
Patient, peaceful Phoenix tries to take care of rambunctious and cold-ridden Dragon, which leads to hilarious and sweet results (with vibrant illustrations by the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Beekle). Everyone knows that dragons are fierce, capable of taking on the...
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The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn
Harris, Shawn
Paper Book
Meet this pint-sized unicorn in this funny, modern fairy tale about perception and self-confidence from a Caldecott-Honor winning creator. Once upon a time, in a land where horses were mythical beasts, there lived a unicorn--a Teeny-Weeny Unicorn. He lived with his family in a...
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This baby. That baby
Best, Cari
Paper Book
In this bouncy, playful picture book for very young listeners, follow two baby friends who live in facing buildings through their day--playing, singing, and napping--till they meet in the park! Somewhere in the big, big city two happy babies look out their morning...
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We are definitely human
Fang, X.
Paper Book
An American Library Association Notable Children's Book A hilarious alien invasion story with a feel-good message about what it means to be human. Perfect for earthlings of all ages. When three mysterious visitors from "Europe" crash-land in Mr. Li's field, he does...
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