Books like Mustache!
By Mac Barnett
For the kid who loves stories where the grown-ups get gently, hilariously outsmarted, this one hands the win to the people who actually notice things are falling apart. Silly, deadpan, and sly, with a satisfying dose of comeuppance.
A fun-loving king climbs into his bathtub and simply refuses to get out, no matter who arrives to plead with him to come rule his kingdom.
A grumpy Judge locks up prisoner after prisoner who warn him of a scary, hairy-tailed creature coming closer each day — until the monster proves all too real.
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.
A rascally cat named Slinky Malinki turns into a nighttime thief, sneaking off to steal all sorts of things — until morning arrives and crime doesn't pay.
Bored with ordinary weather, a king orders his royal magicians to invent something new to fall from the sky — and gets a sticky green goo called Oobleck that soon overwhelms his entire kingdom.
An old woman known for her magic entrusts her helper with an everfull pasta pot but not its secret verse, so he sets it going alone — and can't make it stop.
Eighteen fables swap gossipy people for animals and food — like a walrus who tells too much truth and a slug so wrapped up in herself she misses the steamroller behind her — each ending with a sly, modern moral.
A boy wakes up one morning shrunk to the size of a mouse, and has to handle everyday chores — making his bed, brushing his teeth, watching his baby brother — at a tiny scale, cat included.
After happily-ever-after turns out to be anything but, a discontented prince sets off to find a witch who can turn him back into a frog — but every witch he meets has other plans.
A gang of robbers plots to steal every toy in London on Christmas Eve, but brave Officer Pugh springs into action to catch them — all except one crafty escapee, Grandma Swagg.
A proud French mouse, ashamed that his kind survive on stolen scraps, sneaks into a cheese factory at night and leaves the workers honest notes rating every wheel he tastes.
