Marc Colagiovanni
When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left
A lighthearted visual pun book that works well for read-alouds but doesn't offer the narrative depth of a standard chapter book.
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Drummer Hoff
by Ed Emberley
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 320L · 2005
A Caldecott winner built entirely on the satisfying logic of a cumulative chain — kids love the rhythm and the payoff, and the rhyme scheme carries them through multiple rereads.
Noodles on a Bicycle
by Gracey Zhang
Picture book · ages 3–7 · 350L · 2024
A gleefully absurd picture book that rewards the illogic—noodles, a bicycle, and escalating chaos—with no moral, just visual silliness and repetition that makes toddlers giggle.
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
by Don Wood
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 480L · 1985
Peak silly-for-silly's-sake: a king who won't leave his bathtub and the increasingly absurd attempts to coax him out — illustrated with dense, laugh-out-loud detail on every page.