Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals
10 best books like Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals (Fritz Eichenberg): A Very Special House, Journey Cake, Ho!, Yonie Wondernose, The Most Wonderful Doll in the World, April's Kittens, Fly High, Fly Low, My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, 1 Is One, A Pocketful of Cricket, Anatole and the Cat
| Author | Ruth Krauss |
| ISBN | 0060286385 |
Continuing a two-year program to bring back twenty-two Maurice Sendak treasures long out of print, our second season of publication highlights one of the most successful author-illustrator pairings of all time. A pioneer of great children's literature, Ruth Krausspublished more than thirty books...
| Author | Ruth Sawyer |
| ISBN | 0140502750 |
This is such an interesting little story. I couldn’t find it in my library or ILL, but I did find someone reading it on youtube with the pictures. I didn’t watch it with the kids.
It looks like a family is living in a log home in the Appalachian Mountains of somewhere very poor. There clothes...
| Author | Marguerite de Angeli |
| ISBN | 0385075731 |
Seven-year-old Yonie is a wondernose because he can't keep his nose out of anything and is always getting into trouble. When his parents go away overnight, he's left as the man of the house and promised a special reward if he can keep himself and the farm out of trouble. But that night a bad storm brings trouble--the...
| Author | Phyllis McGinley |
| ISBN | 0590434772 |
This is more of a Middle grade chapter book than a children's picture book. There are pages of only words. The artwork was nice what little there was of it, but I think it's because the story is so tedious. The art by itself wouldn't be that exciting either.
This book felt moldy to me. It is very repetitious...
| Author | Clare Turlay Newberry |
| ISBN | 0060244003 |
Since it was first published over fifty years ago, April's Kittens remains a classic cat story and is now made available again in this handsome new edition. Many children understand April's dilemma when her cat, Sheba, has three kittens. April is thrilled until her father insists that theirs is strickly...
| Author | Don Freeman |
| ISBN | 0142408174 |
Fly High, Fly Low, a Caldecott Honor book, tells the story of two San Francisco birds who hatch some eggs in a very unconventional place--the letter "B" in the sign on top of the Bay Hotel. But what happens when the sign is taken down? Told with Freeman's typical humor and simplicity, the book features breathtaking...
My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
| Author | Becky Reyher |
| ISBN | 0688512518 |
"We do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful to us because we love them."
This is one of the thoughts from this book. It is a wonderful thought taken one way and I can also see it as a way of saying, you're ugly, but because you are loved you're beautiful. I guess it has...
| Author | Tasha Tudor |
| ISBN | 0689828438 |
This is a sweet children’s rhyming story counting 1 to 20. Each page is a delicate work of art in my mind. Sadly, all the pages are not in color. It is only every other one. I love seeing the swallows flying in the sky or eggs in a nest. It is simple and I was moved by the beauty of the pages.
The children...
| Author | Rebecca Caudill |
| ISBN | 0805075240 |
" "Chee! Chee!" "
" Inside Jay's dark pocket Cricket began fiddling."
" The talking stopped. "
" Everybody listened."
A Caldecott Honor classic that celebrates friendship and
new experiences-back in print on its 40th anniversary
One afternoon late in August, before the...
Anatole is the happiest, most contented mouse in all of Paris. He is Vice-President in charge of Cheese Tasting at Duvall's cheese factory. He works in secret at night--the people at Duvall have no idea their mysterious taster is really a mouse! So M'sieu Duvall thinks nothing of bringing his pet cat...
| Author | Marie Hall Ets |
| ISBN | 0140503250 |
A repetitive story in the fact that this is the same thing over and over with different animals. It bored me. The artwork was lovely, but nothing really special either. I think it was a kind of woodcut printed out. Basically, a young boy finds a different animal each page and tries to imitate how it walks...
| Author | Margaret Hodges |
| ISBN | 0153075317 |
This book had the kids gripped. They weren’t sure what was going to happen, but they knew the old man had something serious to say. They could tell something dangerous was in the works. This was suspenseful for the children. The nephew kept asking what’s going to happen and the niece would tell him,...
| Author | Janice May Udry |
| ISBN | 0060284609 |
Magic. This book is a delight and stunning. It conveys that magic feeling of how right the world can be as a child on a lovely evening with friends and a feeling of freedom.
Maurice Sendak is once again the illustrator. He must have illustrated every other book out at the time. He was one busy bee....
| Author | Wanda Gág |
| ISBN | 0816644187 |
"Nothing at All" is the name of an orphaned puppy living with his two brothers until two children come to adopt them. Unfortunately, Nothing at All gets inadvertently left behind-not out of cruelty, but because he is invisible! He is horribly lonely until he meets a bird, a Jackdaw, who says that he knows...
| Author | Abe Birnbaum |
| ISBN | 0307202038 |
Caldecott Honor winning illustrator, A. Birnbaum has captured the childlike wonder of each season in this 1953 picture book. Green Eyes, the curious kitten, ventures beyond his familiar big red box and greets spring, summer, fall, and winter—each with their unique colors, scents, and feelings....
| Author | Suse MacDonald |
| ISBN | 0027615200 |
A is for ark. But did you know that if you turn an A upside down and round the point out a little, it becomes an ark? B is for balloon. But did you know that if you blow it up really big, the hole in the middle floats away like a balloon?
In this wonderfully creative alphabet book, letters are pulled, twisted,...
| Author | Muriel L. Feelings |
| ISBN | 0140546626 |
A Caldecott Honor Book
Moja Means One introduces children to counting in Swahili with helpful pronunciation keys, while presenting East African culture and lifestyles through an easy-to-understand narrative and vivid illustrations.
"Magnificient, full-page drawings throb...
| Author | Cheli Duran Ryan |
| ISBN | 0689805381 |
Lovely Pencil drawings!
A beautiful picture book of pencil drawings for beginning readers and above.
Hildilid does not like the night. She is trying to get rid of the night all night long in various and silly ways. The sun comes up and she is so tired she misses it and goes to bed.
The...
I don’t like the artwork here. It is very different than anything we have seen, but I don’t think that makes it Caldecott worthy. I do think the story is funny and well done.
Cat wants to eat mouse so he invites him over for dinner and bring a friend. Mouse is too smart for this and brings dog. It’s...
| Author | Charlotte Zolotow |
| ISBN | 0064431940 |
A Caldecott Honor book about a little boy’s curiosity during a summer storm, poetically written by celebrated author Charlotte Zolotow and with stunning illustrations by Margaret Bloy Graham.
This beautifully crafted story is perfect to pull out and enjoy on rainy days and for classroom...
| Author | Alvin Tresselt |
| ISBN | 0688511694 |
This books is so beautiful. A seaside town is going about it’s beautiful business when the fog rolls in and it shuts everything down. Boats race in and parents grumble about having to stay indoors with kids. This fog last for 3 days. The only people who are ok with it are the kids who play hide and seek on...
| Author | Taro Yashima |
| ISBN | 0140502408 |
I love Taro Yashima’s work. I need to know more about Taro; are they a boy or girl? How do they come up with these ideas. They are incredible. This is the most details I have seen Taro give in their work. It looks like they use crayons with regular materials to create the art.
This is about a girl who...
