"The King's Dragon" - Scott Chantler

If you're looking for a funny, clean, full-of-adventure graphic novel...This is it! It's got everything from knights to pirates to kings to thieves, and even more impressive, an actually compelling plot with twists and turns.

This is #4 in the "Three Thieves" series. It's the backstory, told in parallel with the current story, of the knight hunting the thieves. He's got a personal vendetta for seeking them out. Also learn where the story REALLY started...

Read Also:

Jeff Smith's "Bone" series.

An "easy reader" lead up to The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander.

"The Messy Book" - Maudie Powell-Tuck

"HEAVE!" the take-away word from this book. Love, Love, LOVE books that break the 4th wall. This isn't so obvious about it.

Read this to my 2-yr-old nephew over the holidays and he learned a new word: heave! "Cat." "Dog." "Heave! *laugh*" It was adorable and awesome to listen to him crack himself up.

There's a big mess. Dog wants to clean it up, Cat doesn't. (With a slight environmental message) consider all the options Cat comes up with to dispose of the mess, anything to avoid cleaning.

Read Also:

A Perfectly Messed-Up Story by Patrick McDonnell.

Mr. Messy by Roger Hargreaves.

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown.