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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The wolf, the duck & the mouse
Barnett, Mac
Paper Book
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 swallowed by a wolf, he quickly learns he is not...
Leave me alone
Brosgol, Vera
Paper Book
A 2017 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 ultimate quest to finish her knitting. One day, a grandmother shouts, "LEAVE ME...
The Liszts
Maclear, Kyo
Paper Book
The Lizsts make lists. They make lists most usual and lists most unusual. They make lists in Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn; they make lists every day except Sunday, which is a listless kind of day anyway. So does their cat. Then one day a visitor arrives. A visitor not on anyone's invite list....
Are you scared, Darth Vader?
Rex, Adam
Paper Book
It's midnight and the moon is full, but Darth Vader isn't scared. Of course I am not scared. Nothing can scare lord Vader! Correct. Not monsters or witches or ghosts, and especially not the dark. So what is Darth Vader scared of? Read on in Adam Rex's hilarious and spooky star wars tale to find out!...
A well-mannered young wolf
Leroy, Jean
Paper Book
A hilarious story about why manners matter One morning, a young wolf eagerly sets out on his first hunting trip. But before he can devour his prey, he must honor their final wishes, just as his parents taught him to do. But the wolf's would-be meals aren't quite as honorable...
Pokko and the drum
Forsythe, Matthew
Paper Book
Four starred reviews! A Today Show Best Book of the Year An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Magazine Best Book to Gift Little Kids 2024 From E.B. White Read Aloud honor artist Matthew Forsythe comes an "e...
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...
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...
This moose belongs to me
Jeffers, Oliver.
Paper Book
WINNER of the Irish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year 2012 and the Honour Award for Illustration from Childrens' Books Ireland, 2013.An exquisite new book, featuring a boy and his moose, from internationally bestselling, multi-prize-winning picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers. ...
I want my hat back
Klassen, Jon.
Paper Book
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 and politely, he asks the animals he comes...

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