Picture Books for #wonderfulwednesday

A preschooler marks the progress of her day, not by the clock but by what happens after lunch, after nap, after swimming, after the library - and after Daddy comes home.

When Thelma is bored, she decides to become a queen but the responsibilities are so great that she soon has a royal headache.

After her unsuspecting owners leave for work and school, Catrina invites the neighborhood cats over for a festive Italian meal.

"Home can be a blue house with white trim you share with your mama. But it can be bigger than that, with lots of Big Mamas to take care of you when your mom works--different houses for every day of the week. Mondays mean Nurse Louella and bike riding. Tuesdays mean eating fufu with your fingers with Miss Zikora. And Wednesdays . . . well, no matter where you are, as long as you are with your Big Mamas, you are home."--

Deep in the shade of a walnut grove stands a tall tree that houses the Walnut Animal Society. Henry is a founding member, an inventor, and a tinkerer. Today Eleanor the bear and Henry search for his lost idea, but discover much more.

Although Henry enjoys the time he spends at his mother's apartment and his father's house, his dog Pomegranate gets confused about which place is home.