Questions in Picture Books

****Picture books that pose questions, which child and caregiver might discuss.

Questions Asked by Jostein Gaardner

• Pub Date: 2017 
• Grades 2-5 interest
• Translated from the Norwegian 
• See also: Picture Books for Older Readers, Imported

Once Upon a Memory by Nina Laden

• Pub Date: 2013
• I reviewed it: here 
• A poetic reflection on life's changes full of questions.

Why are you Doing That? by Elisa Amado

• Pub Date: 2014
• See also: International Settings
• A curious little boy asks questions of the people in his community to learn where his food comes from. 

Ask Me by Bernard Waber

• Pub Date: 2015
• See also: Taking a Walk, Fathers 
• A father and daughter take a walk and ask each other questions. 

Why am I Here? by Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen

• Pub Date: 2016
• Grades 3+ interest
• Translated from the Norwegian 
• See also: Picture Books for Older Readers, Issues/Activism, Imported Titles

Jacob's Eye Patch by Beth Kobliner

• Pub Date: 2013
•  A boy who wears an eye patch gets a lot of questions from people about it.

Questions, Questions by Marcus Pfister

• Pub Date: 2011
• Translated from the German
• See also: Imported/Translated, Nature
• Rhyming couplets pose questions about the natural world. 

Today by Julie Morstad

• Pub Date: 2016
• Questions throughout the day. 

Tweak Tweak by Eve Bunting

• Pub Date: 2011
• See also: Animal Attributes, Taking a Walk, Optimism
• A mama elephant takes her little one for a walk. 

The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom

• Pub Date: 2001
• A girl and her friend wait for the school bus, and she incessantly asks "Is this the bus for us?"

Why Do Cats Have Tails? by David Ling

• Pub Date: 2016
•  See also: Animal Attributes
• A little asks her grandpa why cats have tails and he gives her all sorts of silly answers that apply to other animals. 

City Moon by Rachael Cole

• Pub Date: 2017
• See also: Taking a Walk, Cities
• Mother and child take a walk to find the moon. The little boy asks all sorts of questions.

Over the Ocean by Taro Gomi

• Pub Date: 2016
• A child stands on a beach and asks questions about what might be on the other side of the ocean. 

Larry & Lola: What Will We Choose? by Elly van der Linden

• Pub Date: 2016
• See also: From Morning to Bedtime, Interactive 
• Each spread asks several questions about what Larry and Lola are doing as they go through their day. 

Who ate all the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont

• Pub Date: 2008
• A kangaroo searches for the animal who ate the cookie dough. Can you guess who it was? 

A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom

• Pub Date: 2005
• A goose asks his friend bear a series of questions.