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...
Bear despair
Dorémus, Gaëtan
Paper Book
Don't ever take a bear's teddy bear, no matter how cute you think it is. If you do, you'll be in for trouble. Big trouble. For a bear whose teddy has been stolen isn't simply heartbroken, but determined to get it back. So determined that he might just gobble up more than honey to do so!...
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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