July 23, 2026

Two Favorites, One Find (Ryan T. Higgins + Bill Peet, find: Vera Brosgol)

Two favorites you already love, and one new find.

We Don't Eat Our Classmates

by Ryan T. Higgins

A dinosaur starting school has to learn not to eat her classmates. The one that got us hooked on Higgins.

by Ryan T. Higgins

A lonely giant befriends a boy in a village of bald people, then gives up his own comfort to keep the friendship.

by Ryan T. Higgins

A mouse sets out to make a wordless picture book and keeps getting interrupted by his own outbursts.

by Ryan T. Higgins

Norman the slug heads out into the world in search of adventure, one questionable smell at a time.

by Bill Peet

An oversized rabbit looking for one place in the world where his size stops being a problem.

by Bill Peet

A rooster convinced the sun will not come up without his crow sets out to prove it.

by Bill Peet

A pig dreams of circus stardom, meets trouble on the road, and finds out what he is worth back home.

by Bill Peet

An enormous, gentle sea serpent who cannot sink searches for somewhere he belongs, and becomes a one of a kind ocean ferry.

by Vera Brosgol

A grandmother who wants peace and quiet to finish her knitting travels farther and farther, all the way to the moon. Caldecott Honor.

by Vera Brosgol

A band of tiny forest creatures learns the difference between taking what they need and taking everything.

by Vera Brosgol

A girl tries to save blueberry season in jars so summer never has to end.

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