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What We Loved in 2024: Picture books for preschoolers

These are the books staff discovered and loved this last year. It's a mix of current and older titles.

Hennepin County Library

32 items

  • The grownup in the book takes time out of cleaning to get wrapped up in pretend play with their child. As always Sophie Blackall’s illustrations are wonderful, I especially loved how the rug became the ocean. - Elizabeth
    BookNew York : Anne Schwartz Books, 2024. — Easy Picture Book
  • 16 Words

    William Carlos Williams and "The Red Wheelbarrow"

    Rogers, Lisa Jean, 1960-
    Easy nonfiction. Anne's pick.
    BookNew York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2019] — Easy Nonfiction Book
  • Kara's pick.
    Book[Hoboken, NJ] : Levine Querido, 2024. — Easy Picture Book
  • A favorite storytime read. - Anita
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023. — Easy Picture Book
  • A picture book for older kids about the history of a building and all the people who have lived and worked there over five generations. - Lisa
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2024] — Easy Picture Book
  • Stella's pick.
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — Easy Picture Book
  • Features wonderfully detailed illustrations and a look at the home lives of different animals. - Anita
    BookNew York : The New York Review Children's Collection , [2023] — Easy Picture Book
  • Adorable illustrations. A very sweet book. - Emma
    BookNew York : Philomel, 2024. — Easy Picture Book
  • Kara's pick.
    BookNew York : Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024] — Easy Picture Book
  • Kara's pick.
    BookNew York : Rocky Pond Books, 2024. — Easy Picture Book
  • For picture books I loved When You Find the Right Rock. A very calming story with beautiful collaged and painted illustrations of rocks. - Elizabeth
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2024] — Easy Picture Book
  • Features wonderfully detailed illustrations and a look at the home lives of different animals. - Anita
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2023] — Easy Picture Book
  • Kara's pick.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — Easy Picture Book
  • Lisa's pick.
    BookNew York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc, 2024. — Easy Picture Book
  • Kara's pick.
    Book[United States] : Minerva, [2023] — Easy Picture Book
  • Oak

    the Littlest Leaf Girl

    Fleming, Lucy
    My 4-year-old loved Oak: The Littlest Leaf Girl. A sweet woodland tale of a little leaf girl who doesn’t want to leave her summer home and routines. - Elizabeth
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — Easy Picture Book
  • Easy nonfiction. Kara's pick.
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2024] — Easy Nonfiction Book
  • Lisa's pick.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. — Easy Picture Book