And Then There Were Gnomes: Book 2
10 best books like And Then There Were Gnomes: Book 2 (Colleen A.F. Venable): Stargazing, Bake Sale, Mighty Jack, Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, The Cardboard Kingdom, Cupcake Tycoon, Dragons Beware!, Little Mouse Gets Ready: TOON Level 1, Binky Under Pressure, Joey Fly, Private Eye in Creepy Crawly Crime
Moon is everything Christine isn’t. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known.
When Moon’s family moves in next door to Christine’s, Moon goes from unlikely...
| Author | Sara Varon |
| ISBN | 1596437405 |
Cupcake's life is pretty good. He's got his bakery, and his band, and his best friend, Eggplant. His days are full of cooking, socializing, and playing music. But lately, Cupcake has been struggling in the kitchen. He's sure the solution to all his problems is out there somewhere. But maybe that solution...
Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day...
| Author | Ben Hatke |
| ISBN | 1626722668 |
Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone — carried into another realm by an ogre.
When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy’s captor through the portal, they are ready for anything... except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power...
| Author | Chad Sell |
| ISBN | 1524719374 |
Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their ordinary block into cardboard kingdom. This is the summer when sixteen kids encounter knights and rogues, robots and monsters--and their own inner demons--on one last quest before school starts again.
In...
The word is out. Kids love Babymouse—star of the popular, award-winning, hilarious, PINK graphic-novel series showcasing the trials and tribulations of elementary school. The sassy mouse with attitude to spare has charmed her way into the hearts of kids, parents, and teachers everywhere! The...
| Author | Jorge Aguirre |
| ISBN | 1596438789 |
Claudette is such a breath of fresh air. She is so much fun and her sidekicks happen to be the best sidekicks ever.
We start out with Claudette and Maria separated by Maria's parents as Claudette is such a bad influence on her. The city is attacked and Claudette's father goes out on his own to retrieve...
| Author | Jeff Smith |
| ISBN | 1935179012 |
I'd like to think that I know a little bit about kid's books at this point. I've read about a thousand of them, I figure. And many of them, I've read many times.
This is a great one for little kids. It's fun. Simple. And shows a little mouse getting dressed. It's not hugely complex, but then again,...
| Author | Ashley Spires |
| ISBN | 1554537673 |
In Binky's third adventure, our intrepid, sometimes accident-prone hero is shaken out of his routine when he's forced to contend with Gracie, a dainty striped foster kitty who comes to live at Binky's space station (aka his home at 42 Sentinel Parkway). Binky instantly resents the new arrival, whose...
| Author | Aaron Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0805082425 |
Have you ever had one of those moments? You know—you’re trying to find a stolen diamond pencil box for your beautiful butterfly customer, your mosquito witness won’t give you any information, and your clumsy scorpion assistant has just tampered with your only bit of evidence? Joey Fly has those...
| Author | Ben Clanton |
| ISBN | 1101918713 |
if i'm being honest, this doesn't really stand up to my other five star ratings, even my five star ratings specific to other children's picture books.
but sometimes it's just about what you need at a particular time, and this book brought a goofy smile to my face when i really really...
| Author | Frank Cammuso |
| ISBN | 0979923824 |
Cammuso, Frank. Otto’s Orange Day (2008)
Otto’sOrangeDay is a graphic novel for younger children about Otto, an orange cat who receives a mysterious lamp from his aunt. When he rubs it a genie appears and grants Otto his wish that everything in the world be orange, Otto’s favorite color....
| Author | Ashley Spires |
| ISBN | 1554535026 |
While in hot pursuit of an alien invader (a bug), Binky accidentally falls out the space station porthole (bathroom window) and finds himself in outer space (outside) for the very first time. But just as Binky begins to explore, he discovers that his copilot, Ted (stuffed mousie), is trapped beneath...
Mr. Wolf has just started teaching at Hazelwood Elementary. He wants the first day of school to go well, but he's got his hands full with his new class. Some of his students include: Margot, who is new in town and is trying to make friends. Sampson, who brought something special to school for show-and-tell....
