Books like Triangle
By Mac Barnett
For the kid who loves a good prank almost as much as getting caught pulling one, Triangle turns a simple trick into a quiet game of who-did-what-to-whom. Deadpan, minimal, sly — humor that lands in the silences between the words.
An elephant named Horace turns eleven and throws a costume party for his exotically dressed animal friends, but when it's time for the feast, someone has already eaten it all.
A girl in a swimsuit and flippers copies a graceful flamingo's every move, and through twists, turns, and one big flop, the two find their way to a dance in perfect harmony.
A squirrel named Mr. Peanuts lives a surprisingly human life — playing piano, reading books — and writes to invite his cousin over, hoping for company.
Two boys and their dog set off on a mission to find something spectacular, digging straight down through the earth — and along the way narrowly miss treasure after treasure without ever knowing it.
A boy builds the perfect sand castle at the beach and a dragon moves in — but when no one believes his amazing new friend is real, the dragon starts causing mischief to prove a point.
Three pigs build their familiar houses of straw, sticks, and bricks, but when the wolf huffs one pig right out of the story's pages, all three escape into a wild landscape of other tales entirely.
A zookeeper says goodnight to each animal, never noticing that a small gorilla with a stolen set of keys is quietly letting everyone out of their cages to follow him home.
A scene-stealing cat named Chester hijacks his own picture book, swiping the author's supplies and insisting he can write a better story than she can — with mixed results.
A little red chicken just can't sit still through bedtime stories, jumping into Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood to save the characters herself, much to her patient papa's dismay.
A furry blue monster begs the reader directly, page after page, not to keep turning — because there's a monster waiting at the very end of the book.
Three friends creep through the woods to catch a beautiful bird with their nets, shushing a fourth companion who has a much gentler idea in mind.
The messiest monster in Booville and her fussiest, cleanest neighbor argue constantly — until Harry Beastie's wild Halloween party throws these two feuding creatures together.
