Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
10 best books like Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books (Kay Winters): Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, Miss Rumphius, All the Places to Love, Roxaboxen, Mossy, The Name Jar, Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau (Books of Discovery for Creative Kids Contruction Fort Books), The Lotus Seed, Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the True Story of an American Feud, Twilight Comes Twice
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
| Author | Laurie Ann Thompson |
Recommended Grade Levels: K-3
Themes: Perseverance, empowerment, disabilities
Summary:
This is a true story about a boy named Emmanuel, who was born in a small village in Ghana, West Africa. Emmanuel was born with one healthy leg and one leg that...
Miss Rumphius
| Author | Barbara Cooney |
| ISBN | 0140505393 |
Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation....
All the Places to Love
| Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
| ISBN | 0060210982 |
Within the sanctuary of a loving family, baby Eli is born and, as he grows, learns to cherish the people and places around him, eventually passing on what...
Roxaboxen
| Author | Alice McLerran |
| ISBN | 0060526335 |
Marian called it Roxboxen. There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill—nothing...
| Author | Jan Brett |
| ISBN | 0399257829 |
Mossy, an amazing turtle with a gorgeous garden growing on her shell, loses her freedom when Dr. Carolina, a biologist, takes her to live in her Edwardian museum. Visitors flock to see Mossy, but it is Dr. Carolina's niece, Tory, who notices...
The Name Jar
| Author | Yangsook Choi |
| ISBN | 0440417996 |
Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells...
| Author | Jennifer Berne |
| ISBN | 0811860639 |
| Author | Sherry Garland |
| ISBN | 0152014837 |
| Author | Suzanne Tripp Jurmain |
| ISBN | 0525479031 |
| Author | Ralph Fletcher |
| ISBN | 0395848261 |
| Author | Jen Bryant |
| ISBN | 0449813371 |
Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to...
Fireflies
| Author | Julie Brinckloe |
| ISBN | 0689710550 |
There's something magical about summer nights and fireflies, and this book will bring back memories for so many readers. In this story, a boy collects fireflies in a jar, but when he sees their lights start to dim as they grow weaker, he makes the right choice...
The Seashore Book
| Author | Charlotte Zolotow |
| ISBN | 0064433641 |