This is a short list of fun, engaging books that display craft and imagination.
Pencil & Eraser: New Friends Rule! by Jenny Alvarado (Author)
This is the third book in review on the site by Alvarado. Her graphic novels for early readers, which follow mundane school things like pencils and erasers, are both early-reader-friendly and fun to read.
Pencil and Eraser are best friends; however, a new friend is on the horizon! Ruler is perfect in everything she does: straight lines, ideas for goofiness, you name it. Eraser is having a hard time accepting a friend into their tight inner circle.
With Stella and the rest of the students due to be back from lunch time, they have to hurry up to find a missing green crayon. And, more importantly, can a dynamic duo become a trio without endangering a beautiful friendship?
Pencil & Eraser: New Friends Rule! is available since January 06, 2026.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 80/ Hardback
EAN/UPC: 9780593699898
Up next, a pancake book:
Plenty of Pancakes by Carrie Finison (Author), Brianne Farley (Illustrated by)
Opossum Topsy has a bear friend hibernating. The bear’s name is LLou Ann. As Spring approaches, she is preparing a welcome party. She has invited plenty of forest animals to the party and is planning to make pancakes for the reception. So many pancakes! However, someone is eating them as soon as she whips them out of the pan, who?
As Topsy frantically makes more pancakes only to see them disappear, she is worried about her bear friend: Soon, there won’t be any left for her!
All her friends come to the rescue to get the feast done in time. Can they make enough pancakes to feed everyone? And, will we find out who the mysterious pancake snatchers are?
Plenty of Pancakes will be available on January 27, 2026.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40 Hardback
EAN/UPC: 9780593700174
Finally, what if the wild invaded our homes?
The Wildest Thing by Emily Winfield Martin (Author)
Eleanor loved wild things.
Every wing and wild sprout.There was something wild inside of her,
waiting to come out…
This is a poetic take on our desire to become one with Nature.
The dreamy images portray a girl who wants to give in to her wild side, wild meaning to live in a place where squirrels delve in her kitchen and there are no clear boundaries between inside and outside. A graceful book with poetic imagery, it resembles a dream where this desire comes true.
The Wildest Thing is on sale since January 06, 2026.
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Hardback | Pages: 48
ISBN: 9798217023981
