Adrian Most recent staff pick : Little Pea, Little Hoot, Little Oink
$10.99
ISBN-13: 9780547516189
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, Usually Arrives In 1-5 Days
Published: HMH Books, 3/2012
Christine and Adrian have been reading this a lot lately and it's a great picture book entry into a chapter book style of read aloud. Adrian loves the images and stories and Christine thinks it makes a great gift.
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781442402973
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 8/2012
With illustrations by our favorite artist, Peter Brown, Creepy Carrots is an adorable and just-the-right-amount-of-creepy-without-being-too-scary picture book. Jasper Rabbit is a clueless carrot thief who starts getting haunted by creepy carrots who eventually teach him a lesson. The gorgeous black, white, and orange illustrations totally set the scene and Adrian has loved reading this one over and over already.
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781452106557
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Chronicle Books, 4/2012
Adrian has found the best Father's Day gift for Bookstore Dad (shhh, don't tell). Darth Vader and Son will turn the Star Wars fan in your life into a giggly pile of mush. Where else can you see Darth Vader playing hide-and-seek with Luke? Or asking if Luke needs to use the potty? It's brilliant. You'll want to buy it for every dad you know.
$6.95
ISBN-13: 9781563054419
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, Usually Arrives In 1-5 Days
Published: Workman Publishing, 10/1993
These are some crazy dinosaurs: they play volleyball, they dance, they're every color under the sun. And this might be a book that you wouldn't mind reading over and over and over. Well, you'll like it at least through the three hundredth read.
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780670061983
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, Usually Arrives In 1-5 Days
Published: Viking Juvenile, 3/2009
Adrian's extremely interested in Llama's emotional state as he goes from super lonely and sad at school and then happy when Mama Llama comes back. It's rhyming and fun to read aloud, especially to prepare toddlers for preschool.
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9780810983212
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harry N. Abrams, 3/2009
Whenever we're feeling down, we read this book. McClure's woodcut illustrations are sweeping and gorgeous, and Rylant's text is a bit of sunshine and hope. We give it to all our new baby friends.
$3.99
ISBN-13: 9780763645106
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, Usually Arrives In 1-5 Days
Published: Candlewick, 8/2009
This almost wordless book is one of our favorites to read, you can change the story a bit each time, but the animals in the jungle are all totally cool and help Bobo find his mommy and get a hug.
$26.99
ISBN-13: 9780152567118
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, Usually Arrives In 1-5 Days
Published: Sandpiper, 5/1991
The repetition in this one is fun, but Adrian loves the bluish illustrations of the whole house piling on top of one another to take a snooze.
$8.99
ISBN-13: 9780061474538
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: HarperFestival, 4/2008
This one's a classic, but still so much fun. And the monkey noises make Adrian smile every time.
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780316015479
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 4/2009
This one is a recent fave. Great illustrations and it's about the Highline in NYC so it has fun local appeal. Once he's old enough to understand, Adrian will totally love visiting the Highline in person after reading about a boy who began a beautiful garden on top of an elevated old subway line.
$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780064438452
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, Usually Arrives In 1-5 Days
Published: HarperCollins, 6/2007
A dachshund getting fit so he can become a superhero and save other animals in the neighborhood. We have two dachshunds so Adrian really enjoys this funny and heartwarming story, but the illustrations of Dex and his little muscles are worth it alone.
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061906220
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, Usually Arrives In 1-5 Days
Published: HarperCollins, 3/2010
Our good friend in Atlanta sent Adrian this for his 2nd birthday recently and it's an awesome, sing-songy read aloud. Pete's shoes start out white then he steps in mud, strawberries and other various-colored items so his shoes change color. The text is repetitive and fun to read, and it comes with a CD!
