Bluebird
10 best books like Bluebird (Bob Staake): Quest, Flora and the Flamingo, Locomotive, Sidewalk Flowers, Return, Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great, A Ball for Daisy, Chloe and the Lion, Battle Bunny, The Farmer and the Clown
| Author | Aaron Becker |
| ISBN | 0763665959 |
Aaron Becker, creator of Journey, a Caldecott Honor book, presents the next chapter in his stunning wordless fantasy.
A king emerges from a hidden door in a city park, startling two children sheltering from the rain. No sooner does he push a map and some strange objects into their hands than...
| Author | Molly Idle |
| ISBN | 1452110069 |
In this innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and her graceful flamingo friend explore the trials and joys of friendship through an elaborate synchronized dance. With a twist, a turn, and even a flop, these unlikely friends learn at last how to dance together in perfect harmony....
| Author | Brian Floca |
| ISBN | 1416994157 |
I see why people love Floca's book. The illustrations of the trains are terrific. As far as train-technology goes, it is way-cool. However, in 2013, couldn't it have been made more inclusive?
The Chinese laborers, for example, are shown in illustrations twice, but never mentioned in the part...
| Author | JonArno Lawson |
| ISBN | 1554984319 |
In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. "Written" by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson...
| Author | Aaron Becker |
| ISBN | 0763677302 |
Welcome the much-anticipated finale of Caldecott Honoree Aaron Becker’s wordless trilogy—a spectacular, emotionally satisfying story that brings its adventurer home.
Failing to get the attention of her busy father, a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship and...
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
| Author | Bob Shea |
| ISBN | 1423159527 |
and why shouldn't he???
is there anything more majestic than a unicorn?? not much. and say you are just a goat:
you are bound to be jealous of a unicorn, especially one that rolls up flaunting his magic and making everyone swoon with cupcakes and joy.
but...
Winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal
This New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Best Illustrated Book relates a story about love and loss as only Chris Rashcka can tell it. Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy's anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed...
| Author | Mac Barnett |
| ISBN | 1423113349 |
Meet Chloe: Every week, she collects loose change so she can buy tickets to ride the merry-go-round. But one fateful day, she gets lost in the woods on her way home, and a large dragon leaps out from-"Wait! It's supposed to be a lion," says Mac Barnett, the author of this book. But Adam Rex, the illustrator,...
| Author | Jon Scieszka |
| ISBN | 1442446730 |
Encourage creativity with this wildly entertaining picture book mash-up from the minds of Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett.
Alex has been given a saccharine, sappy, silly-sweet picture book about Birthday Bunny that his grandma found at a garage sale. Alex isn't interested - until he decides...
| Author | Marla Frazee |
| ISBN | 1442497440 |
Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee.
A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off their circus train...
| Author | Raúl Colón |
| ISBN | 1442494921 |
Based on his own childhood, beloved and award-winning artist Raúl Colón's wordless book is about the limitless nature of creativity and imagination.
A boy alone in his room.
Pencils.
Sketchbook in hand.
What would it be like to on safari?
Imagine.
Draw!
A...
| Author | Tom Angleberger |
| ISBN | 0547818548 |
“Yankee Doodle went to town / a-riding on a pony / stuck a feather in his hat / and called it macaroni.” Many know the song “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” but few understand it. This unapologetically silly picture book reveals that the legendary ride to town (and the whole macaroni thing) was all suggested...
| Author | Daniel Miyares |
| ISBN | 1481415247 |
A boy's small paper boat and his large imagination fill the pages of this wordless picture book, a modern-day classic from the creator of Pardon Me! that includes endpaper instructions for building a boat of your own.
A little boy takes a boat made of newspaper out for a rainy-day adventure....
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 0152057153 |
One fine day, from out of town--and without any warning at all--a magic hat appears in the sky. It tumbles and bounces through the air and makes magic wherever it lands. Everyone is delighted as, one by one, the townspeople are transformed into giant playful animals. And then a wizard arrives. . . .
With...
| Author | Barbara Lehman |
| ISBN | 0618756396 |
A wordless story that I must admit I couldn’t tell if this was imagination or if the boy was really going someplace. It’s a rainy day and an only child is bored. He finds a key and finds the lock it goes in. It leads to a secret passage that ends up in a lighthouse where there are other children to play with....
| Author | Ame Dyckman |
| ISBN | 0316226149 |
Not every child views the imposition of a new sibling as an interloper, but a fair number of them do. They’re just tooling along, enjoying the natural bliss that comes with being the one and only star in their parents’ firmament when BLAMMO! A squalling person of inadequate size is there, hogging...
