Hey, guys! I haven’t posted children’s books for so long, but after chatting about it yesterday with a fellow blogger, I realized how much I’ve missed doing these. Hopefully you can find some books here for your children to enjoy. 🙂
Stormy: A Story About Finding a Forever Home
By Guojing
Stormy is a must-read for any dog lover. We picked this up because we read the author’s other book The Only Child which quickly became one of our favorites.
This wordless picture book has the most captivating illustrations. You can expect the same colorful, eye-catching artwork from the cover throughout the entire book. The story is about a little dog who appears to be lost and homeless. He’s very fearful and unsure of human contact. A girl who runs into him at a park takes interest and tries to coax him with a ball, but to no avail. After a few days of persistence, the little dog finally follows her home and a rainstorm develops. What will happen to this poor little dog? Will the girl ever see him again?
This book is beautifully illustrated and kept our interest from front to back. It never ceases to amaze me how an author can craft a story with no words–one so powerful that has such an emotional effect on people. The kids and I had a lot of emotion reading it and after discussing it, we ended up reading it multiple times again. This book deals with trust, fear, loneliness, love, perseverance, and kindness. It may be recommended for ages 3-7, but it’s truly a book for all dog lovers of any age.
We enjoy wordless picture books and this is definitely one we’ll keep. Highly recommend! We’ll always be on the lookout for more books by Guojing.
- Age Range: 3 – 7 years
- Grade Level: Preschool – 2
- Hardcover: 40 pages
- Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (September 17, 2019)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1524771767
- ISBN-13: 978-1524771768
The Addams Family: An Original Picture Book: Includes Lyrics to the Iconic Song!


- Age Range: 4 – 8 years
- Grade Level: Preschool – 3
- Series: The Addams Family
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (September 3, 2019)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 006294679X
- ISBN-13: 978-0062946799

I Hate My Cats (A Love Story) by Davide Cali and illustrated by Anna Pirolli has to be one of the best children’s books we’ve read this year. My six-year-old was smiling and laughing from front to back.
Ginger and Fred are the two cats in the story and each is different in their own way. Ginger likes to play with peas and remains fairly active, while Fred loves to sleep and is quite fearful. The cats irritate their owner in multiple ways to the point where he simply can’t stand it.
We were consistently reminded of our cats’ behavior throughout the story. I was unsure how much we’d love it with the word ‘hate’ as part of the title, but it’s just a reminder of the love/hate relationship we can sometimes have with our animals. I wish there was a lesson here for kids about loving their pets even when they’re bad, but it’s certainly easy to talk about it after.
This book is a very simple read with only a short sentence per page. The illustrations are gorgeous! If you have children who love cats, this is one to add to your list; although, it’s perfect for any cat owner no matter what age.
4****
- Age Range: 4 – 8 years
- Grade Level: Kindergarten – 3
- Hardcover: 44 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books (October 2, 2018)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1452165955
- ISBN-13: 978-1452165950

This has become one of my daughter’s favorite animal books this year.
The Big Book of Beasts is oversized and filled with illustrations and simple facts for many different animals from honey badgers to leopards. The general location is given for each animal as well. The writing is simple and easy to understand, so children can pick up the facts quickly and remember them.
We’ve been reading about one or two animals before bedtime and it’s something she looks forward to daily. I think we’ll just reread it all over again!
4****
- Age Range: 3 – 5 years
- Grade Level: Preschool – 2
- Hardcover: 64 pages
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson; 1 edition (April 18, 2017)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 050065106X
- ISBN-13: 978-0500651063
Karl, Get Out of the Garden!
Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything
By Anita Sanchez & Catherine Stock (illustrations)
This is an informative book for older readers learning about the classification system, and probably good as a read-aloud for younger readers as well. We appreciated the timeline and other notes in the back for further reading.
5*****
- Age Range: 7 – 10 years
- Grade Level: 2 – 5
- Hardcover: 48 pages
- Publisher: Charlesbridge (March 21, 2017)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1580896065
- ISBN-13: 978-1580896061
Image source: Penguin Random House

We really enjoyed this book; it’s one I would’ve loved to have as a child. The illustrations are beautiful and offer perfect breaks in the text for young readers. This is an early chapter book, but it’s wonderful as a read-aloud for very young children too. We all loved the ending, which was quite unexpected. This book is perfect for all animal lovers.
5*****
- Age Range: 7 and up
- Grade Level: 2 – 4
- Hardcover: 80 pages
- Publisher: Barefoot Books; 1 edition (November 1, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1846861160
- ISBN-13: 978-1846861161
Image source: Barefootbooks.com
That cat book looks adorable!
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Lisa, it really is. We fell in love with it! I think all cat owners will identify with it.
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I need to read it for sure then lol. I definitely have that relationship with my cats.
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Lol. It was too funny when we got to the page where the one cat is sitting on the edge of the litter box. We have two garage kittens (Kreese & Rigby) and Kreese is forever doing that so he soils the ground rather than in the litter box. Drives us crazy! I need to get one with a lid. 😂😂 I definitely think you’d love this one.
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My cat Loki does that once in a while! The turd. And overnight I woke up twice with him having fun times with two different stuffed animals I have in my bed, despite being fixed. Smh, cats. LOL
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Lol! That’s too funny. Our male dog is like that and I’m like: dude! You’re fixed already! Ugh, drives me mad. 😂
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I really don’t understand it! He has been good all summer but now that it’s cooler I put the fuzzy blanket on the bed, it’s got him all rowled up, apparently, lol.
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Lol! 😂😂😂 That is too hilarious. Animals are amazing creatures. They all have minds of their own, don’t they?
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Indeed lol
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Some of these illustrations are gorgeous! I’d especially enjoy the cat book – having a feline overlord, I totally get that love/hate thing with them.
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Aren’t they? I think Stormy came out to be our favorite of all. We usually have a lot more to say about wordless picture books too. 😂
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I think Stormy would be my favourite…too cute and the illustrations look amazing!
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It’s so beautiful, Cathy, and such a wonderful story too. My kids all love animals, but my middle daughter especially, and the girl in this book reminds me of her so much because I know this is how my daughter would react to this little pup. Just so sweet!
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Ah, that’s lovely 💕
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The first book about the lost dog looks beautiful and a perfect educational tool about kindness to animals. Wonderful post, Jen!!
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It certainly is, Vanessa. Thank you 😊
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So, did the wolf pup grow up and eat Maria? Now THAT would be the kind of children’s story I could get behind 😉
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Lol! That’s definitely not how it ended. 😂 That would be interesting though! 😉
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I love the sounds of all of them, but especially Stormy and the cat book. Great reviews, M!
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You’d love those, Jen. I just know it! 😉 Thank you.
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Great kids books!! I am particularly drawn to Stormy, the wordless book. Sometimes pictures and images speak stronger than words. I love this post!!
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Noriko, that book is so beautiful! Wordless picture books are some of my favorites. We always end up reading most of them over and over again. 😉 Thanks for inspiring me to get back into writing up these posts. ❤
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You are welcome ❤ I'm so glad to know that I could be a source of your inspiration 😉
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Wow! What a collection. I fell in love with the cover of Stormy. Are these your books or library books? Lol. I wanna check them out when I come home for the holidays. 👍🏻💕
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Hahaha! Some are ours and some are library. I think you’ll love them all! ☺️❤
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I don’t know if I have ever read a wordless book before but the art in Stormy looks beautiful and I want to check it out!! Great reviews 😀
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Stormy is so beautiful! I highly recommend it. ❤
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Such gorgeous books Jen. I like the looks of several of them and will have to see if I can find them at the library as I can’t buy anymore children’s books, I have way too many now. Stormy especially grabs me and of course The Adam’s Family Book brings back great memories. Awesome reviews.
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We’re trying to cut back on buying books too. I think you’d love all of these, especially Stormy. Take care and have a good weekend! 🧡
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Great reviews. I highly recommend Stormy!!
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Haha That cat book sounds hilarious and adorable! ^_^ I love the title. Cats definitely have a way of inspiring mixed emotions with all their troublesome-yet-cute-antics, don’t they? 😛
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So many cute books & wonderful reviews on them all. I love dogs & cats so much, I have to check out Stormy & I Hate My Cats now! 😂 I don’t have any kids but, I still enjoy the children’s books posts from you! Thanks for sharing! 💗
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