Secondhand Picture Book Bargain Book Box SP4288

Secondhand Picture Book Bargain Book Box SP4288

Twelve picture books, mostly paperback and mostly recent: two Julia Donaldsons (Tyrannosaurus Drip and The Paper Dolls), Nick Bland’s The Wrong Book, Leila Rudge’s Gary, Danny Katz’s That’s the Sound the Street Makes, Harry and the Dinosaurs, 101 Bums, Who Pooed in My Loo?, and Amelia Bothe’s Ellie Has a Secret. Funny, rude, and a couple that will make a grown-up cry.

1. Tyrannosaurus Drip — Julia Donaldson & David Roberts — A duckbill egg rolls into a T-rex nest and the hatchling is raised by meat-eaters who think he’s a drip. He’s not. Donaldson’s dinosaur book, and Roberts’s T-rexes are the best villains he’s drawn.
2. Who Pooed in My Loo? — Emma Adams & Mike Byrne — A unicorn on the toilet and a mystery to solve. The toilet-humour book that gets requested every night, with a lot of flaps.
3. 101 Bums — Sam Harper & Chris Jevons — A gorilla, a unicorn, a sloth, an alien, and ninety-seven other bottoms in rhyme. For the four-year-old who finds the word funny, which is all of them.
4. Ellie Has a Secret — Amelia Bothe — A girl, a dragon, and a secret the pictures tell before the words do. Dark, lovely illustrations for a slightly older reader.
5. In the Jungle-y, Jungle-y! — Joshua George & Paul Nicholls — A monkey, a beehive, and bees that buzz off. Rhyming, bright and shouty.
6. Harry and the Dinosaurs Go to School — Ian Whybrow & Adrian Reynolds — Harry takes his bucket of dinosaurs on the first day of school and they help a boy who won’t talk. The first-day-of-school book that works.
7. That’s the Sound the Street Makes — Danny Katz & Mitch Vane — A girl walks to school and the street goes plock, whoosh, ding and clang. Katz and Vane’s Melbourne in noises, with an app to go with it.
8. The Paper Dolls — Julia Donaldson & Rebecca Cobb — A girl’s paper dolls go everywhere with her until a boy with scissors cuts them up, and they fly into her memory. The Donaldson book that makes parents cry; Cobb’s pictures are perfect.
9. The Wrong Book — Nick Bland — Nicholas Ickle is trying to tell a story and the wrong characters keep walking in: an elephant, pirates, a queen. Bland’s shouted comedy; CBCA shortlist.
10. Forget-Me-Not: Beautiful Buttercup — Michael Broad — A forgetful elephant and a warthog with a bad temper. Soft, funny, and the sequel to Forget-Me-Not.
11. Spot the Monkey in the Jungle — A search-and-find with a monkey hidden on every page and facts about every animal. Packed, says the cover, and it is.
12. Gary — Leila Rudge — Gary is a racing pigeon who can’t fly, so he collects souvenirs from the other pigeons’ trips. Then he gets on the wrong bus. CBCA Honour Book; Rudge’s quietest and best.