We go slow.
Written by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie.
Illustrated by Aaron Becker.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2025.
Picture book.
Small moments of joy and wonder through a neighbourhood.
Possible read-alikes:
- Saturday by Oge Mora.
- Look up! by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola.
- So many wonderfuls by Tina Matthews.
- Dad, don't miss it! by Qiaoqiao Li.
- Last stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson.
- Busy-eyed day by Anne Marie Pace and Frann Preston-Gannon.
- Milo imagines the world by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson.
Bun.
Written and illustrated by Hana Kinoshita Thomson.
Allen & Unwin Children's Books, 2026.
Picture book.
Australian.
Carrot cake party time! Along with lots of things to spot in
the illustrations.
Possible read-alikes:
- Sundays under the lemon tree by Julia Busuttil Nishimura and Myo Yim.
- Harry and Gran bake a cake by Fiona McIntosh and Sara Acton.
- Apple cake by Dawn Casey and Genevieve Godbout.
- We're having a party (for everyone!) by Katie Vernon.
- Thunder cake by Patricia Polacco.
Maya's Holi.
Written by Thrity Umrigar.
Illustrated by Kamala Nair.
Scholastic Press, 2025.
Picture book.
Maya is visiting her grandparents in India, just in time for
Holi and all the joys of the festival.
Possible read-alongs:
The night before Holi by Swapna Haddow and Aditi Kakade
Beaufrand.
Holi by Sital Gorasia Chapman and Pranami Bora.
Festival of colors by Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Sehgal, and
Vashti Harrison.
Happy holi!: celebrating the Festival of Colours by Chitra
Soundar and Amberin Huq.
Shubh Diwali! by Chitra Soundar and Charlene Chua.
Garland of lights by Chitra Soundar and Amberin Huq.
Celebrate Nowruz!: a Persian New Year holiday to honor
spring by Zohreh Ghahremani and Susie Ghahremani.
Waiting for Hanami by J.P. Takahashi and HifuMiyo.
Calamity before Jane.
Written and illustrated by Noah Van Sciver.
Postscript by Dr. Susana Geliga.
TOON Books, 2025.
Graphic novel.
Recommended for older children (10+).
What is truth? What is story? What is entertainment? What is
exploitation?
It’s complicated – and so is Marth Jane Cannary, aka
Calamity Jane.
When I move.
Written by Carole Boston Weatherford.
Illustrated by Alea Marley.
Union Square Kids, 2025.
Picture book.
Rhyming text.
A celebration of movement, energy, imagination, and joy.
Possible read-alikes:
- All the wonderful ways to move by Laura Baker and Sandra de la Prada.
- Busy feet by Marcia Berneger and Susanna Chapman.
- Happy all over by Emma Quay.
- This is happy! by Anna Ross and Debi Gliori.
Bear's perfect dance.
Written and illustrated by Rachel Tilda Wolf.
Scallywag Press, 2026.
Picture book.
Bear wants a partner so he can dance like in his dreams.
Possible read-alikes:
- A dance with Santa Claus by Sandra Boynton.
- Little Puggle's dance by Vikki Conley and Hélène Magisson.
- Luna loves dance by Joseph Coelho and Fiona Lumbers.
- Brontorina and Tyrone O’Saurus dreams by James Howe and Randy Cecil.
- The more the merrier by David Martin and Raissa Figueroa.
- The Flora books by Molly Idle, starting with Flora and the Flamingo.
Reading to baby.
Written by Margaret Wild.
Illustrated by Hannah Sommerville.
Affirm Press, 2024.
Picture book.
Australian.
New baby, Dora, has three older brothers all ready to care
for their sister. Peter decides he will read to her. A gift that continues
through her childhood.
Possible read-alikes:
- The very best words by Erin Munro and Sarah Trolle.
- My sister is a treasure by Tracy Darnton and Yasmeen Ismail.
- Little book baby by Katrina Germein and Cheryl Orsini.
- The blur by Minh Lê and Dan Santat.
Seven babies.
Written and illustrated by Forest Xiao.
Walker Books, 2025.
Imagine finding SEVEN babies on your doorstep?!!!
Possible read-alikes:
- Wanted: the cutest baby in the world by Davina Bell and Sarah Zweck.
- Wherever you go by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman.
- Everyone's sleepy but the baby by Tracy C. Gold and Adèle Dafflon.
- Cuthbert’s babies by Pamela Allen.
- The baby who stayed awake forever by Sandra Salsbury.
How many animals can fit in this book?
Written and illustrated by Natalia Yaskina.
Flying Eye Books, 2025.
Picture book.
Poor Ant just want to be alone, but all these other animals
join in. Not your standard counting book.
Possible read-alikes:
- How many trees? by Barroux.
- Sand-play time on the sun-baked beach by Juliette MacIver and Lily Uivel.
- 10 dogs and 10 cats by Emily Gravett.
- One goose, two moose by Kael Tudor.
Samsara dog.
Written by Helen Manos.
Illustrated by Julie Vivas.
Working Title Press, 2006.
Picture book.
Australian.
A tale of reincarnation and redemption – and love.
Possible read-alongs:
- The little book of joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with Douglas Abrams and Rachel Neumann, illustrated by Raphael López.
- Zen shorts by Jon J. Muth.
- The mountains of Tibet by Mordicai Gerstein, introduced by Sogyal Rinpoche.
- The stuff of stars by Marion Dane Bauer and Ekua Holmes.
- Drop dead by Babette Cole.
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