Books like Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
By Ian Falconer
For the kid who refuses to like something just because everyone else does, Olivia's fight for her own identity will feel like validation. Witty, opinionated, dryly funny — a picture book with real attitude.
A bored little girl meets a talking potato who claims kids are the truly boring ones, so she sets out to prove him wrong with cartwheels, jokes, and wild imagination.
A little rock named Petra believes she's a mighty mountain, but a dog's fetch sends her tumbling into a bird's nest, a pond, and a string of brand-new identities.
A big-imagination girl tells her class about her circus trip, where every performer called in sick — so she became the whole show herself, from unicyclist to lion tamer to trapeze star.
A newly out-of-work princess sets out to win a prince's hand by passing a queen's tricky tests — but the real question is whether a crown is even the prize she wants.
A crafty fox wants a bunch of grapes hanging just out of reach, and after every scheme he can think of fails, he decides they must have been sour all along.
A boastful giant squid declares himself the best artist in the ocean, squirting ink everywhere to create his masterpiece — but his fellow fish may not share his enthusiasm.
An author sits down to write a story about a mouse in a house, but her cat Chester keeps grabbing a red marker to rewrite the pages his way — turning the book into a battle over who's really in charge.
A little fly who can already walk on walls, see in every direction, and fly keeps a diary of her big dream: becoming a full-fledged superhero, alongside best friends Worm and Spider.
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 terrible king cares only about his own handsome face while his kingdom crumbles around him, until his fed-up subjects hatch a plan involving a mustache.
A lion terribly proud of his magnificent mane watches it go up in smoke, then tries one scheme after another to make it grow back.
