Picture Books that Feature Reusing, Repurposing, & Recycling

Little Blue Chair by Cary Fagan

• Pub Date: 2017
• When a little boy outgrows a little chair, they pass it on to someone else. The chair becomes all sorts of different things before the boy finds it again.

I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn

• Pub Date: 2011
• See also: POC on the Cover 
• A little girl's dress becomes something new every time she outgrows it thanks to her mom's sewing skills. 

I Like Old Clothes by Mary Ann Hoffman

• Pub Date: 2011 (updated version, original published in 1976)
• Celebrates hand-me-down clothing. 

Sebastian and the Balloon by Philip Stead

• Pub Date: 2014
• Sebastian makes a hot air balloon out of grandma's old quilts and afghans.