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10 best books like A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You (Joan Walsh Anglund): Happiness is a Warm Puppy, Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book, How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark, The Return of the Twelves, A is for Annabelle, Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel, Limits of Language: Almost Everything You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Language and Languages, Miss Happiness and Miss Flower, The Teddy Bears' Picnic, Marguerite Makes a Book

Happiness is a Warm Puppy
AuthorCharles M. Schulz
ISBN1933662077
Happiness is Classic Peanuts!

These collector’s editions perfectly recreate the original look and feel of the best-loved Peanuts books—their paper, their ink, even their lamination.  And of course, the heartwarming content that charmed the world, sold millions, and launched the...
Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book
AuthorNorman Rockwell
ISBN0810981211
The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus (aka Dont F*** with Santa Claus--He Don't Mess Around)

by Ogden Nash

In Baltimore there lived a boy.
He wasn't anybody's joy.
Although his name was Jabez Dawes,
His character was full of flaws.
In school he never led his classes,
He...
How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
AuthorRosalyn Schanzer
ISBN0792267265
Excellent children's non-fiction picture book detailing the journey of Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery. Most of the text is taken from the actual account. The passages have been chosen with great care for the intended audience of ages 6 and older. They reveal just enough information to...
The Return of the Twelves
AuthorPauline Clarke
ISBN0698201175
Beneath a floorboard in the old farmhouse into which his family has just moved, eight-year-old Max Morley discovers twelve time-worn wooden soldiers. Under his careful watch, the "Twelves" come to life, each possessing a name and a distinct personality. As Max soon learns, they share a history filled...
A is for Annabelle
AuthorTasha Tudor
ISBN0689828454
This is a rhyming alphabet book about two little girls playing with their grandmother's doll, Annabelle. The letters are for her accessories, such as cloak, dresses, earrings, fan, etc. Color spreads alternate with black-and-white ones.

I love Tasha Tudor and her old-fashioned charm....
Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel
AuthorShirley Climo
ISBN0060290331
This beautiful picture book about the warmth and wonder of Christmas and the origin of tinsel on trees will leave children enchanted with the magical possibilities of the season.

Everybody loves Christmas at Tante's. The old lady decorates a wonderful tree and makes certain to have something...
Limits of Language: Almost Everything You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Language and Languages
AuthorMikael Parkvall
ISBN1590281985
Answers all your questions about language...even the ones you never thought to ask.

How did...
• the discovery of a mysterious Persian mummy lead to a murder investigation?
• the word "dord" come to appear in English, and then disappear again?
• a border collie named Rico...
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
AuthorRumer Godden
ISBN1405088567
This book helped me through one of the hardest times in my childhood.

Long story, but when we emigrated from Canada to New Zealand, we shifted around a little bit before moving to the Eastern Suburbs of Auckland. At school, once the novelty of having a foreigner in their midst wore off, I just didn't...
The Teddy Bears' Picnic
AuthorJimmy Kennedy
ISBN0689835302
One of the gems I found at the Mill Valley Library Sale over the weekend. I love this book! As the adorable old gentleman at the volunteer table was ringing up my stack of books (25-cents, 25-cents, 25-cents--what a bargain!) he raised his eyebrow at this one. "Now, this one is $3.00," he said kindly. I grinned...
Marguerite Makes a Book
AuthorBruce Robertson
Now in many ways Bruce Robertson's Marguerite Makes a Book does a truly wonderful job with both meticulous detail and engagement showing and demonstrating how a hand-painted (illuminated) Mediaeval book is (or more to the point how such a tome generally was) created, was made (and indeed also why these...
The Golden Treasury of Poetry
AuthorLouis Untermeyer
ISBN0307608522
"This is a book to grow on. This is a book to grow with. In these pages are poems that will become favorites; you will never lose your taste for them. They will be part of you as long as you live. These verses - the nimble and nonsensical as well as the greatly meaningful- delighted me when I was young. They still...
I'm in Charge of Celebrations
AuthorByrd Baylor
ISBN0689806205
From the highly acclaimed team of Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall comes the story of a girl who shares her love for desert life as she tells of treasured experiences like dancing in the wind on Dust Devil Day or sleeping outside on a hot summer night during The Time of the Falling Stars. Baylor's radiant prose-poem...
Born to Read
AuthorJudy Sierra
ISBN0375846875
THE AWARD-WINNING COLLABORATORS of the New York Times #1 picture book bestseller Wild About Books are back with a new story that promotes books and reading. Told in Judy Sierra's inimitable read-aloud rhyme, the narrative chronicles the amazing successes of Sam--thanks to his early love of books....
Jeremy: The Tale of An Honest Bunny
AuthorJan Karon
ISBN0142500046
When it is time for Jeremy, a handmade English bunny, to be sent to his true home in America, he refuses to be shipped in a box. So he sets out to deliver himself to the little girl who eagerly awaits him. Jeremy's journey begins with a prayer and some handy words of advice from his maker. Along the way he encounters...
One Snowy Night
AuthorM. Christina Butler
ISBN1561484520
One of a series of "touch-and-feel" picture-books featuring the adorable Little Hedgehog - other entries include One Winter's Day , The Special Blankie , and One Rainy Day - this winsome holiday title follows the journey of a little red hat, originally intended as a gift from Father Christmas...
Harold at the North Pole
AuthorCrockett Johnson
ISBN0060586281
It's Christmas Eve and Harold needs a Christmas tree. So with purple crayon in hand, he sets off to get one. Before long he finds himself at the North Pole, where a snowbound Santa Claus needs his help. It's up to the ever-resourceful Harold to draw up a plan and save Christmas!

Ever since the publication...
Peter Spier's Rain
AuthorPeter Spier
ISBN0440413478
This wordless picture book captures the beauty and wonder of a brother and sister's joyous experiences in the rain. Come along as they explore their neighborhood, splash through puddles, see where the animals hide, and make footprints in the mud. From the first small drops of rain to the clear blue sky...
The Mountain That Loved a Bird
AuthorAlice McLerran
ISBN0887080006
While not specifically pagan, I found the book with its profound message and natural landscape to be a perfect addition to my son's spiritual library. On the surface, it is the story of a bird whose yearly visits cheer a lonely, lifeless rock of a mountain and the slow and subtle changes that allow that...
Frog in Love
AuthorMax Velthuijs
ISBN0805076549
"Hello Frog," said Piglet. "You don't look very well. What's the matter with you?"
"I don't know," said Frog. "I feel like laughing and crying at the same time. And there's something going thump-thump inside me, here."

It's not easy to be in love-but it's easy to be
in love with Frog!

Frog...
Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned From a Little Golden Book
AuthorDiane Muldrow
ISBN0375973745
The Poky Little Puppy, the Gingerbread Man, and many other classic Golden Books characters help illustrate this wise and witty guide to the holidays! Delightfully retro yet utterly of the moment, this companion to the bestselling EVERYTHING NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK will delight...
The Elves and the Shoemaker
AuthorPaul Galdone
ISBN0808589725
A cobbler is at the end of his rope, unable to pay for much of anything. After cutting out the leather for a single pair of shoes that he hopes to make in the morning, the cobbler heads off to bed. IN the morning, the pair of shoes is complete, stitched to perfection. A customer purchases this wonderful pair...
The Gingerbread Boy
AuthorRichard Egielski
ISBN0064437086
“A spirited version of the story of the gingerbread boy.” —New York Times

"A smooth and sophisticated version of the famous tale." —The Horn Book

In this modern retelling of a nursery classic, Caldecott-winning illustrator Richard Egielski adds an urban twist to a well-loved...
The It Doesn't Matter Suit
AuthorSylvia Plath
I hadn't known that Sylvia Plath had written children stories. It was a treat to find this one! Yes, it was a bit repetitive once we got to about the fifth brother and I suppose the mom must've been exhausted from having to sew that suit so many times. But it was still a sweet story with a good message. What I...
Sanovat sitä rakkaudeksi
AuthorArno Kotro
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arkisetkin ja oikeastaan
juuri ne

ottivat muiston muodon
etukäteen

jo silloin kun niitä eli

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muistot
edeltä käsin eletyt

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