Guys, I have a confession. I miss picture books. I love picture books – I think they are just so beautiful, with their large pages of illustrations and little stories that can be so special. I think it takes a lot of talent to be able to tell a whole tale that teaches or encourages or makes someone cry from the beauty of the story, in so few words. However, Wyatt is not really interested in them. I mean, he is nine. Lol. But I still check them out and read them sometimes with him. Lately just one, Prunella, which I highly recommend.
At first glance, you see a little girl in a garden. Then you look closer, and see that the garden is maybe a bit darker. The plants a little..creepier. She is holding a fly, there is no pretty butterfly here. Prunella was born with a purple thumb, unlike the green thumbs that her gardener parents have. What does this mean? Well, it means that Prunella’s gardening talents are more inclined to a garden full of plants that are not the usual. Things like Venus flytraps. Fungi. Corpse Flowers. Poison ivy. And because of this, she doesn’t really have many friends. Her friends are her plants. But then one day, a little budding botanist stumbles into her garden, and then something wonderful grows.
I really loved this picture book, and Prunella’s garden of strange and unusual plants.
Wyatt lately has been picking out graphic novels. One of his friends read them all the time, and so we picked one up to see if Wyatt would like them too. Turns out, he did.
Like his mother, he is obsessed with snails. He even wants to be one for Halloween which has Billy and I scratching our heads trying to figure out how to manage it – but we will. It might take a little creativity but I think we can do it.
The whole Tales of Tiny Folk series is cute. They are very thin and not very long, and they are adorable, in my opinion. The Mika Song books are also super cute, with the little squirrels, Norma and Belly, having little food based adventures.
As for chapter books, he has been checking out some of the new Hardy Boys books, as well as a series called The Haunted Library. Currently at our house we have:
He also recently checked out this really neat nonfiction book, that everyone in our house liked. It was really cool and we all loved flipping through it.
These are just a few of the books we have circulating right now!
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
These look like fun and some great reads. I think I might have to check out a couple of them for Little Miss.
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Wyatt likes ghost books, and these are pretty cute, and not scary at all. Well at least the one we are reading isn’t. We started with number 2 for some reason and are going back to read number 1 next.
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Little Miss likes ghost stories too so I think I will look for them for her.
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I love picture books!! I used picture books with my boys until they were well into middle & even high school! I can distinctly remember a book about Mendel’s garden and gene manipulation with my oldest when he was studying high school biology. Granted they weren’t the fun little cute stories I loved the most but we found some really fabulous non-fiction picture books that we enjoyed a lot. (if you’re interested I have a post with some of them listed: https://www.myslicesoflife.com/2018/11/picture-books-for-middle-school.html).
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Apparently I wrote one about high school picture book too! (https://www.myslicesoflife.com/2019/04/46-picture-books-for-teaching-high.html)
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Thank you!!
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I find them so useful for school! I am glad to hear that I am not the only one. And wow, it is amazing there was a picture book that covered that. I will definitely check out your posts!
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Graphic novels are a great direction to go in, post-picture books. Geronimo Stilton was a very popular series. I wonder what other series kids are loving now.
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These are so cute! I picked one or two up for myself while we were there. Lumber Janes and Garlic the Vampire. Lol.
I remember Geronimo Stilton! I am curious what other kids are reading too.
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How fun! Excellent reading selections, Wyatt! 😀
When I was at the Library, I was in charge of ordering books for birth-YA, so I got to spend so much time with all the good kiddie books – I miss that, not gonna lie. So I doubly appreciated this post 🙂
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Ooo that sounds like a dream come true!!
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My niece is 8 and she loves graphic novels, too! I’m sad that we are starting to get out of our “board book” era, but I am enjoying picture books!
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Every transition is so hard!!
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