Prepared for you by your friendly neighborhood librarian, Ms. Nadine. For more titles like this just ask!

Why not have your child turn the pages for you !

The Three Ninja Pigs by Schwartz, Corey Rosen. A

new take on an old classic. Everyone loves pigs and ninjas!

Pierre: A cautionary tale by Sendak, Maurice.

Classic Sendak. He has a way of capturing the horrid behav-ior of kids, with equally horrible consequences.

Born Yesterday: The Diary of A Young Journalist

by Solheim, James. If your baby could blog, this would be it.

Petes A Pizza by Steig, William. Pizza take-out is per-

fectly okay! Bring the book to life and turn your child into a delicious pizza after you read it!

The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas

by Wilson, Tony. Not every princess needs to be posh! Wil-son takes a classic and flips it for fun.

The Geezer in the Freezer by Wright, Randall. The

title. Need we say more?

Picture Books Even parents

Will love to read

Breaking the boredom of bedtime books

Tired of learning your colors? Do the ABCs have you feeling numb? Will one more reading of Good

Night Moon make you want to gouge your eyes out? Then this is the list for you.

I Will Not Read This Book by Meng, Cece. There

are worse fates than reading this book .

I Stink! by McMullen, Kate and Jim. What other book gets

you to say ugly underpants?

I Need My Monster by Noll, Amanda. Sometimes a

monster under the bed can be just what we need. (Great book if you like doing voices)

When Dragon Moves In by Moore,Jodi. This is what

happens when youre not paying attention to who their friends are

Stop Snoring, Bernard! by OHora,Zacharia. A go-to

book for explaining why youre so tired, and dads always on the couch.

Bedhead by Palatini, Margie. Weve all had days like this,

unless youre bald, then this explains a lot as well. (A seri-ous read-aloud challenge)

Smelly Bill by Postgate, Daniel. Its totally okay to skip

giving that bath once in a while. It all works out for the stinky ones.

The Pirate Cruncher by Duddle, Jonny. Pirates are

cool and so are parents who read with pirate voices! A per-fect book to start working on your scowl Arrrh.

Break the Bedtime Book Blahs with these...

Chicken Cheeks by Black, Michael Ian. Features the

hind quarters of animals complete with silly names .

Horsefly and Honeybee by Cecil, Randy. A story

about sharing and friendship and a good fight.

The Day The Crayons Quit by Daywalt, Drew.

Remember your crayons? Well, apparently they remember you too.

Zombie in Love by DiPucchio, Kelly. Zombies have

heart too literally.

Princess Hyacinth by Heide, Florence Parry. Because,

lets face it, tiaras just weigh us down.

Ugly Fish by LaReau, Kara, Theres only room for one fish

in this tank and no one likes ugly.

I Want My Hat Back by Klassen, Jon. A firm lesson

about lying, and what could happen when you take what isnt yours. AKA karma.

The Frank Show by Macintosh, David. For all the

grumpy grandpas we cant help but love anyway.