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• The Phantom Tollbooth

  Juster, Norton, 1929-2021

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  Milo is just so bored after school one day -- and then a package arrives with the message "For Milo, who has plenty of time." Once past the mysterious tollbooth in his little electric car, Milo is transported to "the Lands Beyond" which include…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boring Book

  Yoshitake, Shinsuke, 1973-

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  This picture book, translated from Japanese, is meandering and humorous and introspective. I liked the style of the art and thought it was funny that all the "bored" people looked tired, too, with bags under their eyes.

• The Thief of Always

  Barker, Clive, 1952-

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  "The great grey beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive." That's how you start a book about a bored little boy who gets invited to a strange wondrous house that is more sinister than it seems.

• The Most Boring Book Ever

  Sanderson, Brandon,

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  Powerhouse authors Brandon Sanderson and Kazu Kibuishi team up for this picture book that pairs humorous words with increasingly exciting, juxtaposed images of a young boy's adventure, all from just sitting in a chair.

• Behind the Attic Wall

  Cassedy, Sylvia

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  This was a strange little sweet and hopeful-making book from my childhood. Neglected orphan Maggie arrives at a new foster home, soured to the world, and bored by her surroundings... until she starts hearing voices in the walls.

• Barnacle Is Bored

  Fenske, Jonathan,

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  Barnacle is bored, being stuck under the boardwalk all day, watching fish swim about and play freely with other sea creatures. Will Barnacle's envy last forever? (I did not see the ending of this book coming!)

• I'm Bored

  Black, Michael Ian, 1971-

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  A little kid tries to show a potato all the ways in which kids are NOT BORING. A funny cute entry in comedian Michael Ian Black's "I'm ..." series.

• The Secret Garden

  Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924

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  One of the most famous bored little girls, Mary Lennox is sent to live with her estranged uncle in England after her parents die. She becomes friends with a servant boy, Dickon, and her sick cousin, Colin, and together they discover and revive a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There's Nothing to Do!

  Petty, Dev,

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  The facial expressions are top notch in this book about Frog, who is positive that there is absolutely nothing to do! After dismissing a lot of his family and friend's suggestions, will Frog's day be wasted?

• The Boring Book

  Ciccio, Adam,

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  A book to help kids (and adults) with ADHD focus on completing "boring" tasks with illustrations that show the power of play.

• I'm (almost) Never Bored

  Milbourne, Anna,

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  A little girl discovers the power of her imagination as she's prompted each day that "being bored comes right before a Really Good Idea." I thought the use of cut-outs was quite clever and cute.