August 5, 2026

Picture Books My Oldest Still Has Not Outgrown

Who decided your kid was too old for picture books?

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These are the books featured in this post — tap any cover to find it on Amazon.

Cover of Madame Badobedah

Madame Badobedah

by Sophie Dahl

A picture book that is secretly three chapters, and the bridge a big kid crosses without noticing.

Cover of The Flamingo

The Flamingo

by Guojing

Nearly wordless graphic novel. A girl flies alone to visit her Lao Lao at the seaside; a flamingo feather sparks a grandmother's imagined story of a girl raising a baby flamingo. Sepia present, riotous color for the story.

Cover of The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

by Chris Van Allsburg

Fourteen drawings, fourteen captions, and no stories. Your kid has to write them.

Cover of Black and White

Black and White

by David Macaulay

Four stories running at once, one per corner, and a warning on page one that they may not be happening at the same time.

Cover of Doctor De Soto

Doctor De Soto

by William Steig

A mouse dentist, a fox with a toothache, and a vocabulary nobody bothered to simplify.

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