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favorite books

My lists of favorite picture books and novels-in-verse are always growing and changing. Stop by again soon!

​Picture Books

  • A HOUSE THAT ONCE WAS by Julie Fogliano and Lane Smith

  • ARNIE THE DOUGHNUT by Laurie Keller

  • A WALK IN THE WOODS by Nikki Grimes, Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

  • BE KIND by Pat Zietlow Miller and Jen Hill

  • BERRY SONG by Michaela Goade

  • BIG by Vashti Harrison

  • BLUE: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Daniel Minter

  • BOATS FOR PAPA by Jessixa Bagley

  • BOB NOT BOB! by Audrey Vernick & Liz Garton Scanlon and Matthew Cordell

  • BUTT OR FACE by Kari Lavelle

  • DO YOU REMEMBER? by Sydney Smith

  • DRAWN TOGETHER by Minh Lê and Dan Santat 

  • DUCKWORTH THE DIFFICULT CHILD by Michael Sussman and Júlia Sardà

  • ESCARGOT by Dashka Slater and Sydney Hanson 

  • FLAT CAT by Tara Lazar and Pete Oswald

  • GIBBERISH by Young Vo

  • GLITTER EVERWHERE! by Chris Barton and Chaaya Prabhat

  • GUSTAVO THE SHY GHOST by Flavia Z. Drago

  • HAT TRILOGY by Jon Klassen

  • I AM EVERY GOOD THING by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James

  • I DON'T WANT TO BE A FROG by Dev Petty and Mike Boldt

  • I TALK LIKE A RIVER by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith

  • LAYLA'S HAPPINESS by Mariahadessa Ekere Talle and Ashleigh Corrin

  • LITTLE BLUE COTTAGE by Kelly Jordan and Jessica Courtney-Tickle

  • LUBNA AND PEBBLE by Wendy Meddour and Daniel Egnéus

  • MEL FELL by Corey R. Tabor

  • MY BABA'S GARDEN by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith

  • MY BEST FRIEND by Julie Fogliano and Jillian Tamaki

  • NIGEL AND THE MOON by Antwan Eady and Gracey Zhang

  • PAPÁ'S MAGICAL WATER-JUG CLOCK by Jesús Trejo and Eliza Kinkz

  • SAM AND DAVE DIG A HOLE by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen

  • STICK AND STONE by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld

  • STUCK by Oliver Jeffers

  • TEN BEAUTIFUL THINGS by Molly Beth Griffin and Maribel Lechu

  • THE ANTLERED SHIP by Dashka Slater and The Fan Brothers

  • THE BLUE HOUSE by Phoebe Wahl

  • THE BOY WITH FLOWERS IN HIS HAIR by Jarvis

  • THE DAY YOU BEGIN by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López

  • THE LITTLE WOODEN ROBOT AND THE LOG PRINCESS by Tom Gauld

  • THE LONGEST LETSGOBOY by Derick Wilder and Cátia Chien

  • THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING by Kao Kalia Yang and Khoa Le

  • THE NIGHT GARDENER by The Fan Brothers

  • THE OLDEST STUDENT by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora

  • THE OLD TRUCK by The Pumphrey Brothers

  • THE RABBIT LISTENED by Cori Doerrfeld

  • THE REMEMBER BALLOONS by Jessie Oliveros and Dana Wulfekotte

  • THERE MIGHT BE LOBSTERS by Carolyn Crimini and Laurel Molk

  • THE UNCORKER OF OCEAN BOTTLES by Michelle Cuevas

  • THE WALK by Winsome Bingham and E. B. Lewis

  • THIS IS NOT A VALENTINE by Carter Higgins and Lucy Ruth Cummins

  • TRUMAN by Jean Reidy and Lucy Ruth Cummins

  • VERY GOOD HATS by Emma Straub and Blanca Gomez

  • WATERCRESS by Andrea Wang and Jason Chin

  • WOLFIE THE BUNNIE by Ame Dyckman and Zachariah OHora

  • YOUR MAMA by NoNiequa Ramos and Jacqueline Alcántara 

  • YOUR NAME IS A SONG by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Luisa Uribe

  • ZOMBIE IN LOVE by Kelly DiPucchio and Scott Campbell

MG Novels-in-Verse for ages 8-12 (Some YA for ages 13-17 as noted)

  • THE CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander

  • REBOUND by Kwame Alexander

  • ALL OF ME by Chris Baron

  • THE CANYON'S EDGE by Dusti Bowling

  • WORST-CASE COLLIN by Rebecca Caprara

  • THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO RATCHET by Nancy J. Cavanaugh

  • VOICES: THE FINAL HOURS OF JOAN OF ARC by David Elliott (YA)

  • GOLDEN GIRL by Reem Faruqi

  • STARFISH by Lisa Fipps​

  • TWO GIRLS STARING AT THE CEILING by Lucy Frank (YA)

  • ALONE by Megan E. Freeman

  • HIDDEN by Helen Frost

  • THE SONG OF US by Kate Fussner

  • KNOCK OUT by K.A. Holt

  • RHYME SCHEMER by K.A. Holt

  • ALIAS ANNA by Susan Hood with Greg Dawson

  • LIFEBOAT 12 by Susan Hood

  • GAME CHANGER by Tommy Greenwald

  • GARVEY'S CHOICE by Nikki Grimes

  • INSIDE OUT & BACK AGAIN by Thanhha Lai

  • RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE by Rajani LaRocca

  • AFRICAN TOWN by Irene Latham and Charles Waters

  • A WORK IN PROGRESS by Jarrett Lerner

  • EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE by Aimee Lucido

  • ME (MOTH) by Amber McBride (YA)

  • IT RAINED WARM BREAD by Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet and Hope Anita Smith

  • AIN'T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin (YA)

  • LONG WAY DOWN by Jason Reynolds (YA)

  • EVERYWHERE BLUE by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

  • FORGET ME NOT by Ellie Terry

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