[DianaM Posts: 968 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

I'm looking for lyrical, literary pb's, with a kind of dreamy quality, along the lines of A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE and FREDERICK. That sort of thing. Any suggestions?

[Barbara Etlin Posts: 2,219 Status: Offline WWW]

Would OWL MOON qualify?   

[Jayca Posts: 1,737 Status: Offline]

What Do You Do With An Idea by Kobi Yamada is a recent favorite of mine

[DianaM Posts: 968 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

Great suggestions! Thanks!

[dkshumaker Posts: 1,144 Status: Offline WWW]

I just read Phillip Stead's latest - Ideas Are All Around. Very lyrical, in my humble opinion.

[DianaM Posts: 968 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

Oh, I'll have to check it out. Can't believe I haven't read that by now. Thanks, dk!

[Anne Marie Posts: 2,852 Status: Offline VAMPIRINA season 3 is on Disney Junior now! WWW]

Kristy Dempsey's A DANCE LIKE STARLIGHT, which won the Golden Kite for picture book text.

[DianaM Posts: 968 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

Thanks, Anne Marie! Sounds like a good one.

[DianaM Posts: 968 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

In case anyone else reads this and is interested in suggestions, I want to add Dario and the Whale to the list. I just read an advance copy. It's lovely.

[AmyD Posts: 147 Status: Offline WWW]

And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Erin Stead. Lyrical for sure!

[Marcia Posts: 474 Status: Offline Never Too Late To Be What You Were Meant to Be WWW]

After spending the weekend with Jane Yolen (boot camp) I thought of OWL MOON right off the bat, same as Barbara. Another one by Jane and her daughter is YOU NEST HERE WITH ME. So many great bedtime stories have that dreamy, lyrical quality. Also, COWBOY DREAMS by Kathi Appelt.

[Jean Reidy Posts: 724 Status: Offline I love kids' books!! WWW]

ALL THE WORLD - by Liz Garton Scanlon

[carrots Posts: 551 Status: Offline]

Just read BUNNY'S FIRST SPRING by Sally Lloyd-Jones and David McPhail to my little guy. It practically sang me to sleep right along with him.....

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THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT  by Susan Swanson

[JulieM Posts: 815 Status: Offline WWW]

THE DUCK AND THE DARKLINGS by Glenda Millard and Stephen Michael King
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21563839-the-duck-and-the-darklings?from_search=true&search_version=service
FIRE by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20762714-fire?from_search=true&search_version=service
Also, their FLOOD

[DianaM Posts: 968 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

THanks for the additional suggestions! These are fantastic!   

[DellaRF Posts: 1,594 Status: Offline website: www.DellaRossFereri.com Twitter: @DellaRF WWW]

The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse

by Patricia MacLachlan

[stephanie-lucianovic Posts: 114 Status: Offline Stand picky, stand proud. WWW]

"If You Want to See A Whale" and "And Then It's Spring" by Julie Fogliano

"Moon Plane" by Peter McCarty

"How to Catch a Star" by Oliver Jeffers

[dkshumaker Posts: 1,144 Status: Offline WWW]

OMG Stephanie, I LOVED reading Moon Plane with my boys when they were little. That book is just lovely. Except for the very last line. I remember every time I read it, I felt like it was missing one beat. I wish I saved it so I could read it again. Did the last line feel incomplete to you?!

[stephanie-lucianovic Posts: 114 Status: Offline Stand picky, stand proud. WWW]

Did the last line feel incomplete to you?!

Yes, it always has felt a bit off to me! Something about the pat rhyme "flying high in the sky" just didn't fit with the dreamy, slide-y, meditative tone of the rest of it.

[DianaM Posts: 968 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

Excellent suggestions! Thank you!

[Andi W. Posts: 546 Status: Offline WWW]

I'm late to the party, but...

Once Upon a Memory by Nina Laden

Blue on Blue by Diane White

[DianaM Posts: 968 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

Those look great. Thanks, Andi!