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Written by Kaz Windness
Illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee
New York: Flamingo Books, 2024. Picture Book.

An ode to childhood classics that celebrates the companionship books offer throughout all stages of life. --Editor

Written by Kwame Alexander
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
New York: Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019. Picture Book.

Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end. --Editor

Written by Linda Sue Park
Illustrated by Chris Raschka
Brooklyn: Red Comet Press, 2024. Picture Book.

A celebration of the joy that books and reading bring to children, anywhere, anytime. --Editor

By Elisha Cooper
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2025. Picture Book. 

The life of a picture book begins in the artist's studio, journeys through the world of publishing, finds itself on a bookshelf, and lands in the home of a young reader. --Editor

By Chris Britt
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2025. Picture Book. 

When best friends Chad and Oliver step into a book, Chad becomes trapped in the cavernous binding until a friendly librarian comes to the rescue. --Editor

By Jane Mount
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2023. Picture Book.

Lotti is a shy girl who retreats into a world of books and reading, but eventually learns to make friends with other kids who share her passion, and reconnects with the real world (including her brother). Includes reading recommendations throughout. --Editor

By Maria Coco
New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2024. Picture Book.

Illustrates how a good story helps dogs and humans alike feel less alone, especially when read in each other's company. --Editor

Written by Margaret Chiu Greanias
Illustrated by Kristyna Litten
Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishing Company, 2023. Picture Book.

Pearl is an anglerfish who wants to read her book in peace, but the other fish will not leave her alone, so she goes deeper and deeper to the abyssal zone--but then she has no one to discuss the book with. --Editor

Written by Hayley Rocco
Illustrated by John Rocco
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2024. Picture Book.

Piper, a book-hoarding chipmunk, does not want to share, until she discovers the magic of the library. --Editor
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