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10 best books like Come Away From The Water, Shirley (John Burningham): The Day the Babies Crawled Away, Haunted House, The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch, The Adventures of Maya the Bee, The Real Thief, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep, Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse, Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf, A Lion in the Meadow

The Day the Babies Crawled Away
AuthorPeggy Rathmann
What a lovely day at the fair. Children lining up for pony rides . . . moms and dads in a pie-eating contest . . . babies chasing butterflies . . . babies heading for the trees . . . I SAY! Where are those babies GOING? Only a small boy sees them leaving and follows as the babies chase butterflies in trees, frogs...
Haunted House
AuthorJan Pieńkowski
ISBN1844288749
Revisit – if you dare! – one of the best-loved pop-up books of all time, now more gleefully ghoulish then ever with the addition of several spooky surprises.

Come in, Doctor. Yes, it is a quaint old place - chilly, though...

The owner of the Haunted House is unwell, and it's not surprising....
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
AuthorRonda Armitage
ISBN0590551752
Every day, Mr Grinling rows out to the lighthouse to make sure everything is running smoothly and every day his wife, through the use of a rather ingenious cable system, sends him his rather lavish lunch (peach surprise and a killer sandwich among other things). That is until some well-named gulls see...
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
AuthorWaldemar Bonsels
ISBN1594625913
1922. Bonsels, German writer of children's books, brings us the story of Maya and friends (Willy the bee, Flip the grasshopper) and many other insects as they enjoy their colorful lives. Contents: First Flight; The House of the Rose; The Lake; Effie and Bobbie; The Acrobat; Puck; In the Toils; The Bug...
The Real Thief
AuthorWilliam Steig
ISBN0374462089
Gawain the goose is really devoted to King Basil the bear and so he takes his job as Chief Guard of the Royal Treasury seriously. When rubies, then gold ducats, and finally the world-famous Kalikak diamond vanish from the treasure house, there is no way to account for the disappearances. Only Gawain and...
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain
AuthorEdward Ardizzone
ISBN1845074564
Little Tim wants to be a sailor, but his parents tell him he's too young, even though his retired boatman friend has taught him all about ships. He decides to convince them by stowing away on a steamer. When he is discovered, he is put to work scrubbing the decks, which is a lot harder than he expected.

Here's...
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep
AuthorEleanor Farjeon
ISBN0763601330

Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. By the time she’s seven, the tireless girl can even outskip the fairies and is rewarded with a gift of rare and lasting value. Can she use it many years later to save the children’s fabled skipping grounds from a greedy, factory-building lord? Charlotte Voake’s...
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
AuthorUrsula Moray Williams
ISBN0753412071
Proud and brave, Uncle Peder had never made so fine a horse before. The little wooden horse loves Uncle Peder like a father and hopes never to leave him. When the toymaker falls on hard times, the little wooden horse must go out into the world to seek his fortune. But whether he's working in a coal mine, walking...
Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf
AuthorCatherine Storr
ISBN0140364633
This is an excellent book that tells the story of a very clever and witty little girl.

Polly is being tormented by a rather unpleasant wolf who constantly threatens to eat her! Polly, however, is far too clever for the silly wolf and devises a number of delicious ways to prevent him from eating...
A Lion in the Meadow
AuthorMargaret Mahy
ISBN0140506306
I'm still new to Margaret Mahy and this was a present from the guys at work. One of her more famous stories I believe. It's a nice warm story about the nature of stories and imagination and where the line between them and reality can blur, especially in the mind of a child.

Jenny Williams creates...
Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish
AuthorMichael Foreman
This is a book that fearlessly exposes the hitherto unexposed connections between rubbish, the endless tons of domestic and commercial waste that we produce, and dinosaurs.

Essentially it is like that classic documentary One Million Years BC , but with better dinosaurs, more rubbish...
John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat
AuthorJenny Wagner
ISBN0140503064

Note: I didn't read this; I saw it on "Sammy's Story Shop."

This story is appalling! Rose, an old woman, and John Brown, her dog, live together happily, until one day the Midnight Cat begins lurking around the house. Rose likes the cat and makes overtures towards it, but John Brown feels threatened...
Anno's Journey
AuthorMitsumasa Anno
ISBN0698114337
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner

Join Anno, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, on a spectacular tour of Europe!

A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual...
Mr. Majeika
AuthorHumphrey Carpenter
ISBN0140316779
As a rule, magic carpets don't turn up in schools, but this is exactly what happens when Class Three’s new teacher flies in through the classroom window and lands on the floor with a bump.

Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish...
Katie Morag Delivers the Mail
AuthorMairi Hedderwick
ISBN0099220725
Katie Morag, is always up to SOMETHING. . . Whether she's mixed up in a parcel-posting problem; having bright ideas to help Grannie Island out of a spot of sheep trouble or planning the best wedding ever, children's favourite Katie Morag McColl guarantees a story to cherish! KATIE MORAG DELIVERS THE...
that pesky rat
AuthorLauren Child
ISBN1841212768
The pesky rat introduces himself by telling us how cute he is, that he lives in dustbin number 3, Grubby Alley, and that every now and again he returns home to find that someone has emptied all his belongings into a big van and driven off with them. Not surprisingly he finds this 'very upsetting'.

He...
The Boy Who Grew Flowers
AuthorJen Wojtowicz
ISBN1841486868
Think about the title of this book, The Boy Who Grew Flowers. This book is about a boy who is different than other children. How do you think he is different? (children might respond that maybe he liked to grow flowers in his garden) Well actually this boy grew flowers all over his body at certain times! How...
Hodja fra Pjort
AuthorOle Lund Kirkegaard
ISBN8700178012
Ole Lund Kirkegaard, 1940-1979, dansk forfatter af børnebøger, som han selv har illustreret.
Hans personer, bl.a. i debutromanen Lille Virgil (1967), er ofte opfindsomme, legende børn, som sammen med skæve eksistenser og folkepensionister står i et modsætningsforhold til samfundets...
Dailan Kifki
AuthorMaría Elena Walsh
ISBN9505116292
Recuerdo que estaba fascinado con la idea de que había un pueblo llamado "Ituzaingó". Abstenerse de corregirme "pueblo" con "ciudad", por favor. No me tiren cuántas personas viven en Ituzaingó. En el libro era un pueblo con pinta a pueblo y rol de pueblo. Quizás creció desde que Walsh lo escribió,...
100万回生きたねこ
AuthorYoko Sano
ISBN4061272748
If you were concerned about The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit , you'll be even more worried by this book. I must admit that I haven't yet tried reading it to a two year old, but here's my artist's impression of how it might play out:

ME: So what are we going to read tonight? How about...
Friends from the Other Side/Amigos del otro lado
AuthorGloria E. Anzaldúa
ISBN0892391308
Friends from the Other Side, by Gloria Anzaldua, illustrated by Consuelo Mendez

Prietita is a young Mexican-American girl living in South Texas, near the Rio-Grande river which is the U.S.-Mexican border. One day, she meets a boy named Joaquin, who meets her clad in a long sleeve shirt (unusual...
The Night Pirates
AuthorPeter Harris
ISBN0439799597
A perfectly pitched, irresistibly charming read-aloud picture book for the youngest pirate enthusiasts!

"Down, down, down the dark, dark street they came. Up, up, up the dark, dark house they climbed. Stealthy as shadows, quiet as mice. Only the moon was watching when they arrived. Only...
The Three Robbers
AuthorTomi Ungerer
ISBN1570982066


“The Three Robbers" is a children’s book written by Tomi Ungerer and it relates the story of how three ferocious robbers became foster parents when they rescued an orphaned girl from going to her cruel aunt’s house. This book will surely be a delight for young children to read for many...
Les Contes du chat perché
AuthorMarcel Aymé
ISBN2070363430
Comme le loup protestait de ses bonnes intentions, elle lui jeta par le nez:
- Et l'agneau, alors? ... Oui, l'agneau que vous avez mangé?
Le loup n'en fut pas démonté.
-L'agneau que j'ai mangé, dit-il. Lequel?
- Comment? vous en avez donc mangé plusieurs! s'écria Delphine. Eh...
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