Before After
10 best books like Before After (Anne-Margot Ramstein): A Stone Sat Still, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Flashlight, Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for all the Letters, How To, Float, At Night, Lenny & Lucy, The Bad Mood and the Stick, Town Is by the Sea
| Author | Brendan Wenzel |
| ISBN | 1452173184 |
I simply loved this book because it has the potential for different perspectives of how and when we read it. It will be different for the children. They will enjoy the illustrations and the various animals and flora depicted in relation to the stone. And as for adults, I feel this book describes a home to...
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
| Author | Grace Lin |
| ISBN | 0316404489 |
A gorgeous picture book that tells a whimsical origin story of the phases of the moon, from award-winning, bestselling author-illustrator Grace Lin
Pat, pat, pat...
Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.
Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she...
| Author | Lizi Boyd |
| ISBN | 1452118949 |
Inside the tent it's cozy, but what is going on outside? Is it dark? Is it scary? Not if you have your trusty flashlight!
A charming story told solely through images: Through neatly drawn illustrations and a spare yet dramatic color palette, artist Lizi Boyd offers an enchanting exploration...
| Author | Oliver Jeffers |
| ISBN | 0399167919 |
THE alphabet book to top all others, from the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day the Crayons Quit!
If words make up the stories and letters make up the words, then stories are made up of letters. In this menagerie we have stories made of words, made FOR all the letters.
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| Author | Julie Morstad |
| ISBN | 1897476574 |
Hmm. I'm not sure which children would like this. Unlike another reviewer with the same question, I do *not* think it's the one who has an enthusiastic and insightful parent helping him or her to discuss all the activities.
This strikes me as a personal, close-to-the-heart book. A nostalgic...
| Author | Daniel Miyares |
| ISBN | 1481415247 |
A boy's small paper boat and his large imagination fill the pages of this wordless picture book, a modern-day classic from the creator of Pardon Me! that includes endpaper instructions for building a boat of your own.
A little boy takes a boat made of newspaper out for a rainy-day adventure....
| Author | Jonathan Bean |
| ISBN | 0374304467 |
On some nights, a snug bedroom is a hard place to fall asleep. On some nights, it's better to get away from slumbering, snoring family members and curl up alone with one's thoughts in the cool night air, under wide-open skies. In this charming bedtime fantasy, a sleepless city girl does just that, finding...
| Author | Philip C. Stead |
| ISBN | 1596439327 |
Peter and his father are moving to a new house beyond the dark unfriendly woods. When they arrive at their new home, Peter wants to turn back. Fortunately, he has Harold for company, but Harold is just a dog and can't help Peter. Scared of the things hidden in the woods, Peter makes a tall pile of pillows....
The Bad Mood and the Stick
| Author | Lemony Snicket |
| ISBN | 0316392774 |
I like the idea, a bad mood is passed on, how true. I really like the bad mood cloud, very cute, the illustrations are skilful and interesting, 5 stars for those. The storyline was interesting and we both read this one independently and it kept us engaged and wanting to know what happens. If the scene about...
| Author | Joanne Schwartz |
| ISBN | 1554988713 |
A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator...
