Contemporary Fiction
Selected Books
These contemporary fiction picture books and many more can be found in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
Hot Dog by 
Grandpa's Top Threes by 
Henry, Like Always by 
Once upon a Book by 
Big (Caldecott Medal Winner and Coretta Scott King Honor Title) by Contemporary Fiction Books
Contemporary fiction picture books tell a realistic story that could happen in today's world.
Find these contemporary fiction picture books and many others in the Children's Collection on Montgomery Library's main floor.
| Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day / Judith Viorst | PZ 7 .V816 Al 1972 | |
| Big / Vashti Harrison | PS 575 .S37 H37 2023 | |
| Big cat, little cat / Elisha Cooper | PZ 7 .C7847 Bi 2017 | |
| Building our house / Jonathan Bean | PZ 7 .B3664 Ou 2009 | |
| Charlie & Mouse / Laurel Snyder | PZ 7 .S6851764 Ch 2016 | |
| Charlie Piechart and the case of the missing pizza slice / Eric Comstock | PZ 7.1 .C6463 Ch 2015 | |
| Chu's Day / Neil Gaiman | PZ 7 .G1273 Ch 2013 | |
| Cold snap / Eileen Spinelli | PZ 7 .S7566 Cns 2012 | |
| Crown: an ode to the fresh cut / Derrick Barnes | PZ 7 .B26154 Cro 2017 | |
| Every dog in the neighborhood / Philip C. Stead | PZ 7.S808566 Ev 2022 | |
| Firebird / Misty Copeland | PZ 7 .C7887 Fir 2014 | |
| Flashlight / Lizi Boyd | PZ 7 .B6924 Fl 2014 | |
| Forever Cousins / Laurel Goodluck | PZ 7.1 .G6539 Fo 2022 | |
| Frank and Lucky get schooled / Lynne Rae Perkins | PZ 7 .P4313 Fr 2016 | |
| Grandpa's top threes / Wendy Meddour | PZ 7.1 .M4656 Gr 2019 | |
| Grumpy grandpa / Heather Henson | PZ 7 .H39863 Gru 2009 | |
| The hello, goodbye window / Norton Juster | PZ 7 .J984 He 2005 | |
| Henry, Like Always / Jenn Bailey, Mika Song | PZ 7.1 .B325 2023 | |
| Hot dog / Doug Salati | PZ 7.1 .S2476 Ho 2022 | |
| King & Kayla and the case of the lost tooth / Dori Hillestad Butler | PZ 7 .B9759 Ki 2018 | |
| Knuffle Bunny / Mo Willems | PZ 7 .W65535 Knu 2007 | |
| Knuffle Bunny Too / Mo Willems | PZ 7 .W65535 Knu 2004 | |
| Last stop on Market Street / Matt de la Pena | PZ 7 .P3725 Las 2015 | |
| Lost in NYC: a subway adventure / Nadja Spiegelman | PZ 7.7 .S65 Lo 2015 | |
| Lucky song / Vera B. Williams | PZ 7 .W6685 Lu 1997 | |
| The me I choose to be / Natasha Anastasia Tarpley | PZ 8.3 .T1475 Me 2021 | |
| Mel fell / Corey R. Tabor | PZ 7.1 .T29 Me 2021 | |
| Michael Rosen's sad book / Michael Rosen | PZ 7 .R71867 Mg 2005 | |
| The moon is going to Addy's house / Ida Pearle | PZ 7.1 .P43 Mo 2015 | |
| Nana in the city / Lauren Castillo | PZ 7 .C26868 Nan 2014 | |
| Oh, the places you'll go / Dr. Seuss | PZ 8.3 .G276 Og 1990 | |
| Once upon a book / Grace Lin & Kate Messner | PZ 7 .L644 2023 | |
| Outside in / Deborah Underwood | PZ 7 .U4193 Out 2020 | |
| Outside, inside / LeUyen Pham | PZ 7 .P4486 Ou 2021 | |
| Over the ocean / Taro Gomi | PZ 7 .G586 Ov 2016 | |
| Pete's a pizza / William Steig | PZ 7 .S8177 Pe 1998 | |
| Pig the stinker / Aaron Blabey | PZ 8.3 .B568 Pm 2019 | |
| The relatives came / Cynthia Rylant | PZ 7 .R982 Re 1985 | |
| The rough patch / Brian Lies | PZ 7 .L618 Rou 2018 | |
| Smoky night / Eve Bunting | PZ 7 .B91527 Sl 1994 | |
| Thank you, Mr. Falker / Patricia Polacco | PZ 7 .P75186 Tf 1998 | |
| They all saw a cat / Brendan Wenzel | PZ 7.1 .W436 Th 2016 | |
| Weeds find a way / Cindy Jenson-Elliott | PZ 7 .J454 We 2014 | |
| When Eric's mom fought cancer / Judith Vigna | PZ 7 .V67 Er 1993 | |
| When's my birthday / Julie Fogliano | PZ 7 .F6763 Wh 2017 | |
| The writer / Davide Cali & Monica Barengo | PZ 7 .C1283 Wr 2022 |