Bubble Trouble

10 best books like Bubble Trouble (Margaret Mahy): Hedgie's Surprise, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, The Rabbit Listened, The Wall in the Middle of the Book, Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, Wolves, Chicken Little, Noah's Ark, Just Because, Button Up!: Wrinkled Rhymes

Hedgie's Surprise

Author	Jan Brett
ISBN	0399234772

Jan Brett's beloved character Hedgie stars in this charming story about a little Tomten who gets tired of porridge for breakfast and starts stealing Henny's eggs. But Henny wants a brood of chicks and she needs her eggs. With the help of clever Hedgie, she substitutes an acorn, a strawberry, a mushroom...

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Author	Philip C. Stead
ISBN	1596434023

Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl.

But one day—"Ah-choo!"—he woke up with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected...

The Rabbit Listened

Author

Cori Doerrfeld

A universal, deeply moving exploration of grief and empathy

With its spare, poignant text and irresistibly sweet illustrations, The Rabbit Listened is a tender meditation on loss.

When something terrible happens, Taylor doesn't know where to turn. All the animals are sure they...

The Wall in the Middle of the Book

Author	Jon Agee
ISBN	0525555455

A foolish knight is certain that his side of the wall is the safe side in this meta picture book.

There's a wall in the middle of the book, and our hero—a young knight—is sure that the wall protects his side of the book from the dangers of the other side—like an angry tiger and giant rhino, and...

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Author	Lindsay Mattick
ISBN	0316324906

Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. In 1914, during World War I, Captain Harry Colebourn, a Canadian veterinarian on his way to serve with cavalry units in Europe, rescued a bear cub in White River, Ontario. He named the bear Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg,...

Wolves

Author	Emily Gravett
ISBN	1416914919

Unfortunately, I had a very strong negative reaction to this book. I wanted to like it for being interesting and engaging and... fun. I think it is supposed to be fun. We are supposed to chuckle and appreciate. Instead, I was saddened and angered.

Here is the story of a cute little rabbit who decides...

Chicken Little

Author	Rebecca Emberley
ISBN	1596434643

BONK! An award-winning father-daughter team make the sky fall an entirely new way.
You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose encounter with an acorn and gravity convinces him the sky is falling, but youÕve never seen the story told this way. A brilliant collaboration...

Noah's Ark

Author	Jerry Pinkney
ISBN	1587172011

For 40 days and 40 nights rain poured from the heavens, enveloping the world. Only Noah had been warned by God of the great floodand only Noah could save life on earth. This powerful story of salvation has fascinated people of all ages for centuries. Now, four-time Caldecott Honor-recipient Jerry Pinkney...

Just Because

Author	Rebecca Elliott
ISBN	0745962351

Amusing and often touching, this story encompasses the issue of disability in a charming celebration of sibling friendship to which all children can relate

 
My big sister Clemmie is my best friend. She can’t walk, talk, move around much, cook macaroni, pilot a plane, juggle or do...

Button Up!: Wrinkled Rhymes

Author	Alice Schertle
ISBN	0152050507

Did you actually think shoes, jackets, and hats didn't have personalitites? Think again! The outfits in this book are brought to vivid life by Alice Schertle's wry poetry and Petra Mathers's exuberant cast of young animal characters. From Joshua's cozy jammies to Emily's frilly undies, the duds on...