https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:03:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919307 Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:37:33 +0000 poppygirl15 2919307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For your 8 year old, my DD just sped through all of the Upside Down Magic books. Also, Boxcar kids. Roald Dahl is great, too. For your younger two, Magic Treehouse series is great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919289 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:10:30 +0000 SteelerGirl 2919289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My princess-loving 4 year old loves the Mercy Watson series. They are a "first chapter book", so only pictures on every other page or so, and fairly long as far as picture books go. But my daughter loves them so much we will read an entire one in one sitting (takes about 20 minutes when I'm reading). There's nothing girly about them. Mrs. Starfish wrote that her girls love this series, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919284 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:38:29 +0000 hilary 2919284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love the STEM series like...<br /> Iggy Peck Architect<br /> Ada Twist Scientist<br /> We also love<br /> What do you do with and idea<br /> What do you do with a problem<br /> There's also a great series of biographies called Ordinary People Change the World </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919280 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 22:56:39 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2919280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are the only new ones I can suggest:<br /> Those darn squirrels and the sequel Those darn squirrels and the cat next door.<br /> Stam train Dream train<br /> The secret pizza party </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919279 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 15:17:25 +0000 Miss Ariel 2919279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love anything from Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Some favorites are The Stinky Cheese Man, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, and John, Paul, George, and Ben. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919277 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 10:34:10 +0000 Milk Tea 2919277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Curious George books are still great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919275 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:50:01 +0000 Silva 2919275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>-The Journey trilogy by Aaron Becker is a must have, in my opinion.<br /> -Margaret Atwood has a great series of longer picture books that are funny and clever<br /> -Runaway Mummy and Goodnight Goon are fun "spooky" books for Halloween<br /> -Herve Tullet's books are fun<br /> BramblyHedge Series</p> <p>if you want some fun read aloud chapter books: Ramona, Gooney Bird Greene, and Tumtum and Nutmeg, have been our favorites lately </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919273 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:44:42 +0000 Chuckles 2919273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lisa1783: ooh, yes to Narwhal and Jelly! My 7yo loves them! Also, in a similar vein of kid graphic novels, the Bird and Squirrel series is great </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919266 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:06:37 +0000 MoonMoon 2919266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love some of the classics like</p> <p>Make Way for Ducklings<br /> Blueberries for Sal<br /> Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs<br /> Best Friends for Frances </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919265 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:52:45 +0000 lisa1783 2919265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Bad Seed and all the books by the author/illustrator duo - The Good Egg, The Cool Bean</p> <p>Narwhal and Jelly is also really cute - it's a narwhal but it's not really girly - both my boys (8/5) love the series! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919263 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:51:51 +0000 PinkElephant 2919263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: Yes! We do &amp; love them. Four year old especially is a huge Knuffle Bunny fan.</p> <p>@jhd: Oh yes! The older two love Kate DiCamillo (Mercy Watson author) - I forgot those since they're more of a "chapter" picture book.</p> <p>Thank you everyone for the great suggestions! Lots of reminders about things we've read before (and may want to get again), and lots of new material, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919262 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:28:14 +0000 Tionn3 2919262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Gruffalo<br /> Little Blue Truck Leads The Way<br /> Dragons Love Tacos<br /> What Wil Grow<br /> Here We Are : Notes for Living on Planet Earth<br /> Zen Shorts </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919261 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:22:40 +0000 wrkbrk 2919261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: Have any Mo Williams? My son (4.5) looooves the pigeon books and requests them over and over. Silly but cute and definitely gender neutral. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919260 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:21:33 +0000 erinbaderin 2919260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, anything illustrated by the Fan brothers - The Darkest Dark (Chris Hadfield’s book), the Night Gardener, the Antlered Ship, and Where Ocean Meets Sky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919259 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:06:09 +0000 bhbee 2919259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catgirl: yes to all Chris Van Dusen! We really love Circus Ship in addition to the If I Built books (and it’s fun to see his illustration style in books he didn’t write like Mercy Watson). </p> <p>I also love Snail and the Whale (same author/illustrator as the Gruffalo). It’s so soothing to read and a nice message. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919258 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:56:54 +0000 charm55 2919258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Hat Trilogy<br /> Sam and Dave dig a hole<br /> The Monstore<br /> Press Here<br /> The day the crayons quit<br /> Mal &amp; Chad series<br /> The book with no pictures<br /> Don’t open this book<br /> Meet Yasmin<br /> Jabari Jumps<br /> A bike like Sergio’s </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919257 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:35:16 +0000 Aria 2919257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We like Monster Trouble and It Came in the Mail. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919256 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:50:03 +0000 jhd 2919256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: I have been working my way through this list of funny books requesting a few each week from the library. <a href="https://happilyeverelephants.com/home/funny-childrens-books" rel="nofollow">https://happilyeverelephants.com/home/funny-childrens-books</a><br /> Love so many of the books mentioned above. My 6yo loves Mo Willems books. We started reading them last year but we have been rereading the Pigeon and Elephant and Piggie books we own and checking out everything else we can find by him at the library. </p> <p>Another new favorite is the Mercy Watson series. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919254 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:39:52 +0000 ilovepie 2919254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dragon Hunters and Dragon Tamers are two of a series about brothers and a dragon. </p> <p>Arthur and the Golden Rope and others by Joe Todd Stanton are fun mythology-ish adventure books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919253 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:32:13 +0000 krispi 2919253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dragons Love Tacos is one that I actually like reading, along with Giraffes Don't Dance and Be Brave Little Penguin. Those last 2 might be a little on the young end for your girls. </p> <p>We have Rosie Revere, Engineer, and there are several others in that series that are all good and encourage STEM!</p> <p>My daughter also really enjoys anything with Pete the Cat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919251 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:50:54 +0000 erinbaderin 2919251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Bird series, It’s a Tiger, and Here Comes Destructosaurus by Jeremy Tankard<br /> Anything by Oliver Jeffers, who is my absolute favourite<br /> Mighty Mighty Construction Site</p> <p>A little older and more beginner chapter books (my six year old LOVES these): the Dragon Masters and Bad Guys series. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919246 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:03:21 +0000 catgirl 2919246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with dragons love tacos (and the second one) and the book with no pictures</p> <p>We also love the if I built a school, if I built a house, and if I built a car books - really anything by Chris Van Dusen. We like the Andrea Beaty books - there are female characters but I don’t think the books are girly. Lately DD really likes The three little wolves and the big bad pig, Dragon post, Jabari jumps, stellaluna, the gruffalo, room on the broom (and again most books by Julia Donaldson), the most magnificent thing, and the adventures of taxi dog. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919245 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:44:28 +0000 Chuckles 2919245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first few that come to mind: The Little Blue Truck books, Dragons Love Tacos, The Word Collector, National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of How, The Book with No Pictures, Rabbit Listened, Everything You Need for a Treehouse, any and all Mo Willems books, Click Clack Moo, and Strictly No Elephants </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/non-girly-picture-books#post-2919244 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:00:16 +0000 PinkElephant 2919244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looking for suggestions for picture books with more "boyish" or at least gender-neutral themes. I have three little girls, ages almost 4, 6, and 8 (the older two read on their own, but still really love hearing picture books/reading them to each other)....and as you can imagine, a lot of our book collection is centered around unicorns, princesses, dollies kittens, puppies, etc. I love these stories, as do they, but am looking to branch out a little bit. </p> <p>We'd love to read more about monsters, dragons, rockets.....but right now our library is closed and we have to make specific hold requests online, so it's hard to just browse without having a few specific titles to use as a starting point.</p> <p>They LOVE "Creepy Carrots", "A Creepy Pair of Underwear", "Wolfie the Bunny", the "Pig the Pug" series...I'd like to find more things like this (ie, a little bit of silly is great). Thanks in advance! </p>