August 6, 2026

Library Books We Didn't Want to Return (Reel Installment 2)

The books we didn't want to return

These are the books featured in this post — tap any cover to find it on Amazon.

Cover of Bothered by Bugs

Bothered by Bugs

by Emily Gravett

Emily Gravett doing a small comic disaster with more care than most books give their big moments. There is a spread of bugs in jars we sat and stared at for far too long.

Cover of All the Ice Cream in the Land

All the Ice Cream in the Land

by Emmy Kastner

A whole kingdom escalates around what everyone assumes Princess Roselyn wants, until she finally speaks up and says she only wanted a slice of pizza. It made the whole family laugh.

Cover of The Fib

The Fib

by Pedro Iniguez

Pepe invents a pet at show and tell rather than share the comic he drew, and the lie grows into a monster that nearly eats the school. The best picture book we have read on how out of control a lie gets and how to walk it back.

Cover of Margaret's Unicorn

Margaret's Unicorn

by Briony May Smith

Margaret finds a lost baby unicorn and keeps him through the cold months, and somewhere in there she stops missing her old home. Slow and lovely, with illustrations worth hanging in a playroom.

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