Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas

10 best books like Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas (Philippe Coudray): Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, The Cardboard Kingdom, Swing it, Sunny, Eva's Treetop Festival, The Secret of the Stone Frog, Sparks!, Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, The Big Brag, Binky to the Rescue, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

Author	Dr. Seuss
ISBN	0394900871

In this hilarious book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr. Seuss explores the pitfalls of growing too big for your boots!

With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for...

The Cardboard Kingdom

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...

Swing it, Sunny

Author

Jennifer L. Holm

Summer's over and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of . . . middle school. When her Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine. But the truth? Sunny is NOT having the best time.
Not only is the whole middle school thing confusing...

Eva's Treetop Festival

Author	Rebecca Elliott
ISBN	0545683629

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help...

The Secret of the Stone Frog

Author	David Nytra
ISBN	1935179187

In a magical world unlike any you’ve seen before . . .

When Leah and Alan awaken in an enchanted forest, they have only each other and their wits to guide them. In a world of pet bees and giant rabbits, they befriend foppish lions and stone frogs, learning to confront danger as they find both their...

Sparks!

Author	Ian Boothby
ISBN	1338029479

Sparks is a hero and man's best friend, but nobody suspects he's two cats!
This Super Dog is the Cat's Meow!

August is a brilliant inventor who is afraid of the outside. Charlie is a crack pilot who isn't afraid of anything. Together these pals save lives every day. They also happen to be cats...

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea

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...

The Big Brag

Author	Dr. Seuss
ISBN	0679991492

It starts out harmlessly enough, with a rabbit feeling rather pleased with himself and his talent for hearing. A neighboring bear overhears the rabbit's boasting and takes offense. The challenge is on, and the bickering begins as the bear proclaims that his ability to smell is quite superior to the...

Binky to the Rescue

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...

The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Author

Judd Winick

Dog Man meets Big Nate in HILO-the hilarious New York Times Bestselling GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES kids love! “A Total BLAST,” says the Miami Herald!

BOOM! CLANG! CRASH! D.J. and Gina are totally ordinary kids. But Hilo isn’t! Hilo just fell out of the sky and doesn’t know where he came from,...

Narwhal's Otter Friend

Author

Ben Clanton

Narwhal and Jelly . . . and Otty?! Exuberant Narwhal and skeptical Jelly test the waters of adding a new friend to their pod when they meet Otty the super-adventurous otter in the fourth book of this blockbuster early graphic novel series!

Dive into three new stories about the joy of adventure...

Peanut Butter and Jelly

Author	Ben Clanton
ISBN	0735262454

Narwhal's obsession with his new favorite food leads him into hijinks and hilarity in the third book of this all-star early graphic novel series!

Narwhal and Jelly are back and Narwhal has a new obsession . . . peanut butter! He's so obsessed he even wants to change his name to . . . that's right...

Bird Squirrel On Ice

Author	James Burks
ISBN	0545563186

Bird and Squirrel are back and ready for adventure!

After Bird and Squirrel crash land in the South Pole during a raging blizzard, a penguin named Sakari thinks Bird has come to rid her village of a hungry Killer Whale. But when Squirrel finds out that Bird will actually be fed to the Killer Whale...