Books like Mr. Putter & Tabby Spill the Beans
By Cynthia Rylant
For the kid who loves gentle grown-up friendships and a little kitchen mischief, this is a cozy story about doing something you didn't think you'd enjoy. Warm, unhurried, quietly funny, full of neighborly charm.
An older man decides to finally write the mystery novel he's always dreamed of, with his cat curled up beside him — but tasty snacks and cozy distractions keep getting in the way.
A young spider records his everyday life in diary entries — spinning sticky webs, scaling walls, taking wind-catching lessons, and surviving the occasional run-in with a vacuum cleaner.
On a farm where the horse eats hay and the hogs devour slop, the farmer makes his daily rounds only to find that the cow wants something entirely unexpected: cookies.
When Miss Rabbit's carrot cake vanishes from Ed's farm, two mouse detectives, Wilcox and Griswold, must sniff out clues and question suspects to solve the case of who ate it, stole it, or both.
A relentlessly cheerful stranger follows a grumpy skeptic everywhere, asking him to try green eggs and ham in a box, on a train, in the rain — anywhere, everywhere.
An old man and his cat finally have everything to make homemade soup, but their trusty stove breaks down, sending them next door to a kind neighbor's kitchen — and her over-eager dog Zeke.
An elephant named Horace turns eleven and throws a costume party for his exotically dressed animal friends, but when it's time for the feast, someone has already eaten it all.
A determined bunny stacks cardboard boxes into an imaginary city, insisting on doing it solo — until building alone starts to feel like something's missing.
Ten red apples hang on the farmer's tree, and one by one a horse, cow, pig, duck, and other farm animals wander by, each neighing, mooing, or oinking before munching an apple down.
A collection of children's own definitions for everyday things — a hole is to dig, a face is so you can make faces — told in the funny, backwards logic only kids have.
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 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.
