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...
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...
Still stuck
Yoshitake, Shinsuke
Paper Book
A fresh, laugh-out-loud funny picture book showing a young boy's feelings of frustration--and his determination to do things himself, from award-winning author/illustrator Shinsuke Yoshitake. Getting dressed and undressed can be difficult, especially for little...
A hungry lion, or, a dwindling assortment of animals
Cummins, Lucy Ruth
Paper Book
"So smart and so cute and so dark all at the same time. Sheesh." --Caldecott medal and honor winner, Jon Klassen. Once upon a time there was a hungry lion and a bunch of adorable animals...what do you think happened next? There once was a hungry lion, a penguin...
This moose belongs to me
Jeffers, Oliver
Paper Book
From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes the age-old tale of a boy and his moose . . . Wilfred is a boy with rules. He lives a very orderly life. It's fortunate, then, that he has a pet who abides by rules, such as not making noise while...

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