Allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and Other Tourist Attractions

10 best books like Allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and Other Tourist Attractions (Lenore Look): Another, Thank You, Omu!, My Papi Has a Motorcycle, Leave Me Alone!, The Rabbit Listened, Open This Little Book, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time, This Is Just a Test, Marilyn's Monster, The Poison Jungle

Another

Author

Christian Robinson

A 2019 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019!

In his eagerly anticipated debut as author-illustrator, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Christian Robinson brings young readers on a playful, imaginative...

Thank You, Omu!

Author	Oge Mora
ISBN	0316431249

A generous woman is rewarded by her community in this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's perfect for the Thanksgiving season, perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street.

Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses...

My Papi Has a Motorcycle

Author

Isabel Quintero

A celebration of the love between a father and daughter, and of a vibrant immigrant neighborhood, by an award-winning author and illustrator duo.

When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees...

Leave Me Alone!

Author	Vera Brosgol
ISBN	1626724415

An epic tale about one grandmother, a giant sack of yarn, and her ultimate quest to finish her knitting.

One day, a grandmother shouts, "LEAVE ME ALONE!" and leaves her tiny home and her very big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting. Along the way,...

The Rabbit Listened

Author

Cori Doerrfeld

A universal, deeply moving exploration of grief and empathy

With its spare, poignant text and irresistibly sweet illustrations, The Rabbit Listened is a tender meditation on loss.

When something terrible happens, Taylor doesn't know where to turn. All the animals are sure they...

Open This Little Book

Author	Jesse Klausmeier
ISBN	0811867838

What will you find when you open this little book? A fun story? Sweet characters? Enticing pictures? Yes! But much more. Open this book and you will find...another book...and another...and another. Debut author Jesse Klausmeier and master book creator Suzy Lee have combined their creative visions...

Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time

Author	Lisa Yee
ISBN	0439622484

Stanford Wong is in big trouble--or as he would spell it, "trubble"--in this laugh-out-loud companion to the award-winning MILLICENT MIN, GIRL GENIUS and this season's HC, EMILY EBERS.



Stanford Wong is having a bad summer. If he flunks his summer-school English class, he won't...

This Is Just a Test

Author

Madelyn Rosenberg

David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot on his plate. Preparing for his upcoming bar mitzvah would be enough work even if it didn't involve trying to please his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers, who argue about everything. But David just wants everyone to be happy.

That includes his friend Scott, who...

Marilyn's Monster

Author	Michelle Knudsen
ISBN	0763660116

I enjoyed this story of a little girl who decides to go and get what she wants, even though everyone else tells her she is supposed to wait patiently (hey, she tried being pretty and good that one week and nothing happened, so...) for a monster to choose her.



As an adult I felt a little distracted...

The Poison Jungle

Author

Tui T. Sutherland

This book broke my heart and not in a good way. I have a classroom and encourage elementary school readers to check out books from my personal library to help kids find books they like. I, and they, have, up until now LOVED this series and I would buy the newest edition as soon as it was released every time....

Just Because

Author	Mac Barnett
ISBN	0763696803

This book is full of imagination! When my youngest daughter and I started reading it, I wasn't sure about it because as the child in the story asks questions, her father gives her absurd answers in return. But then we were laughing...and then we were talking...and then we were reading it all over again....

All Are Welcome

Author	Alexandra Penfold
ISBN	0525579656

A warm, welcoming picture book that celebrates diversity and gives encouragement and support to all kids.

Follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where kids in patkas, hijabs, and yamulkes play side-by-side with friends...