Picture Books for Older Readers (Ages 8+)
This is an extensive list of titles, printing is not
advised
| Adler............................................. | The Babe & I |
| Adler.............................................. | Mama Played Baseball |
| Alexander...................................... | How the Cat Swallowed Thunder |
| Altman........................................... | Amelia's Road |
| Andersen....................................... | The Steadfast Tin Soldier |
| Anderson....................................... | Handel, Who Knew What He Liked |
| Andrews........................................ | Very Last First Time |
| Anholt.......................................... | Camille and the Sunflowers |
| Anholt........................................... | Degas and the Little Dancer |
| Anholt........................................... | Leonardo and the Flying Boy |
| Anholt........................................... | Picasso and the Girl With a Ponytail |
| Austin.............................................. | The Cat Who Loved Mozart |
| Avi................................................. | The Bird, the Frog, and the Light |
| Avi................................................ | Silent Movie |
| Bartone........................................... | American Too |
| Bartone........................................... | Peppe the Lamplighter |
| Bercaw........................................... | Halmoni's Day |
| Berenzy........................................... | A Frog Prince |
| Best................................................ | Shrinking Violet |
| Blake............................................... | Akiak |
| Bluthenthal............................................ | I'm Not Invited? |
| Borden............................................. | Sleds on Boston Common |
| Bower................................................ | Ivy's Icicle |
| Bradby............................................. | Momma, Where Are You From? |
| Brisson............................................. | The Summer My Father Was Ten |
| Bruchac............................................. | Crazy Horse's Vision |
| Brumbeau.......................................... | The Quiltmaker's Gift |
| Bull................................................... | The Princess and the Lord of Night |
| Bunting............................................. | Gleam and Glow |
| Bunting.............................................. | Smoky Night |
| Bunting.............................................. | Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust |
| Bunting.............................................. | Train to Somewhere |
| Burleigh........................................... | Into the Woods |
| Campbell........................................... | Once upon a Princess and a Pea |
| Cannon............................................... | Verdi |
| Carrick............................................... | Harald and the Giant Knight |
| Carrick............................................... | Left Behind |
| Caseley............................................... | Field Day Friday |
| Castaneda............................................ | Abuela's Weave |
| Chapman.............................................. | The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch |
| Cherry.................................................. | The Armadillo from Amarillo |
| Cherry.................................................. | The Great Kapok Tree |
| Cole..................................................... | Buttons |
| Cole..................................................... | Winter Wren |
| Collier................................................. | Uptown |
| Coville................................................ | The Prince of Butterflies |
| Cuomo.................................................. | The Blue Spruce |
| Curtis.................................................... | The Bat Boy and His Violin |
| Deedy.................................................... | The Yellow Star |
| Del Negro.............................................. | Lucy Dove |
| Desaix.................................................... | Hilary & the Lions |
| DiSalvo-Ryan......................................... | Grandpa's Corner Store |
| Eastwick................................................. | Seven Little Popovers |
| Edwards.................................................. | Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad |
| Eisner...................................................... | The Last Knight |
| Ernst........................................................ | Goldilocks Returns |
| Feder....................................................... | The Feather-Bed Journey |
| Fleischman.............................................. | Lost! A Story in String |
| Fleischman.............................................. | Weslandia! |
| Fleming................................................... | Be Good to Eddie Lee |
| Fowler................................................... | Circle of Thanks |
| Freedman................................................ | It Happened in Chelm |
| Gaeddert................................................. | Gustav the Gourmet Giant |
| Garland................................................... | The Lotus Seed |
| George.................................................... | Arctic Son |
| George.................................................... | Frightful's Mountain |
| George.................................................... | The Wentletrap Trap |
| Gerstein.................................................. | The Mountains of Tibet |
| Goble...................................................... | Beyond the Ridge |
| Goble...................................................... | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
| Gollub..................................................... | The Twenty-Five Mixtec Cats |
| Gray........................................................ | Dear Willie Rudd |
| Greenfield............................................... | Grandpa's Face |
| Grifalconi................................................ | Osa's Pride |
| Grifalconi............................................... | The Village that Vanished |
| Griffith..................................................... | Georgia Music |
| Harold...................................................... | Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm |
| Hathorn..................................................... | Sky Sash So Blue |
| Hathorn..................................................... | The Tram to Bondi Beach |
| Heide........................................................ | Sami and the Time of the Troubles |
| Herriot...................................................... | The Market Square Dog |
| Hiser......................................................... | The Adventure of Charlie & His Wheat-Straw Hat |
| Hoffman.................................................... | Henry's Baby |
| Hooks........................................................ | Freedom's Fruit |
| Hopkinson................................................ | Girl Wonder |
| Howard..................................................... | Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys |
| Hru............................................................ | Joshua's Masai Mask |
| Jacques.................................................... | A Redwall Winter's Tale |
| Jay............................................................. | Jane vs. the Tooth Fairy |
| Jimenez...................................................... | La Mariposa |
| Johnston..................................................... | The Wagon |
| Joosse........................................................ | Lewis & Papa: Adventure on the Santa Fe Trail |
| Jukes.......................................................... | I'll See You in My Dreams |
| Kimmel...................................................... | Bernal & Florinda : a Spanish tale |
| Konigsburg................................................. | Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale's |
| Kraus.......................................................... | The King's Trousers |
| Kroll........................................................... | Africa Brothers and Sisters |
| Kroll........................................................... | Looking for Daniela |
| Kroll........................................................... | Pink Paper Swans |
| Kurtz........................................................... | Faraway Home |
| Lasky........................................................... | The Emperor's Old Clothes |
| Lasky...................................................... | First Painter |
| Lasky............................................................. | Marven of the Great North Woods |
| Leaf.............................................................. | Eyes of the Dragon |
| LeBox...................................................... | Salmon Creek |
| Lemieux................................................... | Full Worm Moon |
| Levinson...................................................... | Our Home Is the Sea |
| Levinson...................................................... | Soon, Annala |
| Levitin......................................................... | Boom Town |
| Levitin........................................................ | The Fisherman and the Bird |
| Locker......................................................... | Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle |
| Locker......................................................... | The Young Artist |
| Macaulay.................................................... | Angelo |
| McCully...................................................... | Beautiful Warrior |
| McCully...................................................... | Hurry! |
| McGugan.................................................... | Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story |
| Mathers........................................................ | Victor and Christabel |
| Mayhew........................................................ | Katie and the Mona Lisa |
| Mayhew....................................................... | Katie and the Sunflowers |
| Mayhew........................................................ | Katie Meets the Impressionists |
| Melmed.......................................................... | Prince Nautilus |
| Mendez.......................................................... | The Black Snowman |
| Merrill........................................................... | The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars |
| Michelson..................................................... | Too Young for Yiddish |
| Mitchell.......................................................... | Down Buttermilk Lane |
| Mollel............................................................. | A Promise to the Sun |
| Moore............................................................. | The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
| Morris............................................................. | Morning Milking |
| Morrison......................................................... | The Big Box |
| Morpurgo....................................................... | The Silver Swan |
| Neville............................................................ | The Bridge |
| Nobisso................................................................ | In English of Course |
| Noble.............................................................. | Hansy's Mermaid |
| Nye................................................................. | Sitti's Secrets |
| Oberman.............................................................. | The Always Prayer Shawl |
| Ogburn............................................................ | The Magic Nesting Doll |
| Ogburn............................................................ | The Masked Maverick |
| Oke................................................................. | Making Memories |
| Osborne........................................................ | The Brave Little Seamstress |
| Parillo............................................................. | Michelangelo's Surprise |
| Paterson........................................................... | Celia and the Sweet, Sweet Water |
| Pattison............................................................. | The River Dragon |
| Patz.................................................................. | Gina Farina and the Prince of Mintz |
| Polacco............................................................ | Betty Doll |
| Polacco............................................................ | Thank You, Mr Falker |
| Porte................................................................. | "Leave That Cricket Be, Alan Lee" |
| Prokofiev.......................................................... | Peter and the Wolf |
| Rabin................................................................. | Casey Over There |
| Reddix............................................................... | Dragon-Kite of the Autumn Moon |
| Rodanas............................................................. | The Story of Wali Dad |
| Rosenberg.......................................................... | The Carousel |
| Ross................................................................. | Buba Leah and Her Paper Children |
| Ross................................................................... | The Little Old Man and His Dreams |
| Ryder................................................................. | The Bear on the Moon |
| San Souci........................................................... | The Boy and the Ghost |
| Sandburg............................................................. | The Huckabuck Family and How they Raised Popcorn |
| Sanders.............................................................. | Warm As Wool |
| Say................................................................... | Home of the Brave |
| Say..................................................................... | The Lost Lake |
| Schoberle........................................................... | Esmeralda and the Pet Parade |
| Schur.................................................................. | Day of Delight: A Jewish Sabbath in Etheopia |
| Scieszka.............................................................. | The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Stupid Fairy Tales |
| Shannon.............................................................. | How Georgie Radburn Saved Baseball |
| Sheldon............................................................... | Under the Moon |
| Sheldon............................................................... | The Whale's Song |
| Shefelman............................................................ | Victoria House |
| Shulevitz............................................................. | Toddlecreek Post Office |
| Sis........................................................................ | A Small Tall Tale: From the Far Far North |
| Sisulu................................................................... | The Day Gogo Went to Vote |
| Smucker............................................................... | No Star Nights |
| Stanley................................................................. | The Gentleman and the Kitchen Maid |
| Stanley................................................................. | Roughing It on the Oregon Trail |
| Stanley................................................................. | Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter |
| Steptoe................................................................. | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters |
| Stewart................................................................ | The Journey |
| Surat..................................................................... | Angel Child, Dragon Child |
| Tan....................................................................... | The Chinese Siamese Cat |
| Tarbescu............................................................... | Annushka's Voyage |
| Thompson............................................................. | Eloise in Paris |
| Thoreau................................................................. | Walden |
| Thurber.................................................................. | The Great Quillow |
| Thurber................................................................. | Many Moons |
| Tompert................................................................. | The Tzar's Bird |
| Uchida................................................................... | The Bracelet |
| Van Allsburg........................................................ | The Mysteries of Harris Burdick |
| Van Allsburg....................................................... | The Wretched Stone |
| Van Leeuwen.......................................................... | Across the Wide Dark Sea |
| Waldman............................................................... | They Came from the Bronx |
| Walter.................................................................... | Two and Too Much |
| Wasserstein........................................................... | Pamela's First Musical |
| Wells..................................................................... | The House in the Mail |
| Wells...................................................................... | The Language of Doves |
| Williams................................................................ | Benjamin's Treasure |
| Wise..................................................... | Perfect Pancakes If You Please |
| Widniewski......................................... | The Warrior and the Wise Man |
| Woodruff.............................................. | The Memory Coat |
| Yolen..................................................... | Girl in the Golden Bower |
| Yolen........................................................ | The Sultan's Perfect Tree |
| Yolen........................................................ | The Wolf Girls |
| Zagwyn...................................................... | Apple Batter |
| 11/06 |