C D B!
10 best books like C D B! (William Steig): Dreamers, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Reckless, The Book with No Pictures, The Paperboy, Paul Bunyan, a Tall Tale, Iggy Peck, Architect, Dog Heaven, The Story of Ruby Bridges
| Author | Yuyi Morales |
| ISBN | 0823440559 |
Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative power of hope . . . and reading.
In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.
She...
| Author | Mac Barnett |
| ISBN | 0763662291 |
With perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen dig down for a deadpan tale full of visual humor.
Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find . . . nothing....
Harold and the Purple Crayon
| Author | Crockett Johnson |
| ISBN | 0747532036 |
"One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight." So begins this gentle story that shows just how far your imagination can take you. Armed only with an oversized purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of beauty and excitement. But this...
Ever since Jacob Reckless was a child, he has been escaping to a hidden world through a portal in his father's abandoned study. Over the years, he has made a name for himself as a finder of enchanted items and buried secrets. He's also made many enemies and allies--most important, Fox, a beautiful shape-shifting...
The Book with No Pictures
| Author | B.J. Novak |
| ISBN | 0803741715 |
A book with no pictures?
What could be fun about that?
After all, if a book has no pictures, there's nothing to look at but the words on the page.
Words that might make you say silly sounds... In ridiculous voices...
Hey, what kind of book is this, anyway?
At...
| Author | Dav Pilkey |
| ISBN | 0531071391 |
This book encourages me to stay in bed. We see that early morning time it’s still dark and the paperboy gets up out of bed and starts work. It looks brutal. He gets home when the sun is coming up and goes back to bed for some ‘z’s.
Dav does a wonderful job at showing what it’s like in the early...
| Author | Steven Kellogg |
| ISBN | 0688058000 |
I had not heard of Paul Bunyan so I don't know how accurate the story is but I found this unpleasant and confusing. Building skyscrapers out of wood, a giant pancake machine that flipped the pancakes on top of the skyscrapers and people playing some game that looked like ice hockey with bacon strapped to...
A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing
Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun.
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| Author | Cynthia Rylant |
| ISBN | 0590417010 |
In Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant's classic bestseller, the author comforts readers young and old who have lost a dog. Recommended highly by pet lovers around the world, Dog Heaven not only comforts but also brings a tear to anyone who is devoted to a pet. From expansive fields where dogs can run and...
The Story of Ruby Bridges
| Author | Robert Coles |
| ISBN | 0439598443 |
"Please, God, try to forgive those people. Because even if they say those bad things, They don't know what they're doing."
This is the true story of an extraordinary 6-year-old who helped shape history when she became the first African-American sent to first grade in an all white school. This...
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
| Author | James Marshall |
| ISBN | 0803705425 |
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Goldilocks, who was very interested in online reviewing. She was out in the woods one day, when, walking past a house picturesquely called Bear Cottage, she glanced through the window and happened to notice three books lying on the table. No one seemed to be...
| Author | Alice Provensen |
| ISBN | 0394932420 |
This book is about all of the seasons. It starts by describing winter. It begins to describe winter as the time to build snowmans and the time of the year to wear your mittens and boots. Winter is the cold season and the time to bring out your snow shovels. It goes on to describe how the snow starts to melt and...
| Author | Kristin Baird Rattini |
Nonfiction/ Twin Text #5:
The informational nonfiction novel, Weather, by Kristin Baird Rattini is perfect for Primary students who want to learn more about the weather. The book has great pictures which can draw the younger students in. The book also gives great pictures of different types...
| Author | Scholastic Inc. |
| ISBN | 0545621100 |
Who doesn't love baby animals? This book gives you all kinds of information about many different baby animals, like how a foal (baby horse) can stand up and run two hours after birth. Human babies can not run two hours after birth. Puppies, farm animals, monkeys, bears, elephants, water babies, many...
| Author | Calef Brown |
| ISBN | 0618916415 |
This is such a fun poetry book! I love poetry and I love children's literature, but rarely do I find a children's poetry book that I enjoy as much as I enjoyed this one. The poems are silly, but not to the point of feeling like they are trying too hard. It is a short book with only a few poems, but each poem is truly...
| Author | Erica S. Perl |
| ISBN | 0545461820 |
They say the lion is king of the jungle, but who's the king of the zoo?
Meet Carlos the Chameleon, the true king of the zoo...or so he thought!
When his friends point out that he's not the zoo's only king, Carlos must defend his kingdom! The kangaroo makes Carlos hopping mad. The monkey...
Harold & Hog Pretend For Real!
| Author | Dan Santat |
| ISBN | 1368027164 |
First sentence: Hey, Hog! Let's pretend to be Elephant and Piggie!
Premise/plot: Harold & Hog Pretend For Real! is one of the books in the series Elephant & Piggie Like Reading. The books in this series are introduced by...you guessed it...Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie....
What Is the Name of This Book?
| Author | Raymond M. Smullyan |
| ISBN | 0671628321 |
If you're intrigued by puzzles and paradoxes, these 200 mind-bending logic puzzles, riddles, and diversions will thrill you with challenges to your powers of reason and common sense. Raymond M. Smullyan — a celebrated mathematician, logician, magician, and author — presents a logical labyrinth...
