Bat Loves the Night: Read and Wonder
10 best books like Bat Loves the Night: Read and Wonder (Nicola Davies): Pop's Bridge, Elmer, Bats at the Library, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, What Do You Do with an Idea?, The Most Magnificent Thing, Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates, I'm Not Scared!, How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids, A Fine, Fine School
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0152047735 |
The Golden Gate Bridge. The impossible bridge, some call it. They say it can't be built.
But Robert's father is building it. He's a skywalker--a brave, high-climbing ironworker. Robert is convinced his pop has the most important job on the crew . . . until a frightening event makes him see that...
| Author | David McKee |
| ISBN | 0688091717 |
"McKee's gentle humor and love of irony are in full force in this celebration of individuality and laughter." —
Publishers Weekly
Elmer the elephant is bright-colored patchwork all over. No wonder the other elephants laugh at him!
If he were ordinary elephant color, the others...
Another inky evening’s here— The air is cool and calm and clear.
Can it be true? Oh, can it be?
Yes!—Bat Night at the library!
Join the free-for-all fun at the public library with these book-loving bats! Shape shadows on walls, frolic in the water fountain, and roam the book-filled...
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
| Author | Mo Willems |
| ISBN | 0062104187 |
Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway.
One day--for no particular reason--they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. And then--for...
What Do You Do with an Idea?
| Author | Kobi Yamada |
| ISBN | 1938298071 |
This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who's ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult....
The Most Magnificent Thing
| Author | Ashley Spires |
| ISBN | 1554537045 |
Award-winning author and illustrator Ashley Spires has created a charming picture book about an unnamed girl and her very best friend, who happens to be a dog. The girl has a wonderful idea. She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work....
| Author | Jonah Winter |
| ISBN | 0689856431 |
On an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and practiced until--eventually--he made it to the Major Leagues. America! As a right-fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he fought tough opponents--and...
| Author | Jonathan Allen |
| ISBN | 0786837225 |
i don't think i really understand this book. it seems to be teaching children that people are going to be annoying throughout your life and there's really nothing you can do about it. which is an important one,as far as lessons go, but i think the author had a different goal; i just think it ended up being...
How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids
| Author | Tom Rath |
| ISBN | 1595620273 |
An illustrated adaptation of the long-running bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? (more than 400,000 copies sold) for kids — told through the story of a boy who learns a valuable “bucket filling” metaphor and watches it come to life as the day unfolds.
Every moment matters.
Each...
| Author | Sharon Creech |
| ISBN | 0060007281 |
One day, Mr. Keene called all the students and teachers together and said, "This is a fine, fine school! From now on, let's have school on Saturdays too." And then there was more.
School all weekend. School on the holidays.
School in the SUMMER!
What was next . . .
SCHOOL...
| Author | Madonna |
| ISBN | 0670058831 |
This is a lovely retelling of a moral tale, inspired by a 300-year-old story about “feathers in the wind.” The story teaches, with a wonderful simplicity, the dangers of spreading gossip and rumors and the difficulty one might face with wanting to “take it back.”
In addition to the...
| Author | Corinna Luyken |
| ISBN | 0735227926 |
Zoom meets Beautiful Oops! in this memorable picture book debut about the creative process, and the way in which "mistakes" can blossom into inspiration.
One eye was bigger than the other. That was a mistake.
The weird frog-cat-cow thing? It made an excellent bush.
And the inky smudges......
