In today's booklist episode, Chrissie shares 8 favorite backlist picture books that can be described as dark, weird, and funny.

FEATURED TITLES: DARK // WEIRD // FUNNY

• The Barnabus Project by the Fan Brothers
• Fortunately by Remy Charlip
• The Great Zapfino  by Mac Barnett and Marla Frazee
• How Dinosaurs Went Extinct by Ame Dyckman and Jennifer Harney
• The Incredible Book-Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
• The Pineapple Princess by Sabina Hahn
• Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe
• The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen

BONUS RECS

• It's a Secret by John Burningham
• Duckworth the Difficult Child by Michael Sussman
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff  and The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
• How to Eat a Book by Mrs. and Mr. MacLeod
• What If One Day by Bruce Handy and Ashleigh Corrin
• Dinosaurs Don't Exist by Mark Janssen
• Ten Word Tiny Tales by Joseph Coelho

ABSURD // PLAYFUL // WEIRD RECS

• TOASTY by Sarah Hwang
• CAROL AND THE PICLE-TOAD by Esme Shapiro
• DIM SUM PALACE by X. Fang
• THE WELCOME HOME by Amy June Bates
• INVISIBLE THINGS by Andy J. Pizza and Sophie Miller

2024 RELEASES

• PEPPER AND ME by Beatrice Alemagna (1/16)
• THE TEENY-WEENY UNICORN by Shawn Harris (2/6)
• I DO NOT EAT CHILDREN by Marcus Cutler (2/20)
• PRETTY UGLY by David Sedaris and Ian Falconer (2/27)
• SPIDER IN THE WELL by Jess Hannigan (3/19)
• MILLIE FLEUR'S POISON GARDEN by Christy Mandin (7/2)

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