Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo
10 best books like Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo (William Joyce): The House on East 88th Street, The Wreck of the Zephyr, A Hole is to Dig, The Paper Crane, Erandi's Braids, "I Can't," Said the Ant, Chato and the Party Animals, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Dinosaur Time, The Tub People
The House on East 88th Street
| Author | Bernard Waber |
| ISBN | 0395199700 |
Here's another wonderful, and now favorite, character I missed in childhood! How does such catastrophes happen?! Surely I have a little gaping Lyle hole because of it.
Lyle is so sweet-natured and likable, he'll quickly work his way into your heart and home, just like he did to the Primm Family,...
| Author | Chris Van Allsburg |
| ISBN | 0395330750 |
The Wreck of the Zephyr is a magical story that leaves what happened in the story to the reader. The story begins with a visitor finding a boat up on a hill. The visitor is wondering how this boat got there, when he is surprised by an old man. The old man tells our visitor how there was once a storm that carried...
A wonderful book with humorous definitions for words. A dog is to kiss is a wonderful double page showing children with their dog friends, there are some beautiful illustrations of dogs accompanying children in their play throughout the book. Sendaks illustrations are wonderful and the illustrations...
| Author | Molly Bang |
| ISBN | 0688073336 |
A beautifully illustrated retelling of an ancient Japanese folktale by Molly Bang, the celebrated creator of numerous picture books including the Caldecott Honor Books Ten, Nine, Eight; The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher; and When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry . . .
Business...
| Author | Antonio Hernandez Madrigal |
| ISBN | 0698118855 |
The yellow dress Erandi wants for her birthday will look beautiful with her long, thick braids. But Mama's fishing net is full of holes, and there isn't enough money to buy both a new net and a birthday dress. The only solution lies with the hair buyers from the city. But Mama's hair isn't nearly as beautiful...
| Author | Polly Cameron |
| ISBN | 1590020499 |
A teapot falls off a shelf in the kitchen and the event is witnessed by an ant. The ant feels incapable of offering any assistance, sparking commentary from all of the appliances and the food.
I’ve used this book over and over again during my daughter’s first grade year to advance her reading...
Chato and the Party Animals
| Author | Gary Soto |
| ISBN | 0399231595 |
Chato, the coolest cat in el barrio, loves to party--but not his best buddy, Novio Boy. Birthday parties always make him blue. "I'm from the pound," he tells Chato. "I don't know when I was born. I never knew my mami. I never even had a birthday party, or nothing."So Chato plans the coolest surprise party...
| Author | Judi Barrett |
| ISBN | 0689801041 |
In this charming sequel to the classic Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Kate and Henry eagerly await Grandpa's return from a vacation that his postcard says has been one of the best and most unusual ever. Thinking about that postcard Kate drifts off to sleep that night and...
"With Henry as...
| Author | Peggy Parish |
| ISBN | 0064440370 |
I loved the pronunciation guide. That is this book's strength. The problem with it is that it's dated- we've learned rather a lot about dinosaurs and their extinction since 1974. It was fun to read with a five year old dino maven-
I read "Dinosaurs lived everywhere for a long time. Then they died....
| Author | Pam Conrad |
| ISBN | 0064433064 |
The Tub People is a story of six little people that live in the bathtub, along with their dog. They play in the water and like to rescue each other and at night they line up on the edge of the bathtub. One night when the bath water began rushing down the drain before the tub people could get to the edge the tub child...
| Author | Natalie Kinsey-Warnock |
| ISBN | 0140558543 |
This is a true story set in New Hampshire. The author is a distant relative of Sarah Whitcher, the little girl whom the story is about.
Sarah is just three years old when she wanders off by herself and becomes lost in the woods. A rescue team was sent out to look for her to no avail. A man comes to town and...
| Author | Don Freeman |
| ISBN | 0140502882 |
Why mice?
Why has so much children's literature been about mice? Why Mickey and Jerry and Fievel and their animated brethren? How in the world did such vermin ridden filth become cute?
It's not like they are endangered and we need to generate our usual, oops-too-late-false-sense-of-urgency....
| Author | Russell Hoban |
| ISBN | 0374444838 |
They eat sand and gravel for breakfast and a stew of sticks and stones for dinner. No one says "please" or "thank you." Instead, they kick and yell and punch and shove. Then one day everything changes, when Baby Brute happens upon "a little wandering lost good feeling in a field of daisies." When he brings...
| Author | Tomie dePaola |
| ISBN | 0399245294 |
"Little Grunt goes in search of eggs for Sunday brunch, finds the biggest egg he has ever seen. Turns out it to be a dinosaur egg, and like every child who finds a stray Little Grunt begs to keep him. The family reluctantly agrees. George the dinosaur grows quickly becoming more work than the family can handle....
| Author | Mark Alan Stamaty |
| ISBN | 0375825509 |
Sam’s love of donuts takes him to the Big City where he makes friends with Mr. Bikferd, a world class collector of donuts. But when Mr. Bikferd falls in love with Pretzel Annie, the prophecy of an old homeless woman comes true: “Who needs donuts when you’ve got love?” Mr. Bikferd bequeaths his...
If the Dinosaurs Came Back
| Author | Bernard Most |
| ISBN | 0152380213 |
Personal Response: I loved the way that this book could open up children's imaginations. I enjoyed how goofy and whimsical the book was- it talks about some outrageous things that could happen if the dinosaurs came back. The pictures on the pages were really interesting to me. Each pictures is black...
It's a quiet morning in the library until a little girl roars out of control! Tess resigns herself to a time-out, but finds that she must be the one who has to maintain order when T. Rex leaps from the pages of a book into real life. Books scatter, knights clatter, and a pirate brandishes a sword as T. Rex leads...
Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom?
| Author | Lois G. Grambling |
| ISBN | 0816733872 |
A boy is desperate to have a stegosaurus for a pet. He gives many reasons explaining why his mum should get him one.
He puts his argument across in a variety of ways; explaining that if he had one he would sleep better at night as he wouldn’t be scared of monsters. He then decides he could feed it...
| Author | Carol Carrick |
| ISBN | 0899194028 |
Patrick's Dinosaurs is a exciting and factual book that I would definitely recommend to young readers. The book contains information about six of the world's many ancient creatures, and the best part was that it compared the dinosaurs to the living things in the zoo that we see today! The thrilling part...
| Author | Bill Peet |
| ISBN | 0395329221 |
“Big Bad Bruce” is another classic tale by Bill Peet and it is about how Bruce the Bear tortures small creatures and he eventually gets what he deserves when Roxy the witch shrinks him down to the size of a chipmunk. The lesson of this story may have not been taught right, but this book is still...
| Author | Steven Kellogg |
| ISBN | 0140546499 |
Shout it once! Shout it twice!
Friends forever! Skog and mice!
Since its publication in 1973, The Island of the Skog has been a favorite of children everywhere-and of the author himself! We're delighted to remind you of this beloved book on its thirtieth birthday.
Jenny and her...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-Up
| Author | Robert Sabuda |
| ISBN | 0689817517 |
Robert Sabuda has created a resplendent pop-up version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the original publication. This glorious edition is told in a shorter version of L. Frank Baum's original text, with artwork in the style of W. W. Denslow. With sparkling touches...
