Books like Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
By Charlotte Zolotow
For the kid who takes every word literally and then finds a way to make it work anyway, this one turns a tricky riddle into a gentle, satisfying hunt. Quiet, thoughtful, warmly whimsical — a walk-and-wonder story rather than an adventure.
A girl obsessed with everything pink ignores her parents' warnings and eats too many pink cupcakes — then wakes up to find she's turned pink from head to toe.
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 little red book opens to reveal a ladybug reading a smaller orange book, which opens to reveal another animal with another book inside — each one nested inside the last.
A dragon-like creature called the Funny Thing has a habit of eating children's dolls, until a kindly old man named Bobo invents a strange new treat to change its appetite for good.
A big, friendly bear wanders through the woods noticing colors all around him — inviting little ones to spot matching colors of their own on every page.
A young princess falls ill and declares she'll only get better if she has the moon, sending the king's wisest advisors scrambling until the court jester finds an answer no one else thought to try.
While Farmer Gray is away, a goose, a hen, a chick, and a duck grab paintbrushes and turn their plain black-and-white barnyard into a world of color.
A young girl decides that a new playmate is her best friend, even though she's never had one before, finding proof in small shared moments like drawing each other and pretending to be pickles.
A boy named Lewis spends one wild day at his best friend Wilbur Robinson's house, where the whole eccentric family joins the hunt for Grandfather Robinson's missing false teeth.
A girl and her walking house settle into a too-quiet neighborhood, so she puts up a sign inviting lost creatures in — goblins, mermaids, a dragon — and soon has a household that's lively but hard to manage.
A hug-loving mer-boy named Kai learns to ask before squishing his underwater friends, after his enthusiastic embrace startles a puffer fish into puffing up with fright.
A crew of pirates returns to Jeremy Jacob's backyard to dig up their buried treasure, but first they must quiet his wailing baby sister, Bonney Anne, whom they accidentally woke up.
