Picture Book Lists

In this humorous poem, Custard the cowardly dragon saves the fair maiden Belinda from the wicked Sir Garagoyle. (description from catalog)

When Max finds a box of long-forgotten toys, he builds a kingdom filled with adventures for himself and his two brothers. (description from catalog)

Princess Pinecone would like a real war horse for her birthday, instead of which she gets a plump, cute pony--but sometimes cuteness can be a kind of weapon, (description from catalog)

Sir Morien sets off from Africa in search of his father, and meets Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot who invite him to join their quest.

A young girl takes a hike with her father, asking many questions along the way about what princesses do. (description from catalog)

The king's battles with the dragon were always mighty and loud ... CLING CLANG CLONG! ROAR! Boy lived in a silence and couldn't hear the fighting. But Boy could see the fear around him ... and how everyone would be much happier without it. (description from catalog)

When a dragon has a temper tantrum, no one can tame him, except for a little boy with a good book, (description from catalog)

A hungry but finicky king wants Wobbly Bob as his new cook, but must pitch in to do everything the cook is afraid to do, from fishing to frying. (description from catalog)

A quirky picture book in the spirit of Monty Python about two bumbling knights who keep finding objects in a stove (a sword, a shield, a helmet) ... objects that ominously belong to their missing friend Harold. (description provided by the publisher)

A modern-day retelling of Cinderella narrated by the mouse who becomes Cinderella's stage coach.

A little knight, who has a temper, tires of his fighting practice and wanders into the forest where he meets a little dragon who also has a temper, as they become unlikely friends. (description from catalog)

A dragon resists the urge to eat the animals that approach his cave. (description from catalog)

Three princesses, each with a particular skill, decide they are bored with what they do and swap jobs. (description from catalog)

Once upon a time ...a king and queen discover, among their flowers, the teensiest, tiniest princess...with each passing day, the princess grows bigger and BIGGER. (description from catalog)

Grandfather, George, and their dog Meg set out for an ancient castle in Grandfather's flying machine to investigate reports of knights living there, in a book that challenges readers to find the knights hidden in the illustrations. (description from catalog)

A prince is kidnapped by a dangerous dragon, and the dragon's breath burns up all the clothes in the palace. The princess who loves the prince can only find a paper bag to wear when she goes to rescue her love. (description from catalog)

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves that she is a real princess. (description from catalog)

Young knight Charlie cannot find a single beast to slay, until she discovers there are monsters all around, and only she knows what to do to help her town of Little Import.