Finding the perfect picture book for young children can be challenging, but these top 5 new releases of 2023 are sure to delight kids aged 3 to 5 with their engaging stories and beautiful illustrations.
1. Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends: Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1 Paperback – January 31, 2023 by Kaz Windness
This heartwarming and affirming Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics book celebrates the beauty of true friendship!
Worm and Caterpillar are friends—best friends. Worm loves how they are just alike, but Caterpillar has a feeling there is a big change coming. Then Caterpillar disappears for a while and comes back as Butterfly. Will Butterfly and Worm still be friends?
Ready-to-Read Graphics books give readers the perfect introduction to the graphic novel format with easy-to-follow panels, speech bubbles with accessible vocabulary, and sequential storytelling that is spot-on for beginning readers. There’s even a how-to guide for reading graphic novels at the beginning of each book.
2. It's Really Cold Outside: A Really Bird Story (Really Bird Stories, 5) (Volume 5) Hardcover – Picture Book, November 7, 2023 by Harriet Ziefert (Author)
Join Really Bird and his friends who play outside in the snow while Really Bird keeps warm inside and directs the others in a game of throwing snowballs.
In It's Really Cold Outside!, Really Bird manages to stay warm while his friends play outside in the snow. By coming up with a creative idea, the friends manage to include everyone even if one member of the group isn't quite feeling up to facing the cold snowy weather.
3. Raisin meets Rum : Opposites on a Journey (Adventures of Raisin the Ragdoll Cat) Kindle Edition by Rooma Para (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
The story is about Raisin and Rum, two ragdoll cats, who are complete opposites in personality. Through a series of events and adventure, they realize how their opposite personalities complimented each other. They become best friends and also learn the concept of yin and yang.
Join Rum and Raisin on a journey full of surprises and find out why it's great to have friends who are different from us. Kids will enjoy the adventure and have fun coloring.
4. Avocado’s Surprise Birthday Party! (Avocado the Turtle Book 2) Kindle Edition by Kiara Shankar (Author), Vinay Shankar (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Avocado and her friends Lemon, Bacon, and Honey are having a fun picnic. There, her friends find out that Avocado's birthday is coming up soon. They decide to plan a surprise party for her. But keeping it a secret is hard. Can they pull off the perfect birthday party for Avocado? Find out in this heartwarming book about the power of friendship and the joy of special occasions.
"True friendship brings joyfulness to one's life."
5. The Great Polar Frog Paperback – November 1, 2023 by P. J. O'Connor (Author), Patrick J. O'Connor (Author), N. T. Collom (Illustrator), & 1
The Great Polar Frog:
A Children's Read-to-Me Picture Book
When Monty wakes up one morning and goes outside, he finds himself taken for an unexpected ride from the arctic forests to the urban skyscrapers of New York. On the way, he gains a new appreciation for the classic movie King Kong, but is his captor a freak of nature, or a creature of enchantment? You decide.
And whatever you do, never step on a frog!