Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888

9 best books like Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (Ernest Lawrence Thayer): Little Red Riding Hood, The House in the Night, A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, Locomotive, Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., The Paperboy, Noah's Ark

Little Red Riding Hood

Author	Trina Schart Hyman
ISBN	0823404706

This has beautiful artwork with panes on the page with story similar to Jan Brett. There is also a main paige of just artwork. It is beautiful work. I did think this was good, but she basically tells the same story we all know. There is nothing new here, no spin, or any kind of fresh take really.

I love...

The House in the Night

Author	Susan Marie Swanson
ISBN	0618862447

The beautiful illustrations in this book are scratchboard and watercolor black and white and orange. It is a beginner book with one phrase that moves the story along out and then back. It is based off of an old nursery rhyme.

This was very good at creating a mood: magical wonder of a child. It talks...

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

Author	Jen Bryant
ISBN	0802853021

When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie’s notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie’s words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So he went off to medical school and became a doctor -- one of the busiest men in town!...

Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei

Author	Peter Sís
ISBN	0374470278

"If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo Galilei

In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the...

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

Author	Carole Boston Weatherford
ISBN	0786851759

This is a powerful story about Harriet and slavery. It does a good job talking about slavery and how bad it was without being too much for kids. Harriet made 19 trips into the South and freed around 300 people. That is pretty incredible. She was in constant conversation with God. She was the most successful...

Locomotive

Author	Brian Floca
ISBN	1416994157

I see why people love Floca's book. The illustrations of the trains are terrific. As far as train-technology goes, it is way-cool. However, in 2013, couldn't it have been made more inclusive?

The Chinese laborers, for example, are shown in illustrations twice, but never mentioned in the part...

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Author	Doreen Rappaport
ISBN	0786807148

The Barnes & Noble Review
Acclaimed author Doreen Rappaport and Coretta Scott King Award winner Bryan Collier, who previously collaborated on Freedom River , have pooled their talents yet again in a stunning tribute to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. An extraordinary...

The Paperboy

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...

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...