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10 best books like Building Our House (Jonathan Bean): How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, The Gardener, Mossy, One Morning in Maine, The Seven Silly Eaters, The Story of Fish and Snail, Charlie Needs a Cloak, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, The Giant Jumparee

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
AuthorMarjorie Priceman
ISBN0679880836
Illus. in full color. An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This deliciously silly recipe for apple pie takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat....
The Gardener
AuthorSarah Stewart
ISBN0374325170
By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling The Library

Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing...
Mossy
AuthorJan Brett
ISBN0399257829
Who will help Mossy return home to Lilypad Pond?

Mossy, an amazing turtle with a gorgeous garden growing on her shell, loses her freedom when Dr. Carolina, a biologist,  takes her to live in her Edwardian museum. Visitors flock to see Mossy, but it is Dr. Carolina's niece, Tory, who notices...
One Morning in Maine
AuthorRobert McCloskey
ISBN0140501746
OMG. I love the artwork and the nature drawings in this story. The drawings are black and white with exquisite details. I also like the story. Sal, who I assume is the same Sal in the Sal and the Blueberries, wakes up excited to go to town. She discovers a tooth is loose and the excitement is vibrating in the...
The Seven Silly Eaters
AuthorMary Ann Hoberman
ISBN0152024409
Five stars thanks to Marla Frazee's illustrations. I loved her work in All the World and am now a devoted fan. Her illustrations of family life just make me feel so happy! I am at once flooded with sweet memories of my own childhood and full of dreams for when I have kids of my own. She creates families and home-life...
The Story of Fish and Snail
AuthorDeborah Freedman
ISBN0670784893
Every day, Snail waits for Fish to come home with a new story.

Today, Fish's story (about pirates!) is too grand to simply be told: Fish wants to show Snail. But that would mean leaving the familiar world of their book—a scary prospect for Snail, who would rather stay safely at home and pretend...
Charlie Needs a Cloak
AuthorTomie dePaola
ISBN0671664670
In the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, no one could do informational picture books like Tomie dePaola. Cultural studies, folktales, historical pieces, religious tradition, even basic science were all in his repertoire, and several classics arose among his many works. Charlie Needs a Cloak is a simple walkthrough...
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
AuthorLinda Williams
ISBN0064431835
“A splendiferous Halloween story.” — The Horn Book

“A great purchase for Halloween or any time of year.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the...
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
AuthorCandace Fleming
ISBN1416909680
Tippy, tippy, tippy, Pat!

That's the sound three hungry bunnies make when the sun goes down and the moon comes up and Mr. McGreely's garden smells yum, yum, yummy. While's he's dreaming of his mouth-watering carrots, the bunnies are diving over fences and swimming trenches to get the veggies...
The Giant Jumparee
AuthorJulia Donaldson
ISBN0763566616
Thank you to Netgalley, Publisher and Julia Donaldson for the opportunity to read this book for an honest review.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance reader copy of this book.

You can find my review on both Goodreads and Amazon. On goodreads.com/karenwhittard and on Amazon under k.e.whittard...
Sky Color
AuthorPeter H. Reynolds
ISBN0763623458
The sky’s no limit as the author-illustrator of The Dot and Ish winds up his Creatrilogy with a whimsical tale about seeing the world a new way.

Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can’t wait to begin! But how can Marisol make a...
The Circus Ship
AuthorChris Van Dusen
With stunning artwork and a rhyming text, the illustrator of the Mercy Watson books tells a tale of human-animal connection full of humor and heart.

When a circus ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, the poor animals are left on their own to swim the chilly waters. Staggering onto a nearby...
Sophie's Squash
AuthorPat Zietlow Miller
ISBN0307978966
This is a beautiful children’s book about a little girl, Sophie, who chooses a squash from a farmer’s market. This squash is the perfect size to hold, to bounce on her knee, to put a face on with marker, to fall in love with. The squash begins to become freckled and less bouncy, and in an effort to heal...
The Apple Pie Tree
AuthorZoe Hall
ISBN0590623826
Two sisters observe their apple tree through the seasons in this charming picture-book for younger children, delighting in the robin's nest in its branches, admiring its soft pink blossoms and growing fruit, and playing in its welcome shade. When fall comes, and the apples are ready for picking, the...
Too Many Pumpkins
AuthorLinda White
ISBN0823413209
What can you do with too many pumpkins?

Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl when pumpkins were often the only food her family had. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard, she shovels dirt over the pieces and forgets about them. But those slimy...
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