Leslie Patricelli
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Leslie Patricelli is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. Their 2 selected books were chosen for how precisely they meet children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Leslie Patricelli
Leslie Patricelli owns the toddler-binary genre: one bald, expressive baby weighing life's great choices (yummy/yucky, quiet/loud) in flat acrylic and perfect comic timing. Her board books are toddler stand-up comedy.
The baby was born as a doodle while Patricelli was juggling her own infants; she has said the character works because a diapered everybaby can get away with anything.
Also by this author: Quiet Loud · Big Little · Tubby
Official website: www.lesliepatricelli.com
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.