Books about picture book

Presents the story of Max's adventures when he sails away to the land where the wild things. This book is the winner of the Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year, 1964.

Contains a bedtime story.

A newly hatched caterpillar eats his way through all kinds of food.

Late on Christmas Eve, a boy boards a mysterious train that waits for him, the Polar Express bound for the North Pole. When he arrives there, Santa offers him any gift he desires. The boy asks for one bell from the reindeer's harness. It turns out to be a very special gift, for only believers in Santa can hear it ring.

An inventive retelling of the story Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf .

In the nursery, the Velveteen Rabbit and the Skin Horse talk about how a toy becomes Real. 'When a child loves you for a long time... then you become Real,' the wise old Skin Horse explains. A few days later, the Velveteen Rabbit finds himself tucked into bed with the little boy, and the two quickly become inseparable.

In this Seussian tale, the good doctor primes his readers against all the little mishaps and misadventures that can befall even the best of us - from bang-ups and hang-ups to lurches and slumps - encouraging us to take life in our stride.

Features various fairy tales including: Chicken Licken , The Princess and the Bowling Ball ; The Really Ugly Duckling , and Jack's Bean Problem .

When Farmer Brown starts to receive typed notes from his cows demanding electric blankets, his problems are only just beginning. This story for children from the age of two reveals how Farmer Brown manages when he hears his cows go click, clack, moo as they type all day long.

Stellaluna is a fruit bat, separated from her mother before she can fly. Looked after by birds, she learns about similarities, differences and the essence of friendship.

When Sam-I-am persists in pestering a grumpy grouch to eat a plate of green eggs and ham, perseverance wins the day, teaching us all that we cannot know what we like until we have tried it.

When the driver leaves the bus temporarily, he gives the reader just one instruction: Don't let the pigeon drive the bus! But, boy, that pigeon tries every trick in the book to get in that driving seat: he whines, wheedles, fibs and flatters. Will you let him drive? Told entirely in speech bubbles, this is a brilliantly original book.

This story of a boy who grows to manhood, and of a tree that gives him her bounty through the years, is a moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love.

Riveting text and astounding art make this a picture book to adore.