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Today
Written by Gabi Snyder
Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2024. Picture book.

When a child anticipates a long-awaited day with cousins and grandparents, the child discovers every day is filled with surprises and joy, which can easily be lost if one is not present.

Today is a Me Day
Written by E.V. Starkey
Illustrated by Kristiina Haapalainen
Brookly, NY: POW!, 2022. Picture book.

In a world filled with commitments, a young girl decides to take a day just to herself, filling it with all the activities that maker her happy and center her soul, from having a picnic with her teddy bear to working on her warrior pose. Maybe tomorrow she'll take over the world, but Today is a me day.

Tomorrow's Lily
By Chris Raschka
New York: Greenwillow, 2024. Picture book.

Illustrates how just like daylilies, we come and we go, but memories and friendships last forever.

Waiting for Tomorrow
Written by Susan Yoon
Illustrated by Julie Kwon
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2023. Picture book.

Spending the day preparing their favorite treat, hotteok, a brown sugar-filled Korean pancake, to celebrate their father's long-awaited arrival home the next day, sisters Haejin and Hanna wonder how they'll ever make something special in time when their batter is ruined.

Today My Brain is a Dinosaur
Written by Kyla Mora and Jedidiah Mora
Illustrated by Mette Engell
Ann Arbor, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2025. Picture book.

A neurodivergent boy learns to use coping strategies to help him manage his unique moods.

Today is the Day
Written by Eric Walters
Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
Toronto, ON: Tundra Books, 2015. Picture book.

Looking forward to a day filled with fun and surprises when her birthday arrives, young Mutanu, a new resident at a Kenyan orphanage, shares a day with her friends as they celebrate the birthday that has been chosen especially for her.

Today is for You!
Written by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Illustrated by Kevin Waldron 
Somerville, MA: Candlewick, 2023. Picture book.

Every new day is brimming with possibility. As it unfolds, enjoy games, friends, dreams, laughter, dancing and songs all the way to the quiet of bedtime. With timely messages of optimism, cherishing the moment, and finding love and joy in the world around us, this gorgeously colourful and wholesome picture book is an upbeat celebration of life from a pair of picture book icons.

A Bear Sat on My Porch Today
Written by Jane Yolen
Illustrated by Rilla Alexander
San Francisco, CA: Handprint Books, 2018. Picture book.

Told in rhyme, a bear settles on the narrator's porch, and is soon followed by many other woodland friends, until the porch collapses under the weight--but bear and his friends repair the damage and almost everybody is invited to lunch.
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