Cajun Night Before Christmas(r)

10 best books like Cajun Night Before Christmas(r) (Howard Jacobs): Snow, Glass, Apples, And Tango Makes Three, Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story, Children: The Challenge, Domitila: A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition, Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China, The Crossover, How to Fight, Iggy Peck, Architect, Iron: Or, the War After

Snow, Glass, Apples

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	1472262913

A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran.

A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever...

And Tango Makes Three

Author	Justin Richardson
ISBN	0689878451

This true story about two penguins who live in the Central Park Zoo has been creating quite a controversy. I heard about the book this morning on The View (yes, I do inevitably end up watching four women squabbling on tv when I don't have to work, and controversies like this are the reason I keep going back!)....

Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

Author	S.D. Nelson
ISBN	1419703552

This fascinating picture book biography tells the childhood story of Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born around 1839. Through her true story, readers will learn what it was like to be part of this Native American community that lived along the Missouri River in the Dakotas, a society that depended...

Children: The Challenge

Author	Rudolf Dreikurs
ISBN	0452266556

"Children: The Challenge" gives the key to parents who seek to build trust and love in their families, and raise happier, healthier, and better behaved children. Based on a lifetime of experience with children--their problems, their delights, their challenges--Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs, one of America's...

Domitila: A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition

Author	Jewell Reinhart Coburn
ISBN	1885008139

Raised by loving parents in the vast desert state of Hidalgo, Domitila grows to be a talented and beautiful young woman in this Mexican folktale, skilled at both cooking and working with fine leather. When her mother becomes ill, and Domitila must leave home in order to find work, she eventually gains...

Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China

Author

Ai-Ling Louie

I have read many different interpretations of the classic “Cinderella” story. But imagine my delight when I find out that there was a “Cinderella” story that comes from China called “Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China,” which was retold by Ai-Ling Louie along with illustrations...

The Crossover

Author	Kwame Alexander
ISBN	1328960013

Kwame Alexander's The Crossover is brought to life as a graphic novel with illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile. 

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. ’Cuz tonight I’m delivering," raps twelve-year-old Josh...

How to Fight

Author	Thich Nhat Hanh
ISBN	1941529860

Learn how to relax the bonds of anger, attachment, and delusion through mindfulness and kindness toward ourselves and others.
The Mindfulness Essentials series introduces beginners and reminds seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. This time Nhat Hanh brings...

Iggy Peck, Architect

Author

Andrea Beaty

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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Iron: Or, the War After

Author

S.M. Vidaurri

IN A WORLD OF CONSTANT WINTER...

When an intelligence spy from the Resistance--the rabbit, Hardin--steals secret information from a military base of the Regime, his actions set off a chain of events that reverberates through the ranks of both sides, touching everyone from the highest-ranking...