Babar and His Children
10 best books like Babar and His Children (Jean de Brunhoff): Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale, Toot & Puddle, The Cow Who Fell in the Canal, A Birthday for Frances, Harold's Fairy Tale, Madeline and the Gypsies, It's a Busy, Busy World, The Philharmonic Gets Dressed, Georgie, Maybelle the Cable Car
When an unknown monster calling itself "The Long One" takes over her home, Rabbit isn't sure how to get rid of him. A series of animals offer their solutions, all of which turn out to be as destructive as they are helpful, until finally Rabbit turns to Frog, whose help she refused at the beginning.
Originally...
| Author | Holly Hobbie |
| ISBN | 0316365521 |
When Puddle wakes up one morning, Toot is missing! Although Puddle usually prefers to stay home in Woodcock Pocket, his concern for his best friend prompts him to set off. Puddle takes a train and then a plane, and eventually finds himself in a far-away place. And who do you think he finds? Holly Hobbie's...
| Author | Phyllis Krasilovsky |
| ISBN | 0749704977 |
This by far hasn't been the first time I've read The Cow Who Fell in the Canal, but I recently realised I hadn't added it to Goodreads and so it demanded a reread.
What a lovely children's book! The story of Henrietta and her adventure has always been a personal favourite, and now I get to share it...
| Author | Russell Hoban |
| ISBN | 0099432447 |
I love Frances. I love when kids come to my house and clamor for more Frances books. I love still having a few in reserve. I love reading them to people. I love reading them to myself. I am barmy for Frances.
But this Frances book has the best line in maybe the whole series, and one I quote on approximately...
| Author | Crockett Johnson |
| ISBN | 0064433471 |
From the treasured creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes another adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.
Unable to fall asleep one night, Harold uses his purple crayon to create his very own bedtime fairy tale, complete with castles, fairies, flying...
| Author | Ludwig Bemelmans |
| ISBN | 0140566473 |
The Madeline books are among the most honored children's books of all time. Join Madeline in another adventure when she and Pepito run off to join the carnival with a band of traveling gypsies! At first they're having the time of their lives—they don't have to go to school, brush their teeth, or ever...
| Author | Richard Scarry |
| ISBN | 0307655393 |
Perhaps I would be able to appreciate and enjoy Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World somewhat more if I had first encountered it as a young child (which no, I did not). For yes, I can certainly and to a point both see and understand how the combination of Richard Scarry's narrative and images is imbued with...
"It is almost Friday night. Outside, the dark is getting darker," and here and there around the city ninety-two men and thirteen women are getting dressed to go to work. First they bathe and put on their underwear. Then they don special black-and-white apparel. Then when the one hundred and five people...
| Author | Robert Bright |
| ISBN | 1890008133 |
Full of old-fashioned, cozy, Halloween-y wonderfulness! The illustrations remind me so much of Shepherd's for "Whinnie the Pooh" (I think the kitty is a relative of Tigger!) This is a story of sweet ghosts who have a happy and gentle purpose in houses; and of one ghost in particular who is temporarily...
| Author | Virginia Lee Burton |
| ISBN | 0395828473 |
I have ridden in Maybelle the cable car before. I'm so glad the city voted to keep her as that was still a fun experience. This book is about the history of the cable cars of San Francisco. They almost got rid of them, but a historic vote kept them for everyone to experience. They are a symbol of San Francisco....
| Author | Laurent de Brunhoff |
| ISBN | 0810905558 |
Laurent de Brunhoff est un auteur et illustrateur français.
Laurent De Brunhoff has kept the spirit of Babar and his family alive for over 50 years. Babar was created by Laurent's mother as a bedtime story, and was first illustrated by Laurent's father, Jean de Brunhoff.
After his...
| Author | Beatrix Potter |
| ISBN | 0723247897 |
This, along with The Tale of Miss Moppet, was intended for very young children. It is a simple tale of what befalls a rude little rabbit that doesn't say'please' before he takes something that belongs to someone else.
The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit is number 20 in Beatrix Potter's series of 23...
| Author | Don Freeman |
| ISBN | 0140502882 |
Why mice?
Why has so much children's literature been about mice? Why Mickey and Jerry and Fievel and their animated brethren? How in the world did such vermin ridden filth become cute?
It's not like they are endangered and we need to generate our usual, oops-too-late-false-sense-of-urgency....
| Author | Stan Berenstain |
| ISBN | 0394868811 |
This book was published in 1984 by Random House Publishers and is a book in the First Time Book series. The story starts out showing the different talents and hobbies each member of the Bear family has. Papa works as a businessman, selling furniture he makes and Mama takes care of the family, manages the...
Louie really is just about the perfect picture book character, easy to relate to in a quiet, understated way that comes about as a result of the equally quiet, understated pictures made by Ezrea Jack Keats. No reader will be unable to identify with Louie's apprehension about his new apartment, away from...
| Author | Barbara Cooney |
| ISBN | 0140507566 |
The acclaimed author of Miss Rumphius recounts the lives of four generations living on a New England coastal island and the importance of family ties.
The youngest and quietest of 12 children, Matthias grew closest to Tibbets Island, learning its secrets through the years. And though in later...
| Author | Jill Barklem |
| ISBN | 0689830912 |
When Wilfred Toadflax learns that the mice of Brambly Hedge will be sending a delivery of blankets to the voles living in the nearby High Hills, the young mouse - fired up by stories of daring adventurers like Sir Hogweed Hoarhound - pleads to be allowed to accompany the mission. But his roadside exploration...
