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The Perfect Picture Book
 
Authors and illustrators share what their picture books are perfect for and how parents and educators can best use them
 

The House Before Falling into the Sea

 
 

⬇️ Author Ann Suk Wang shares about their picture book THE HOUSE BEFORE FALLING INTO THE SEA.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for children 4-10 years old…on up! Even college students and grandparents will be using this as a tool to launch discussions on multi-generational storytelling and more!"


"This book can also be used for …

📚 discussing hard topics with children, from their perspective, in a kid-friendly way,

📚 refugees, Korean war, any war, 

📚 crowded living environments, 

📚 historical fiction, 

📚 loving your neighbor, and 

📚 hope in the midst of hardship."


Author: Ann Suk Wang

Illustrator: Hanna Cha (received a Caldecott honor for The Truth Abot Dragons 2023)

Publisher: Dial (Penguin Random House)

Publication date/year: March 12, 2024


Follow:

📌 annsukwang.com

📌 @annsukwang (*instagram, facebook, threads, Bluesky, TikTok)

Moo Hoo

 
 

⬇️ Author Audrey Perrott shares about their picture book MOO HOO.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for readers who love to laugh but also cry A LOT when feeling big feelings."


📚 "This book can also be used as a way to show readers how to accept themselves and their feelings, as well as have empathy for others. A SEL story of self-love and friendship."


Author: Audrey Perrott

Illustrator: Ross Burach

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Publication Date: April 16, 2024


Follow:

📌 HTTPS://www.audreyperrott.com 

📌 Instagram/Threads: audreysbooksandbakes

📌 X/Twitter: audreyperrott

A Stone Is a Story

 
 

⬇️ Author Leslie Barnard Booth shares about their picture book A STONE IS A STORY.


"This is the perfect picture book for 

✨ curious kids, 

✨ kids who love rocks, 

✨ and teaching about rocks and the rock cycle."


📚 "This book can also be used to explore deep time and the ways Earth has changed over hundreds of millions of years."


Author: Leslie Barnard Booth

Illustrator: Marc Martin

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/McElderry

Publication Date/Year: October 3, 2023


Follow:

📌 lesliebarnardbooth.com 

📌 Instagram: @lesliebarnardbooth.books

📌 X: @LBB_books

The Mountain of Gold

 
 

⬇️ Illustrator Stephanie Cotta shares about their picture book THE MOUNTAIN OF GOLD.


"This is the perfect picture book for 

✨ readers who love fables (like Aesop's Fables),

✨ teaching where true riches/treasures are found,

✨ the dangers and consequences of greed,

✨ and life lessons."


📚 "This book can also be used to show the importance of family and teaching contentment."


Author: Fred J. Fisher

Illustrator: Stephanie Cotta

Publisher: Caterpillar Books

Publication Date: May 14, 2024


Follow:

📌 www.sdaniellacotta.com 

📌 linktr.ee/StephanieCotta 

📌 X: @CottaStephanie

Dream Submarine

 
 

⬇️ Author Charlotte Gunnufson shares about their picture book DREAM SUBMARINE.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for ocean explorers."


📚 "This book can also be used for animal lovers, folks who geek out on facts and maps, and World Oceans Day."


Author: Charlotte Gunnufson

Illustrator: Cleonique Hilsaca

Publisher: Candlewick

Pub Date: June 4, 2024


Follow:

📌 https://www.booksbycharlotte.com/  

📌 @CharlotteGunnu1

When God Makes Scribbles Beautiful

 
 

⬇️ Author Kate Rietema shares about their picture book WHEN GOD MAKES SCRIBBLES BEAUTIFUL.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for grief, loss, and finding hope."


Author: Kate Rietema

Illustrator: Jennie Poh

Publisher: B&H Kids

Publication Date: March 19, 2024


Follow:

📌 www.katerietema.com 

📌 X and IG @KateRietema 

📌 Facebook Kate Rietema - Children's Author

My Mom is Not a Superhero!

 
 

⬇️ Author Darcie Naslund shares about their picture book MY MOM IS NOT A SUPERHERO!


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for families dealing with a chronic illness/invisible illness, more specifically Multiple Sclerosis."


📚 "This book can also be used for the representation and understanding of illnesses and disabilities—How can someone be supportive?"


Author: Darcie Naslund

Illustrator: Dania El Khatib

Publisher: DC Canada Education Publishing

Publication Date: May 4, 2024


Follow:

📌 www.darcienaslund.com 

📌 Instagram: @darcienaslundwrites

📌 X: @DarcieNaslund

📌 Facebook: Author Darcie Naslund

Curlilocks & the Three Hares

 
 

⬇️ Author Andrew Hacket shares about their picture book CURLILOCKS & THE THREE HARES.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for self-acceptance."


📚 "This book can also be used by beginning readers who love fractured fairy tales."


Author: Andrew Hacket

Illustrator: Jan Dolby

Publisher: The Little Press

Publication: 5/1/24


Follow:

📌 www.andrewhacket.com

📌 @AndrewCHacket (all social media) 

📌 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/andrewchacket

Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm

 
 

⬇️ Author Lindsay H. Metcalf shares about their picture book OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for discovering how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year."


"This book can also be used …

📚 to discuss how science and technology are used on farms,

📚 to learn how climate change affects farms,

📚 to study the seasons, 

📚 and to understand rhyme."


Author: Lindsay H. Metcalf

Illustrator: Xin Li

Publisher: Astra Young Readers

Publication date: April 9, 2024


Follow:

📌 lindsayhmetcalf.com 

📌 @lindsayhmetcalf 

📌 @lixin.illustration 

📌 @astrakidsbooks

Dark Cloud

 
 

⬇️ Author Anna Lazowski shares about their picture book DARK CLOUD.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for opening up a discussion about depression, anxiety, or other mental health issues."


📚 "This book can also be used to help kids and adults see their own experiences with sadness or depression reflected in the pages."


Author: Anna Lazowski

Illustrator: Penny Neville-Lee

Publisher: Kids Can Press

Publication Date: May 2, 2023


Follow:

📌 https://www.annalazowskibooks.com/ 

📌 https://www.instagram.com/annalazowski/ 

📌 https://twitter.com/anna_lazowski

The Law of Birthdays

 
 

⬇️ Author Brenna Jeanneret shares about their picture book THE LAW OF BIRTHDAYS.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for starting the discussion around choice and body autonomy."


📚 "This book can also be used to discuss social emotional learning (and cake!)"


Author: Brenna Jeanneret

Illustrator: Marina Kondra

Publisher: Cardinal Rule Press

Publication Date/Year: May 1st 2024


Follow:

📌 https://brennajeanneret.com/ 

📌 @brennajeanneret (on Twitter, IG, Blue Sky and Threads)