Counting Lions: Portraits from the Wild

10 best books like Counting Lions: Portraits from the Wild (Katie Cotton): Julián Is a Mermaid, A Stone Sat Still, One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale, Open This Little Book, For Men Only: A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women, The Day War Came, Abracadabra, It's Spring!, Glitch, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, Circle

Julián Is a Mermaid

Author	Jessica Love
ISBN	0763690457

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their...

A Stone Sat Still

Author	Brendan Wenzel
ISBN	1452173184

I simply loved this book because it has the potential for different perspectives of how and when we read it. It will be different for the children. They will enjoy the illustrations and the various animals and flora depicted in relation to the stone. And as for adults, I feel this book describes a home to...

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

Author

Demi

I have read many books by world-renowned children’s book author, Demi, but I have not gotten around to reviewing any of Demi’s books yet. “One Grain of Rice” is the first book by Demi that I am reviewing and it is a folktale from India that is about a young woman named Rani who tries to trick...

Open This Little Book

Author	Jesse Klausmeier
ISBN	0811867838

What will you find when you open this little book? A fun story? Sweet characters? Enticing pictures? Yes! But much more. Open this book and you will find...another book...and another...and another. Debut author Jesse Klausmeier and master book creator Suzy Lee have combined their creative visions...

For Men Only: A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women

Author	Shaunti Feldhahn
ISBN	1590525728

Finally--You "Can"Understand Her!
Women: Complicated and impossible to understand? Do you love and want to please the woman in your life, but just can't seem to figure her out? That was before "For Men Only." Now at your fingertips is the tool that will unlock the secret to her mysterious ways. Through...

The Day War Came

Author	Nicola Davies
ISBN	1536201731

A moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who is forced to become a refugee.

The day war came there were flowers on the windowsill and my father sang my baby brother back to sleep.

Imagine if,...

Abracadabra, It's Spring!

Author	Anne Sibley O'Brien
ISBN	1419718916

Sun shines on a patch of snow.
Hocus pocus!
Where did it go?

Winter turns to spring in this lyrical book that celebrates the magic of nature and the changing seasons. Eleven gatefolds open to re-create the excitement and surprise of spring’s arrival, revealing what happens when...

Glitch

Author	Sarah Graley
ISBN	1338174517

From comics rising star Sarah Graley, a fresh and funny middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl who must save a virtual world... and her own!
Izzy has an incredible secret -- she can enter the world of her new video game! She meets Rae, a robot who says Izzy is destined to save Dungeon City from the...

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

Author	N.T. Wright
ISBN	0060507152

Why do we expect justice? Why do we crave spirituality? Why are we attracted to beauty? Why are relationships often so painful? And how will the world be made right? These are not simply perennial questions all generations must struggle with, but, according to N. T. Wright, are the very echoes of a voice...

Circle

Author	Mac Barnett
ISBN	0763696080

Book Reviewed by Stacey on www.whisperingstories.com

Circle is the third book in the children’s shapes trilogy by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. The first two books in the series were Triangle and Square.

One day friends Triangle and Square visited Circle. The three decided to play...