Here's my list of sophisticated/harder picture books:
Sophisticated Picture Books for Older Kids
The Raft�Jim LaMarche
Bartholomew and the Oobleck�Dr. Seuss
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins�Dr. Seuss
Yertle the Turtle�Dr. Seuss
The Lorax�Dr. Seuss
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes�DuBose Heyward
Roxaboxen�Barbara Cooney
Miss Rumphius�Barbara Cooney
One Morning in Maine�Robert McCloskey
Time of Wonder�Robert McCloskey
The Wump World�Bill Peet
The Ant and the Elephant�Bill Peet
No Such Things�Bill Peet
(many other great Bill Peet books)
The Velveteen Rabbit�Margery Williams Bianco
Miss Nelson is Missing�Harry Allard
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses�Paul Goble
The Egg Tree�Katherine Milhous
Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day�Judith Viorst
Holly and Ivy�Rumer Godden
Eloise�Kay Thompson
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs�Judi Barrett
Two Bad Ants�Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express--Chris Van Allsburg
Insects are My Life and Reptiles are My Life�Megan McDonald
Amos & Boris�William Steig
The 13 Clocks�James Thurber
Many Moons�James Thurber
Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets (and other Dr. Xargle books)--Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
The Stinky Cheese Man--Jon Scieszka
Bently and Egg�William Joyce
Diary of a Worm (and others in series)�Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss
Scaredy Squirrel (and others in series)�Melanie Watt
The Ticky-Tacky Doll�Cynthia Rylant
The Magic Schoolbus series�Joanna Cole
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
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