Are you invited to be the mystery reader in your child or grandchild’s classroom? We can help you with your selection, with a growing collection of picture books and nonfiction books for your perusal. Just come downstairs and ask the Children’s staff about the read-aloud cart. Here is a small selection of the 99 (plus) books on our purple cart:

Blurp’s Book of Manners by Cindy Derby 

"When etiquette coach Ms. Picklepop teeters off her stool and spills a bucket of paint, a creature emerges. Not a scary one, or an evil one, or anything of the sort. Instead, what comes alive is... BLURP! She'll have to carry on with her lesson, despite Blurp's many, messy distractions. But paint splotches and burps aren't all that disrupt Ms. Picklepop's decorous class. Perhaps through an unlikely friendship, Ms. Picklepop will learn a thing or two about manners herself" -- Amazon.  

The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak 

In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what.

Giraffe Problems by Jory John 

"A giraffe struggles to feel comfortable with his neck"-- Provided by publisher.

Good Boy, Fergus! By David Shannon 

Except for his bath, Fergus experiences the perfect doggy day, from chasing cats and motorcycles to being scratched on his favorite tickle spot.

I Am Not a Chair! By Ross Burach 

A giraffe's day goes from bad to worse when every animal he encounters mistakes him for a chair.

Say Hello to Zorro! By Carter Goodrich 

Mister Bud, the family dog, has a satisfying routine to his life, but when another dog joins the family and disrupts his schedule, Mister Bud must learn to adapt.

Stuck by Oliver Jeffers 

When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.

That Is Not a Good Idea! By Mo Willems 

A surprising lesson about the importance of listening to one's inner gosling ensues when a very hungry fox issues a dinner invitation to a very plump goose.

Who Wet My Pants? By Bob Shea 

When Reuben the bear brings doughnuts to his forest friends, they discover that his pants are wet, and he angrily accuses them of the dirty deed.