Big Words for Little Geniuses

10 best books like Big Words for Little Geniuses (Susan Patterson): Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story, In a Small Kingdom, Hello Hello, Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, A Busy Creature's Day Eating!, Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide, Story of the Orchestra: Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music!, Uncovering the Logic of English, Real Cowboys

AuthorMarc Tyler Nobleman
An Orbis Pictus Honor Book for Outstanding Nonfiction 2019

In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII—the only enemy ever to do so—and comes back 20 years later...
AuthorTomie dePaola
ISBN0823435512
I know I read a lot of Tomie dePaola books when I was a small child, but I don't really remember any of them. When I saw this relatively recent title at the library, I thought I'd give it a try.

The story is simple (maybe a little too simple) and the themes are... well, nice, but I felt like something...
AuthorBrendan Wenzel
ISBN1452150141
This gorgeous follow-up to the Caldecott Honor–winning They All Saw a Cat explores another aspect of seeing the world for young children. Beginning with two cats, one black and one white, a chain of animals appears before the reader, linked together by at least one common trait. From simple colors...
AuthorDavid Ezra Stein
ISBN0763688428
Surprise! The little red chicken is back -- and as endearingly silly as ever -- in David Ezra Stein's follow-up to the Caldecott Honor-winning Interrupting Chicken.

It's homework time for the little red chicken, who has just learned about something every good story should have: an elephant...
AuthorMo Willems

First sentence:

A Apples!
B Berries!
C Cereal!
D Doughnuts
E Eggs
? !
F Furniture

Premise/plot: The 'creature' that stars in Mo Willem's newest book EATS just about anything and everything--whether it's good for him or not. Will there be consequences...
AuthorJeanne Walker Harvey
As a child, Maya Lin loved to study the spaces around her. She explored the forest in her backyard, observing woodland creatures, and used her house as a model to build tiny towns out of paper and scraps. The daughter of a clay artist and a poet, Maya grew up with art and learned to think with her hands as well...
AuthorElizabeth Irwin
ISBN0761160914
It’s the revolutionary English language arts study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.
    
Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts . . .takes students from grammar to reading comprehension to writing with ease, including parts of speech,...
AuthorRobert Levine
ISBN1579121489
Eye-catching illustrations, engaging text and delightful musical selections on the accompanying 70-minute CD lead children ages 8 to 12 (and parents, too!) on an exciting and educational tour through the instruments and music of the orchestra. Illustrated in exquisite and colorful detail with...
AuthorDenise Eide
ISBN1936706008
Multiple award-winning book on reading and spelling education that will transform how you think about English! Discover the method that Dr. Temple Grandin called "really helpful for teaching reading to children who are mathematical pattern thinkers..."

For the past 70 years students...
AuthorKate Hoefler
ISBN0544148924
With a simple text exploring the true nature of cowboys - cowboys, the narrator assures us, are gentle, thoughtful, and know how to listen and to ask for help - and appealing artwork that captures both the broad sweep of life on the range and the specific experiences of one cowboy, Real Cowboys takes an...
AuthorXimena Vengoecheo
ISBN0761160949
It’s the revolutionary world history study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.
    
Everything You Need to Ace World History . . . kicks off with the Paleolithic Era and transports the reader to ancient civilizations—from Africa and beyond; the...
AuthorPatti Kelley Criswell
ISBN1593697724
A friend talks about you behind your back. What do you say to her? You want to watch a TV show that's on past your bedtime. How do you ask your parents? You break your friend's favorite CD. How do you apologize? In American Girl's latest Smart Girl's Guide, you'll learn the exact words to say in these situations,...
AuthorJack Challoner
ISBN1465451358
Create your own science lab and try out amazing experiments with Maker Lab: Make Your Own Science Experiments.

Put on that lab coat and secure those safety glasses before testing over 30 kid-safe experiments that use common household items. Grow geodes in eggshells, make a bouncing ball out...
AuthorPatrick McDonnell
ISBN0316502464
Bestselling and award-winning artist Patrick McDonnell uses the ABC's to tell a hilarious, high-energy alphabetical adventure.

It starts with an ALLIGATOR and a BEAR chasing a CAT. When a DRAGON (and a chicken and an egg!) join in pursuit, things start to get REALLY interesting. A wild and...
AuthorGilbert Ford
ISBN1481450654
With magnificent dioramic illustrations, Gilbert Ford captures the joy, creativity, and determination behind the invention of an iconic, one-of-a-kind toy: the Slinky!

One day, a spring fell from the desk of Richard James, an engineer and a dreamer. Its coils took a walk…and so did Richard’s...
AuthorTimothy Basil Ering
ISBN0763664324
Expect something unexpected when a duckling lost at sea adopts a musical new friend in a whimsical, heart-lifting story from Timothy Basil Ering.
Captain Alfred is sailing home with new ducks for his farm when his little boat is caught in an unexpected and mighty storm. Everything aboard the ship...
AuthorBarbara Kerley
ISBN0545222680
A brilliant portrait of two American heroes from the award-winning creators of The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)!

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were very different.

John Adams was short and stout.
Thomas Jefferson was tall and lean.

John was argumentative...
AuthorMargi Preus
ISBN0805078290
Some trees have lived many lifetimes, standing as silent witnesses to history. Some are remarkable for their age and stature; others for their usefulness. A bristlecone pine tree in California has outlived man by almost 4,000 years; a baobab tree in Australia served as a prison for Aboriginal prisoners...
AuthorElisa Carbone
ISBN0670016497
Diana Hopkins lived in a white house. THE White House.

World War II is in full force across the seas. It's 1943, President Roosevelt is in office, and Diana's father, Harry Hopkins, is his chief advisor. And Diana wants to be part of the war effort. After some well-intentioned missteps (her quarantine...
AuthorSujean Rim
ISBN0316407445
It was so refreshing to read this book! I just happened to grab it off a shelve to check out from the library and read to my toddler. With all of this negativity about immigrants, refugees, etc., it was so nice to read a new children's book that shows a small snippet of an immigrant's experiences in coming...
AuthorSteve Jenkins
Animals move! Follow them as they swing, dance, float, leap, and slide from page to page, then learn why these animals move the way they do, from the jumping spider who dances to impress and then floats away on a thread of silk, to the roadrunner who flies, but not too far, and would rather run to catch its...
AuthorRyan T. Higgins
ISBN1368003540
I like grumpy ol’ Bruce. He has 4 geese as children and 3 rowdy mice live with him. The 3 rowdy mice drive him crazy. They are, noisy and messy. Wow, that sounds just like children. It’s amazing how loud and messy kids can be. I mean, it’s unbelievable. It’s so bad for Bruce, that he decides to move...
AuthorMarc Harshman
ISBN1596437189
In the wooded heart of Pennsylvania, a house perches atop a waterfall. The water's tune echoes through its sunlit-dappled rooms, and the façade blends effortlessly into the rock and forest behind it. This is Fallingwater, an architectural masterpiece born from the marriage of meticulous research...
AuthorPatricia McCormick
ISBN0062292595
The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine.

When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse. They had no idea that the skinny, underfed horse had one of the biggest and bravest...
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