A friendly ghost meets an imaginative little girl, the only person who can see him, and helps catch a thief in her house. The drawings in this one are so lovely and The Bairn immediately asked for a second reading after I read it to him the first time.
Soup Day by Melissa Iwai
A little girl and her mother prepare vegetable soup on a cold day. My kids really love books about everyday life and they've found a lot to talk about with this one--which vegetables they like to eat, the shapes of the vegetables in the soup, etc. They even asked to make the soup in the story and then play the games that the girl and her mother play together. This one is reminiscent of Anne Rockwell's picture books (but I much prefer Iwai's illustrations).
Puffin Peter by Petr Horacek

Dr. De Soto by William Steig

The Snatchabook by Helen and Thomas Docherty
The story books in Burrow Down are disappearing right from under the inhabitants' noses until clever Eliza Brown catches the culprit and helps him make amends. Told in verse with beautiful illustrations, this feels like a new classic.
20 Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street by Mark Lee
When an ice cream truck breaks down in the middle of the street, it causes a traffic jam of twenty different vehicles. The Bairn loves all the vehicle books in the world, and I'm always happy when I find one that I don't mind reading again and again.
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