Bright contrasting colors and funky patterns enliven this whimsical picture book that teaches the lesson “less is more.” A man sets out to build a house; he instructs the builder to add room after room until he has 100 rooms. He has... Read More

Natural hair is used to mark and explore a connection to community and identity in this affirming, educational picture book about Afro-textured hairstyles and their history. When yet another comb breaks off in her hair while Granny... Read More

This self-aware picture book turns “The Three Little Pigs” on its head. A writer starts writing the traditional story but keeps being interrupted; the pigs and the wolf have other ideas for the plot, setting, and their characters. In... Read More

A little girl imagines what it would be like to have a little sister—or several—in this charming picture book about imagination and family love. The girl and her imagined sisters are illustrated in black and white, their rosy cheeks... Read More

Gold leaf and painterly illustrations with saturated colors are used to follow the life of Rumi, the renowned poet and scholar born in Iran in 1207. Herein, Rumi is imagined as a boy who delights in feeding the birds; a young adult... Read More

In a lakeside shtetl filled with very silly souls, a family walking at night spots the moon upon the water. The parents worry for the heavenly body’s safety, even as their children bemoan adult misunderstandings. Soon other villagers... Read More

Bright splashes of yellow jump out from a soothing seaside palette in this fantastical LGBTQ+ picture book. Though he loves the ocean, there is one thing Nen, a merman, cannot find even in its unfathomable depths: love. Every night, Nen... Read More