Since my picture book entry was a finalist for the PNWA conference this year, I decided to immerse myself into picture-book reading with a hefty stack checked out from the library.
A Hefty Stack of Picture Books
What's a better way to deep dive the genre than to play a game of reading BINGO? A quick win is reading five-in-a-row, but why not go for the gold? Read all twenty-five for a solid blackout win and find your next favorite book, author, illustrator...or maybe even a new series!
Ready to read along? Print the BINGO card if you're able, otherwise the list below sums it up nicely. I will post Amazon or Powell's Book Store links for the recommended reads I want to share (regular links are a 4/5 star read, bold links are 5 stars). From left to right, here's the breakdown:
1.) Collage Pictures: Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer
2.) Award Winner: Watercress by Andrea Wang
3.) Retelling: Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
4.) Two-Word Title: Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor
5.) Set in the Forest: Little Witch Hazel a Year in the Forest by Phoebe Wahl
6.) A classic: Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
7.) Non-Fiction: I Was Born a Baby by Meg Fleming
8.) Reptile on the Cover:
9.) Blackout Poetry by Stacia Leigh: Sounds Complicated by Stacia Leigh
10.) Hide & Seek: Where's the BaBOOn? by Michael Escoffier
11.) A Number in the Title: The Three Ninja Pigs by Corey Rosen Schwartz
12.) Title Starts with Letter "F": Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
13.) Free Space: Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson
14.) Green Cover: Evergreen by Matthew Cordell
15.) Little Free Library Find: Georgia in Hawaii by Amy Novesky
16.) Book with Bugs: Burt the Beetle Doesn't Bite by Ashley Spires
17.) Underwater Setting: Out to Sea by Helen Kellock
18.) Book with Robots: The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld
19.) A Holiday Story: Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds
20.) Sports Theme: H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination by Christopher Myers
21.) A Cultural Read: The New Rooster by Rilla Alexander
22.) Back in School: Sector 7 by David Wiesner
23.) Learn Something New: Share a Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story by Nany Loewen
24.) Rhyme Time: Frog on a Log? by Kes Gray
25.) Based on Actual Events: Ida, Always by Caron Levis
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“Reading one [picture] book is like eating one potato chip.” — Diane Duane
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