The 101 Picture Book Challenge is here! Weβve chosen 101 Picture Books and we want you to read them, too! The Challenge is for anyone at any age. Librarians chose the list which includes classics, new titles and everything in between.
How Do You Take the 101 Picture Book Challenge?
To get started, register online. You can track your progress online or if you prefer a paper log booklet, pick one up at your neighborhood Library. The books are organized into categories but you can read the books in any order and at your own pace. When you read all 101 titles, you earn a free picture book (while supplies last).
Favorite Book on the 101 Picture Book Challenge List
My favorite book on the list is βBark, George,β written and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. The book is hilarious and has been a favorite for years! I absolutely love sharing this book with kids – probably because I get to βmoo,’ βmeowβ and βbarkβ with glee. Published in the late ’90s, this beloved new classic is a perfect title for the challenge.
Also available inΒ Read-Along Audio [Book on CD],Β DVD,Β eAudioΒ andΒ eVideo.
Reading Beyond The 101 Picture Book List
If you like the humor in βBark, Georgeβ by Jules Feiffer , you may also like …
βPetraβ by Marianna Coppo
A little rock who believes she is a mountain has her perspective changed by a series of movements, including a dog playing fetch, a bird’s nest, a pond, and a little girl.
βA Visitor for Bearβ by Bonny Becker
Bear is quite sure he doesn’t like visitors. He even has a sign. So when a mouse taps on his door one day, Bear tells him to leave. But when Bear goes to the cupboard to get a bowl, there is the mouse — small and gray and bright-eyed. In this slapstick tale that begs to be read aloud, all Bear wants is to eat his breakfast in peace, but the mouse — who keeps popping up in the most unexpected places — just won’t go away!
βItβs a Tigerβ by David LaRochelle
Kids and parents alike will rejoice in this lively read-aloud picture book, as the main character runs into (and away from) a tiger over and over again as the plot gets sillier and sillier.
Also available in Audio [Book on CD] and eBook.
βMarigold Bakes a Cakeβ by Mike Malbrough
Marigold the cat likes everything just so, but when he sets out to bake a perfect cake one Monday, he is interrupted by one finch, two pigeons and three loons.
This is the latest in aΒ seriesΒ of blog posts exploring some of the things we love about these books.
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Originally posted by Toledo Lucas County Public Library blogger Cindy V. at ToledoLibrary.org/blog/take-the-101-picture-book-challenge-today.