LARC Mocks: 2025 Picture Books

Abbas, Marzieh.  The Camel Library: A True Story from Pakistan.  SLJ 6/25

Abbott, Zoey.  This Year, a Witch!  K 4/15/25, PW 6/9/25, SLJ 6/25

Abtahi, Olivia.  The Interpreter.  PW 10/14/24, K 11/15/24

Aguila, Maria Dolores.  Meudo Sunday: A Spanglish Counting Book.  SLJ 6/25

Alcantara, Jacqueline.  Tios and Primos.  K 12/1/24

Alper, Sascha.  The Littlest Drop.  PW 1/27/25, K 2/1/25, SLJ 2/25

Andruetto, Maria Teresa.  Clara and the Man with Books in His Window.  SLJ 1/25

Archer, Micha.  Wind Watchers. K 12/15/24

Audrey, Heidi.  Ada and the Goat.  5/1-15/25

Augustine, Kesi.  Faith Takes the Train.  K 1/1/25

Avery, Sean E.  Frank's Red Hat.  SLJ 1/25

Awan, Jashar. Every Monday Mabel. PW 11/4/24, BL 2/1-15/25

Ayala-Kronos,Chris.  Under One Rainbow.  K 5/15/25

Bardugo, Leigh. The Invisible Parade. PW 6/9/25, K 6/15/25

Barnes, Brynne.  Black Boy, Rise.  SLJ 2/25

Barnes, Derrick. I Got You. PW 4/21/25, K 6/1/25, 6/1-15/25

Beatty, Melinda.  The Witch's Table.  BL 3/1-15/25

Beaton, Kate.  Shark Girl.  BL 2/1-15/25

Bell, Davina.  What To Do When You're Not Sure What to Do.  SLJ 5/25

Bingham, Winsome.  Fish Fry Friday.  K 5/15/25

Bird, Betsy. Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme. PW 1/13/25

Briere-Haquet, Alice.  Thread by Thread.  BL 1/1-15/25

Brockington, Drew.  Kitty Camp.  BL 4/1-15/25

Brown, Lisa.  The Moving Book.  K 5/1/25

Brown, Peter.  The Wild Robot on the Island.  SLJ 5/25, K 4/15/25

Brown-Wood, JaNay.  On Our Way! What a Day!  K 11/15/24

Burgess, Matthew. Fireworks. PW 2/10/25, K 3/115/25, 5/1-15/25

Cate, Annette.  Seven Little Ducklings.  K 11/1/24

Cho, Lian. Don't Eat Eustace. PW 6/30-7/7/25

Clanton, Ben.  Papilio.  K 12/1/24, PW 12/16-23/24

Colon, Justin.  The Zombees.  SLJ 6/25

Commeh, Kobina. Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim.  SLJ 1/25, BL 2/1-15/25

Cooke, Trish. Catch! PW 3/10/25

Cooper, Elisa.  Here Is a Book.  BL 4/1-15/25

Cordell, Matthew. To See an Owl. PW 9/30/24

Cortez, Rio.  The Blue Velvet Chair.  K 6/1/25

Crews, Nina.  Big Family Beach Day.  5/1-15/25

Croza, Laurel.  Rock.  BL 3/1-15/25

Dandurand, Joseph.  The Bears and the Magic Masks.  SLJ 3/25

David, Mabi.  How Do You Eat Color?  BL 3/1-15/25

de la Pena, Matt.  Home.  K 1/1/25

dePaola, Tomie. Where Are You, Bronte? PW 2/24/25, BL 3/1-15/25

Deedy, Carmen Agra. The Peanut Man. PW 12/2/24, K 1/1/25

Deedy, Lauren Agra. New Shoes for Leo. PW 3/17/25

Denise, Christopher.  Knight Owl and Early Bird.  K 1/1/25

Diffee, Matthew. Zip Zap Wickety Wack.  K 6/1/25

Doremus, Gaetan.  On All Fours.  K 1/1/25

Dudolf. Piggle the Pig: Party Problems.  K 6/15/25

Eady, Antwan. The Gathering Table. PW 3/24/25, K 3/15/25

Edwards, Nicola.  Grumpkin.  SLJ 6/25

Esbaum, Jill.  It's Corn Picking Time!  K 6/1/25

Fajardo, Sara Andrea.  Crack Goes the Cascaron: An Eggcellent Not-Just-For-Easter Shellebration.  SLJ 12/24

Felt, Julie. My Friend May. PW 3/17/25

Ferry, Beth.  The Peddler of Puddles. K 2/1/25, BL 4/1-15/25

Ferry, Beth. Evelyn Witch Gets a Pet. PW 6/9/25

Finck, Liana. Mixed Feelings. PW 10/14/24

Fleming, Meg. The Everything Trail. PW 5/19/25

Floca, Brian.  Island Storm.  PW 4/7/2025, K 5/15/25, 6/1-15/25

Frost, Maddie. Little Boo. PW 6/9/25

Garland, Sally Anne.  Spooky.  SLJ 6/25

Gopo, Patrice. Ripening Time. PW 1/27/25

Graegin, Stephanie. Everyday Bean (Tiny Bean's Big Adventures #1). PW 4/7/2025, K 5/1/25

Grant, Shauntay.  Bright Lights and Summer Nights.  K 4/1/25

Grigni, Noah.  Mama Moon: A Story About Love and Mental Health.  K 3/15/25

Guojing.  The House that Floated.  K 6/15/25

Hall, Michael.  Punch!  A Story about Kindness.  BL 4/1-15/25, SLJ 3/25

Handy, Bruce. Balloon. PW 6/30-7/7/25

Han, Sally Soweol.  Nightsong.  5/1-15/25

Hannigan, Jess.  The Bear Out There.  BL 4/1-15/25

Harjo, Joy. For a Girl Becoming. PW 2/17/25, K 4/15/25

Harris, Shawn. Let's Be Bees. PW 11/11/24, K 12/15/24, BL 1/1-15/25

Harris, Shawn.  The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn's Great Big Wish.  BL 3/1-15/25

Heck, Ellen.  Sunflower Seeds.  K 6/15/25

Heuer, Lourdes.  A Book of Maps for You.  K 2/1/25, PW 1/20/25, BL 1/1-15/25

Hillenbrand. Will.  The Winding Willow.  K 6/15/25

Hoefler, Kate.  The Couch in the Yard.  K 1/1/25

Howes, Kathy. Where the Deer Slip Through. PW 3/24/25, K 6/1/25, 6/1-15/25

Hrachovec, Anna. Short Dog, Long Dog: A Book of Opposites.  K 12/15/24

Hudson, Cheryl Willis. When I Hear Spirituals. PW 11/11/24

Irving, A.J.  The Bi Book.  5/1-15/25

Jaoui, Sylvaine.  I'm Like a Tree and a Tree's Like Me.  K 3/15/25

Jones, Erika Lynne.  Zara in the Middle.  SLJ 6/25

Jones, Keenan. Saturday Morning at the 'Shop. PW 10/14/24

Jonker, Travis.  Caboose.  PW 11/11/24, K 11/15/24

Kaba, Mariame & Jane Ball.  Prisons Must Fall.  BL 4/1-15/25

Kang, Angie. Our Lake. PW 1/6/25

Kaufman, Suzanne.  Blue.  K 3/15/25

Keller, Shana.  CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella.  K 6/15/25, PW 6/23/25

Kemp, Laekan Zea.  Dream For the Land.  K 4/1/25

Kheiriyeh, Rashin. Rose Weaves a Garden. PW 3/17/25

Khulmann, Torben.    BL 3/1-15/25

Killian, Alex.  In-Between Places.  K 2/1/25

Kim, Hye-Eun.  Pencil.  K 1/15/25

Kim, Jihyun. Blue Sky Morning.  SLJ 1/25

Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Bud Finds Her Gift. PW 6/23/25

Kinkz, Eliza.  Mistaco.  K 2/1/25

Kirsch, Vincent.  O.K. Is Gay.  K 3/15/25

Klassen, Jon.  Your Island.  BL 3/1-15/25

Kooser, Ted. Seven Skies All at Once. PW 3/31/25, K 5/15/25

Krans, Angela Pham.  Another Word for Neighbor.  K 4/15/25

Kuo, Julia. Home is a Wish. PW 10/28/24, K 12/15/24

Lam, Thao.  Everybelly.  K 2/15/25, SLJ 2/25, BL 4/1-15/25

Laminack, Lester.  A Cat Like That.  K 11/1/24, BL 1/1-15/25

LaRocca, Rajani.  Fall is for Beginners.  K 6/15/25

Laymon, Kiese.  City Summer, Country Summer.  K 1/15/25

Lee, Laura G.  Soy Sauce!  K 11/15/24

Lee, Y.S. Mrs. Nobody.  SLJ 2/25

Lies, Brian.  Cat Nap.  K 6/1/25, PW 6/16/25

Limon, Ada.  And, Too, the Fox.  K 11/1/24

Lindstrom, Carole. The Gift of the Great Buffalo. PW 11/4/24

Lopez, Paloma Angelina.  Popo the Xolo.  K 6/1/25

Mahoney, Kristin. A Pocket Full of Rocks. PW 9/30/24, BL 11/1-15/24

Mansour, Vivian.  Pilgrim Codex.  K 12/15/24

Marsol, Manuel.  Astro.  K 1/15/25

Martin, Marc. Dawn: Watch the World Awaken. PW 4/7/2025, K 5/1/25

Masumoto, David Mas. Every Peach Is a Story. PW 1/27/25, K 4/1/25

McNamara, Margaret.  Daisy Rewilds.  K 6/1/25

Meisel, Paul.  I Want It!  BL 4/1-15/25

Mensah, Bernard. Esi the Brave (Who Was Not Afraid of Anything).  K 1/1/25

Miller, Connie Colwell.  Adam Rocks...and Max Rolls!  BL 4/1-15/25

Miller, Sharee.  Jordan's Perfect Haircut.  SLJ 6/25

Montgomery, Ross.  Ant Party.  SLJ 12/24

Morales, Yuyi. Little Rebels. PW 6/16/25

Moses, Sheila P.  Sharing the Dream.  BL 11/1-15/24

Neal, Christopher Silas. We Leap Together. PW 12/9/24, K 3/15/25

Nelson, Adiba.  Oshun and Me: A Story of Love and Braids.  K 12/1/24

Ohnari, Yuko. Downpour: Splish! Splash! Ker-Splash! PW 1/6/25

Osman, Majdi.  Meena and the Microbiome.  BL 2/1-15/25

Park, Linda Sue.  Smiling Eyes.  SLJ 12/24

Parra, John. This Moment Is Special: A Día de Muertos Story (Day of the Dead). PW 6/9/25

Peña, Zeke. Sundust. PW 4/14/25, K 6/1/25

Pierre, Karly. Soggy Like Cush Cush. PW 1/27/25, K 6/1/25

Presley, Nadine.  The City of Jasmine.  K 5/1/25

Pritchard, Caroline Kusin. The Keeper of Stories. PW 11/11/24, BL 2/1-15/25

Ramsey, Calvin Alexander.  The Library in the Woods.  6/1-15/25

Ransome, James E. A Place for Us. PW 5/19/25, K 6/1/25

Rosie, Tanya. The Night of the Hedgehog. SLJ 6/25

Rothman, Scott.  Warm and Fuzzy.  BL 4/1-15/25

Safadi, Shifa Saltagi.  The Gift of Eid.  BL 2/1-15/25

Salmieri, Daniel. Next to Me. PW 2/17/2025

Saunders, Kirli. Afloat. PW 12/9/24

Scanlon, Liz Garton. The Family Tree. PW 6/23/25

Schwartz, Joanne.  Head Full of Clouds.  K 2/15/25, SLJ 2/25, BL 3/1-15/25

Seales, Stephanie. Mi Papa es un cowboy.  SLJ 12/24

Senechal, Jean-Francois.  Colette: The Solitary Bee.  K 3/15/25

Sharpson, Neil. Don't Trust Fish. PW 1/13/25, BL 4/1-15/25, SLJ 5/25

Shea, Bob. Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend. PW 12/9/24, BL 2/1-15/25

Sidman, Joyce. Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends. PW 6/16/25

Sima, Jessie. Snow Kid. PW 5/26/25

Small, Steve.  The Hare Who Wouldn't Share.  K 12/1/24, BL 2/1-15/25

Smalls, Alexander.  When Alexander Graced the Table.  K 12/1/24, PW 1/27/25

Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Firefly Season. PW 2/24/25

Smith, Lane.  Recess.  K 4/15/25

Smith, Nikkolas.  The History of We.  K 5/1/25

Soltis, Sue.  The Moon Moved In.  SLJ 3/25, K 5/1/25

Spillett, Tasha.  Raven's Ribbons. PW 10/21/24,  K 12/1/24, BL 1/1-15/25

Stead, Philip C.  A Snow Day for Amos McGee.  K 6/15/25, SLJ 6/25

Stead, Rebecca.  Anything.  PW 1/13/25, K 2/1/25, BL 4/1-15/25, SLJ 5/25

Straub, Emma.  Mama Hug.  K 11/15/24

Suleiman, Safa.  Hilwa's Gifts.  BL 2/1-15/25

Sullivan, Annie.  Ghouldilocks and the Three Ghosts.  SLJ 6/25

Tabor, Corey R. Cranky, Crabby Crow. PW 2/17/25

Tagaq, Tanya. I Would Give You My Tail.  SLJ 2/25, BL 4/1-15/25, K 6/15/25

Tagholm, Sarah.  We Are the Wibbly.  K 1/1/25

Tajsar, Maureen Shay.  Midnight Motorbike.  K 2/15/25

Taussig, Rebekah.  We Are the Scrappy Ones.  K 2/15/25

Taylor, Sean. Five Little Friends: A Collection of Finger Rhymes. PW 5/19/25

Taylor, Sean. You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems. PW 3/3/25

Timmers, Leo. The Monster in the Lake. PW 6/2/25

Tolentino, Marcelo.  Sunday.  K 11/1/24, SLJ 11/24

Tourmaline. One Day in June: A Story Inspired by the Life and Activism of Marsha P. Johnson. PW 4/14/25

Vail, Rachel.  You and Me, Anemone: A Story About Friendship and Personal Space.  K 3/15/25, SLJ 5/25, PW 5/5/25

Venit, Katie. Forts.  K 5/15/25

Wagamese, Richard.  The Animal People Choose a Leader: A Richard Wagamese Storybook.  BL 4/1-15/25

Waldman, Jenna.  A Purr-fect Passover.  SLJ 12/24

Wan, Joyce.  Be My Yummy ABC.  SLJ 12/24

Weber, Audrey Helen. Year Round. PW 6/16/25

Wedlick, Seina. Space for Everyone. PW 10/21/24

Wenzel, Brendan.  Good Golden Sun  SLJ 10/24

Willems, Mo.  Me and Other Bunnies.  K 2/1/25

Wilson, Rachel Michelle.  To Catch a Ghost.  SLJ 6/25

Xiao, Forest.  Seven Babies.  K 6/1/25

Xu Bin.  Picking Tea With Baba.  K 4/15/25

Yaccarino, Dan. Piccolo. PW 6/2/25

Yahu, Yaram.  My Afro is a Rising Sun.  SLJ 12/24

Yang, Kelly.  Little Bird Laila.  BL 1/1-15/25

Yuly, Toni.  Go, Sloth, Go!  K 5/15/25

Zuill, Andrea. Bob the Vampire Snail. PW 6/9/25

Zurbo, Matt.  If I Could...  K 4/15/25