Picture Books for Older Readers

Not all picture books are only for the preschool & primary grade audience. Some can be appreciate by a much wider audience. This list includes picture books that will appeal to upper elementary grades or older.

I Dreamt by Gabriela Olmos

• Pub Date: 2013
• Grades 4-8 interest 
• See also: For a Good Cause, Issues/Activism
• Explores the idea of hope for children growing up in violent place. 

Ideas are all Around by Philip Stead

• Pub Date: 2016 
• All ages 
• See also: Writing Prompts, Taking a Walk 
• An author takes a walk around the neighborhood. 

The Journey by Franesca Sanna

• Pub Date: 2016
• Grades 2-5 interest 
• I wrote about it here
• See also: Issues/Activism

The Treasure Box by Margaret Wild

• Pub Date: 2017
• Grades 2-5 interest 
• See also: Issues/Activism

Questions Asked by Jostein Gaardner

• Pub Date: 2017 
• Grades 2-5 interest

How To by Julie Morstad

• Pub Date: 2013
• All Ages
• See also: Imagination 
• A celebration of childhood and imagination. 

Why am I Here? by Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen

• Pub Date: 2016
• Grades 3+ interest
• Translated from the Norwegian 
• See also: Questions, Issues/Activism, Imported Titles

Bertolt by Jacques Goldstyn

• Pub Date: 2017
• All ages
• See also: Nature 
• A boy's best friend, a tree named Bertolt, dies.