Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner
Bootsie Barker is a terror who loves to pretend she's a salamander eating dinosaur. When Bootsie's parents go out of town and plan to leave her at the narrator's house, the young narrator must figure out just how to handle Bootsie Barker's viscious bite!

Who Wants a Dragon? by James Mayhew
Cute pictures fill this colorful rhyming picture book. A dragon tries to find love and a sense of belonging in a fantastical kingdom of knights, witches, fairies and princesses.

ish by Peter Reynolds
Ramon loves to draw but is discouraged once his older brother points out his pictures don't look like they're supposed to. His little sister begins collecting Ramon's crumpled up drawings and admiringly tells him they look . . . -ish, as in vase-ish or flower-ish. This is a very dear book that shows how sweet kids can be.