Books like Officer Buckle and Gloria
By Peggy Rathmann
For the kid who loves a good visual joke — and the grown-up narrating who won't catch on until the reveal, this book turns a safety lecture into the funniest thing in the room. Silly, deadpan, warm — comedy hidden in the pictures while the words play it straight.
A girl named Emily Elizabeth introduces her enormous red dog, Clifford, sharing the everyday activities they enjoy together and the ways they look after one another.
A girl brings her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny to school, only to discover another girl has the exact same one — and after a mix-up leaves her with the wrong bunny, her daddy comes to the rescue with a midnight swap.
A bird wakes up too grumpy to fly, eat, or play, so he stomps off on a walk instead — and one by one, Sheep, Rabbit, Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox tag along.
A mouse named Chester has one way of doing everything, and his best friend Wilson happily matches him move for move — until a bold new neighbor named Lilly moves in with her own way of doing things entirely.
A visitor-hating bear puts up a no-visitors sign and orders a mouse out of his house, but the mouse keeps turning up in the most unexpected places anyway.
A boy declares Jeremy Ross his enemy the moment he moves in down the street, so Dad offers his secret weapon: Enemy Pie — but the recipe requires spending a whole day playing with the enemy first.
A small mouse's brand-new toy airplane ends up stuck in a tree, thanks to his well-meaning but accident-prone best friend, Rabbit, who then hatches an increasingly ambitious plan to get it back.
An adopted dog named Cooper refuses to act like a dog — he'd rather drive the family car, go to the ballet, and travel than fetch or sit — so his new family has to adjust to his quirky ways.
A grumpy bear insists he has the worst cold anyone has ever suffered, while his relentlessly cheerful mouse friend tries to nurse him back to health with stories, songs, and banjo tunes.
A mouse sets sail on a homemade boat, falls overboard far from land, and is saved by a passing whale — starting a friendship that will one day call the mouse back to return the favor.
A nervous cat starts his first day of Cat School and sneaks his pet mouse Seymour along in his lunchbox for comfort — but when Seymour escapes, the whole class does what cats do best.
An awkward naked mole rat with thick glasses and a love of interpretive dance and fungus identification goes looking for other mushroom-obsessed friends who understand her.
