By Cathy at the Library Station

If you’re looking for some fresh and fun picture books to share with your child, look no further than the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Awards (Building Blocks). This year’s list of nominees is a great place to start. You can also visit the Library’s Building Block Award webpage to find complete lists of past winners and nominees. Read at least five of this year’s nominees and then vote for your favorite here no later than January 15, 2021.

Mouse spies a nut up in a tree. Yummm. He wants to eat it! So he shakes the tree...but what falls out is not the nut! This starts a hilarious chain of events in this laugh-out-loud interactive picture book: Shake the Tree! by Chiara Bignocchi, Paolo Chiarinottie and Silvia Borando. Kids can help “shake” the tree and will delight in saying “Uh Oh!” and “I’m going to gobble you up!” Interactive books capture and hold the attention of young children by inviting them to participate. They are actively engaged in the reading process! 

For more book suggestions, songs and activities please visit the "Shake the Tree!" activity page on the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Website!

If you like this one, you might like other interactive titles:

Press Here by Hervé Tullet, translated by Christopher Franceschelli

Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson

Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Keep checking the Racing to Read Blog for more great Building Block nominees!

  Duck!

 Everybody Says Meow

 I Can Only Draw Worms

 Pokko and the Drum

 Octopants

 Dandy

The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award is sponsored by the Missouri Library Association and administered by the Youth Services Community of Interest. To learn more about the award, please visit the Missouri Library Association Building Block Award page.  

Questions or want more ideas? Email racingtoread@thelibrary.org