Books like I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
By Kevin Sherry
For the kid who announces their own greatness at full volume in every room they enter, this squid is basically kin. Boastful, funny, big and bold like its collage art.
A picture book imagines what would happen if animals wore clothes — a snake loses its clothes, a billy goat eats them, and a walrus stays soggy in a wet suit that never dries.
A boy who refuses to behave gets exactly what his mother threatened: an enormous pet blue whale he must haul everywhere, including school, with predictably disastrous results.
A boastful giant squid declares himself the best artist in the ocean, squirting ink everywhere to create his masterpiece — but his fellow fish may not share his enthusiasm.
A boy named Buzz searches for something to catch for the Amazing Pet Show, and a hungry fly follows a smell — and the two strike up a friendship no one expects.
On an island built for the meanest, ugliest creatures alive, one small beautiful flower begins to grow — and threatens to spoil their entire rotten paradise.
A boy who loves animals introduces his fifteen pets one by one — and names almost every single one of them Bob, except for one very formally named turtle.
A little old lady complains that her house is too small, so a wise old man tells her to bring in the hen, goat, pig, and cow one by one — with noisy, crowded results.
Three dust bunnies named Ed, Ned, and Ted love rhyming games — bug, rug, mug, hug — but a fourth named Bob keeps breaking the pattern, trying to warn them about a broom-wielding danger heading their way.
Two kids stuck inside on a rainy day get an uninvited visitor — a tall cat in a striped hat who promises fun and games while their mother is away.
A deeply suspicious nature guide lays out the case against fish — they hide underwater, some are bus-sized, and nobody knows what they're plotting in their mysterious schools.
A worm records his everyday life in diary entries — playing with friends, going to school, and never having to take a bath — while figuring out the ups and downs of being small in a very big world.
