Recommended Reading Lists for Young Readers
Our TOON Books have garnered countless accolades, awards and rave reviews, and they often appear on reading lists issued by all the reliable sources in the world of children's books. If we succeed in doing what we intended, after reading all the TOON Books your young reader will be clamoring for more comics and more books. Below are recommendations, at various reading levels, from an array of these reliable authorities. Many of these are by our favorite authors so we highlighted those in red. Happy reading!
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A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse
by Frank Viva A LEVEL 1 TOON BOOK ISBN 978-1-9351-7919-1 |
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Source: School Library Journal Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters by K.G. Campbell Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover by Cece Bell Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin Who Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony Snicket Unusual Creatures by Michael Hearst Island: A Story of the Galápagos by Jason Chin What Body Part is That? by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
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Source: Illinois School Library Media Association A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker and Kady MacDonald Denton
Bridget's Beret by Tom Lichtenheld Butterflies and Moths by Nic Bishop The Case of the Lost Boy by Dori Hillestad Butler and Jeremy Tugeau Dogku by Andrew Clements and Tim Bowers Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld Grace for President by Kelly S. DiPucchio and LeUyen Pham Imogene's Last Stand by Candace Fleming and Nancy Carpenter Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein Let's Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian and Tim Bowers The Mitten by Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember by Steve Jenkins Otis by Loren Long Panda Kindergarten by Joanne Ryder and Katherine Feng Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton and Tom Lichtenheld Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson and Kadir Nelson
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Source: Where the Best Books Are! Max Spaniel by David Catrow
Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems Cork & Fuzz by Dori Chaconas and Lisa McCue Astroblast #1: Code Blue by Bob Kolar
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Source: Graphic Novel Reporter Sibyl-Anne vs. Ratticus by R. Macherot
Fraggle Rock Classics, Vol. 1 by Stan Kay and Marie Severin Bake Sale by Sara Varon The Art of Epic Mickey by Austin Grossman Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace by Eric Wight Archie Americana, Vol. 1: The '40s by various Yeah! by Peter Bagge and Gilbert Hernandez Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, Vol. 1: Race to Death Valley by Floyd Gottfredson Phineas and Ferb Comic Reader: Quantum Boogaloo! by John Green Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity by Dave Roman Owly and Wormy: Friends All Aflutter by Andy Runton Darkwing Duck: Crisis on Infinite Darkwings by Ian Brill and James Silvani
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Source: Eisner Awards Committee Beauty and the Squat Bears by Émile Bravo Dragon Puncher Island by James Kochalka Nursery Rhyme Comics edited by Chris Duffy
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Source: IndieBound Bear Has a Story to Tell by Erin Stead and Philip C. Stead
Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey and Giselle Potter Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown Flight of the Last Dragon by Robert Burleigh and Mary GrandPre Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson Oh, No! by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann Otter and Odder: A Love Story by James Howe and Chris Raschka Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon Penny and Her Doll by Kevin Henkes The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse by Helen Ward
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Source: School Library Journal The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future
by George Beard and Harold Hutchins Chi's Sweet Home by Konami Kanata Taro and the Magic Pencil by Sango Morimoto Finding Nemo: Losing Dory by Mike Raicht, Brian Reis Smith and Jake Myler My Grandparents Are Secret Agents by Scott Christian Sava, Juan Saavedra Mourgues and Christian Gonzalez Valdes Binky to the Rescue by Ashley Spires
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Source: Booklist Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls Beware of the Frog by William Bee Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp by Denise Fleming Chicken Said, “Cluck” by Judyann Ackerman Grant and Sue Truesdell A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee Garmann’s Summer by Stian Hole Ghosts in the House! by Kazuno Kohara Goose and Duck by Jean Craighead George and Priscilla Lamont The Hinky-Pink: An Old Tale by Megan McDonald and Brian Floca The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson and Beth Krommes How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales Maybe a Bear Ate It! by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley Old Bear by Kevin Henkes One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Papá and Me by Arthur Dorros and Rudy Gutierrez A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker and Kady MacDonald Denton What Can You Do with a Rebozo? by Carmen Tafolla and Amy Cordova What’s Up, Duck? A Book of Opposites by Tad Hills Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
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Source: School Library Journal The Big Adventures of Majoko by Machiko Fuji and Tomomi Mizuno
Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires Dinosaur Hour by Hitoshi Shioya Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom by Eric Wight Happy Happy Clover by Sayuri Tatsuyama Ninja Baseball Kyuma by Shunshin Maeda
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Source: The New York Times, Father's Day recommendations by Pamela Paul Faster! Faster! by Leslie Patricelli
When Dads Don't Grow Up by Marjorie Blain Parker and R. W. Alley My Dad is Big and Strong, But... by Coralie Saudo and Kris Di Giacomo The Barefoot Book of Father and Daughter Tales by Josephine Evetts-Secker and Helen Cann
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Source: School Library Journal Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Cardboard by Doug Tennapel Crogan's Loyalty by Chris Schweizer Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite by Barry Deutsch Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad by Nathan Hale Princeless by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin
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