Here is a list of picture books that have adult appeal and might work, although as picture books go, some of them are a bit wordy, but your patron might be able to condense some of the longer bits.

Any picture books by James Herriot or Patricia Polacco The Sea Chest, by Toni Buzzeo Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney The Hickory Chair, by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
My Great Aunt Arizona, by Gloria Houston
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, by D.B. Johnson
The Quilt Story, by Tony Johnston
Just Like New, by Ainslie Manson

Dahlia, by Barbara McClintock
The Rag Coat, by Lauren Mills
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, by Margo Theis Raven
Cinderella, by Ruth Sanderson
The Gardener, by Sarah Stewart
Mailing May, by Michael O. Tunnell
Too Many Pumpkins, by Linda White

Lina Crowell Warren County Library

-----Original Message----- From: Suzanne Klein [mailto:SKl...@EBPL.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 1:06 PM To: njy...@njstatelib.org Subject: [njyac] Picturebooks for adult day care

Hi, everyone --

We have a regular customer who volunteers to read aloud at an adult day care center. Many of the people she works with have conditions that have affected their ability to pay attention for a long period of time or fully understand what she's reading. She reads a lot of simple poetry to them and has even had some success with children's magazines, but picture books are the hardest category to find something that works.

If you've helped someone in a similar situation or can think of a title that's simple, not too wordy, but would not be condescending or unsophisticated for an adult audience, please send me your ideas!

Thanks, Suzanne

Suzanne M. Klein Youth Services Librarian East Brunswick Public Library 2 Jean Walling Civic Center E. Brunswick, NJ 08816 (732) 390-6789 skl...@ebpl.org...@ebpl.org">sklein@ebpl.org

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