Books like Noah's Ark
By Peter Spier
For the kid who could stare at a single busy page forever, counting animals and finding the joke tucked in the corner, this ark is built for slow, repeated exploring. Sweeping, hushed, and quietly funny — grand in scale but intimate in its small human and animal moments.
A mischievous rabbit sneaks into Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden against his mother's warning, and once he's spotted, must find his way home safely while being chased.
A boy afraid to go to school rides his grandfather's 1952 Ford time machine back through Big Papa's own frightening moments, hearing the same lesson each time: that's called being brave.
A young boy visits his nana in the city and finds it loud, crowded, and frightening — until she sews him a special cape that helps him feel brave enough to see it as wonderful.
A young donkey finds a magic pebble that grants wishes, but a panicked wish during a scary encounter with a lion turns him into a rock — with no way to wish himself back.
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.
A fisherman and his young son head out to sea and come across a whale caught in netting, a wordless encounter that draws them into its struggle to survive.
A little star loves the giant Mooncake she bakes with her mama in the sky, and though she's told to wait, she can't resist sneaking nibble after nibble.
A carpenter named Caleb gets into a spat with his wife Kate, then wakes up transformed into a dog — unable to speak or explain who he really is, so he stays close to her as her loyal companion.
A great-grandson wanders through his grandfather's topiary garden, where hedges shaped like a farmboy, a soldier, and a chickenpox-covered kid retell a whole lifetime one memory at a time.
A big sister and little sister play outside through sun, rain, leaves, and snow — until bossiness and frustration push them apart, and they must find their way back to each other.
A devoted family dog is left in charge of the baby for an afternoon, and what unfolds between them is captured entirely through wordless, expressive pictures.
A poor woodcutter's two children, abandoned in the forest, discover a house made of bread, cakes, and candy — and the wicked witch who lives there has a taste for children.
