Books like Katie and the Sunflowers
By James Mayhew
For the kid who touches everything in a museum despite being told not to, this turns that exact impulse into an adventure through real paintings. playful, colorful, a little chaotic, quietly educational
A white shape drifts across page after page of blue sky, looking like a rabbit, a bird, an ice-cream cone, and more — until a final reveal answers what it really is.
A concept book traces everyday transformations — seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly — using die-cut pages that let one shape magically become the next.
A young Chinese American girl notices color everywhere in her everyday world, from red dragons and firecrackers to lychees, and brown in her own teddy bear.
A family travels from the country into the city for the day, taking in the sights along the way — then the book flips upside down and becomes an entirely new journey home.
A comparison of biggest things starts with the blue whale, then zooms outward — a hollow Mount Everest could hold billions of whales, and Mount Everest itself is tiny next to the Earth, stars, and the universe.
An imaginative boy dreams up the ultimate house, sketching in a racetrack, a flying playroom, and a gigantic slide as his ideas grow wilder with every rhyme.
An alphabet journey through iconic fine art, pairing each letter with a famous painting — spotting the earring in Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring, counting fruit in Cezanne's still life, and more.
A drowsy kitten chases a mouse right through a framed poster on the wall, tumbling into a chase across famous artworks and through history — and then must find his way back home.
