Jon Klassen
Author
Series
Publication Date
2016
Lexile Measure
280L
Summary
"Hold on to your hats for the conclusion of the celebrated hat trilogy by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen, who gives his deadpan finale a surprising new twist. Two turtles have found a hat. The hat looks good on both of them. But there are two turtles. And there is only one hat. ...Evoking hilarity and sympathy, the shifting eyes tell the tale in this brilliantly paced story in three parts, highlighting Jon Klassen's visual comedy and deceptive simplicity....
Author
Publication Date
2021
Summary
Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it . . . This book is a meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there's something off somewhere, but you just can't put your finger on it. -- Provided by publisher....
6) Triangle
Author
Series
Publication Date
2019
Summary
Meet Triangle. He is going to play a sneaky trick on his friend, Square. Or so Triangle thinks. . . . With this first tale in a trilogy, partners in crime Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen will have readers wondering just who they can trust in a richly imagined world of shapes. Visually stunning and full of wry humor, here is a perfectly paced treat that could come only from the minds of two of today's most irreverent — and talented — picture...
7) Your truck
Author
Series
Publication Date
2026
Summary
"This is your truck. It is yours to have. Your truck is red, but it could be other colors too. It can carry things around, like a chair and table, a dog, or a horse. It will wait for you until you tell it to go, then it will go wherever you want, as far as you want, whenever you want. At the end of the day it will sleep, and you can sleep, too. Jon Klassen brings his minimalist's touch to a soothing story of a simple object that a child can command...
8) Your farm
Author
Series
Publication Date
2025.
Summary
"With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, a farm and all its items-a horse and its hay, a truck, a stool, a fence-are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is a farm for a young child to have whenever they want to go there. One in a trio of board books focusing on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination, Your Farm signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a story whose peculiar touches...
9) Your forest
Author
Series
Publication Date
2025.
Summary
"With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, a forest and all its items-a cabin, some rocks, a (nice) forest ghost, a stream, a bridge-are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is a forest for a young child to have whenever they want to go there. One of a trio of board books focusing on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination, Your Forest signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a...
10) Your island
Author
Publication Date
2025.
Summary
"With a minimal tableau of familiar objects and a gentle rhythm suited for reading aloud, an island and all its items-a tent, a fire,a boat, a bird-are assembled, ending with bedtime as the sun goes down. This is an island for a young child to have whenever they wantto go there. One in a trio of board books focusing on safe spaces, comfort, and imagination, Your Island signals both a departure for Jon Klassen and a story whose peculiar touches of...
Author
Publication Date
2020.
Summary
El sombrero del oso se ha ido y lo quiere de vuelta. Paciente y cortésmente, pregunta a los animales que encuentra, uno por uno, si lo han visto. Cada animal dice que no, algunos de forma más elaborada que otros. Pero justo cuando el oso comienza a desanimarse, se acerca un ciervo y le hace una simple pregunta que despierta la memoria del oso y renueva su búsqueda con fuerza ...
The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely,...
Author
Publication Date
2021.
Summary
"Dos tortugas encuentran un sombrero, pero ellas son dos y solo hay un sombrero... Con un brillante sentido del humor, Klassen nos narra una historia donde las miradas de las tortugas son las protagonistas."-- Amazon.
Two turtles find a hat that looks good on both of them, but, with fairness in mind, they decide to leave it be, until night falls and one of the turtles changes its mind.
Author
Publication Date
2021.
Summary
"Este pez pequeñito tiene un sombrero que no le pertenece. ¡Se lo robó a un pez grande! El sombrero es azul y muy bonito, le queda muy bien. Y además, el pez grande no vio cómo lo robaba. Y seguramente, aunque lo hubiera visto, no se imagina dónde se va a esconder. Nunca lo encontrará. ¿O sí?"-- Amazon.
A tiny minnow wearing a pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater light-on-dark chase scene.
Author
Publication Date
2026
Summary
"Here are the things in this house: a chair, a clock on the wall, a stool, a lamp. And more. What's missing from this house? Somebody. This is the house with nobody in it. Well, there might be something . . . Designed as a sturdy keepsake to read, play with, and treasure, The House with Nobody in It takes readers through a recognizable, cozy house, while layered die-cut doors and windows throughout introduce a hint of intrigue. This is the house with...
15) Pax
Author
Series
Publication Date
2016
Lexile Measure
760L
Summary
"From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic, beloved for generations to come. Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's...
Author
Publication Date
2022
Lexile Measure
560L
Summary
Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare a delicious goat dinner. But the troll underestimates those seemingly sweet but oh-so-savvy goats!
17) Skunk and Badger
Author
Series
Publication Date
2020
Summary
The last thing Badger wants is a roommate, and certainly not Skunk, but since the house does not belong to him he does not have a choice; and soon everything in Badger's quiet and ordered life studying rocks is turned upside down (and where on earth did all the chickens come from)--but after he drives Skunk and his chickens away, Badger starts to miss his roommate and sets out to find him and make amends.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2014
Lexile Measure
450L
Summary
Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all. Attentive readers will be rewarded with a rare treasure in this witty story of looking for the extraordinary - and finding it in a manner you'd never expect.
Author
Publication Date
2023.
Summary
"When Santa arrives at a child's house on Christmas Eve, does he go down the chimney feetfirst or headfirst? What if he gets stuck? What if there's no chimney? Maybe he slides under the door, as thin as a piece of paper? Or is it possible he pours himself through the faucet? What happens once he's inside? Whether it's shape-shifting or impromptu laundry use, Mac Barnett's iconic talent for earnest deadpan humor and Jon Klassen's irresistibly funny...
Author
Publication Date
2010
Lexile Measure
1000L
Summary
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.
