Dog in Boots
10 best books like Dog in Boots (Greg Gormley): The Cow Who Climbed a Tree, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, Dog's Colorful Day: A Messy Story About Colors and Counting, Angelina Ballerina, A Parade of Elephants, Sam and the Firefly, Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, The Sand Warrior, The Friend Ship, A Dog Named Doug
| Author | Gemma Merino |
| ISBN | 0807512982 |
Winner:
2017 CCBC Choices
2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award, Highly Commended Title
Tina isn't like the other cows. She believes that the sky is the limit and that everything is possible. But her sisters aren't convinced—and when Tina tells them she has climbed a tree and met a dragon,...
| Author | Susan Hood |
| ISBN | 1481430955 |
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.
Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...
Dog's Colorful Day: A Messy Story About Colors and Counting
| Author | Emma Dodd |
| ISBN | 0525465286 |
At last, here is a concept book with a sense of humor and a satisfying story.Poor Dog. Somehow he always manages to be underfoot when someone makes a mess. Red jam, blue paint, pink ice cream, orange juice -- the history of his day is splattered on his bright, white coat. And by evening, there are ten colorful...
| Author | Katharine Holabird |
| ISBN | 0670060267 |
Originally published in 1983, and then presented in this 25th Anniversary Edition in 2008, this first story about that dancing mouse, Angelina Ballerina, is immensely charming. Always dancing, always moving, Angelina is the despair of her mother, as she causes destruction wherever she goes with...
| Author | Kevin Henkes |
| ISBN | 0062668285 |
New York Times–
bestselling and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes follows five joyful elephants as they march from dawn to dusk. Where are they going? Read and find out!
An ALA Notable Book
This engaging picture book is just right for the youngest reader and is a perfect choice for...
| Author | P.D. Eastman |
| ISBN | 0394800060 |
Sam the Owl and Gus the Firefly literally light up the sky in this classic Beginner Book edited by Dr. Seuss. In Sam and the Firefly, P. D. Eastman (author of Are You My Mother? and Go, Dog. Go!) introduces us to the dynamic duo of Sam and Gus, who soar through the air writing words in the night sky. But when Gus’s...
| Author | Julia Rawlinson |
| ISBN | 0061134015 |
It's autumn, and Fletcher's favorite tree is slowly changing colors and losing its leaves.
Fletcher is very worried.
He tells the tree he'll help. But when the very last leaf falls to the ground, Fletcher feels as though he's let down his friend . . .
. . . until the first day of...
| Author | Mark Siegel |
| ISBN | 1101935863 |
The Five Worlds are on the brink of extinction unless five ancient and mysterious beacons are lit. When war erupts, three unlikely heroes will discover there's more to themselves and more to their worlds than meets the eye. . .
The clumsiest student at the Sand Dancer Academy, Oona Lee is a fighter...
| Author | Kat Yeh |
| ISBN | 1484707265 |
Little Hedgehog is very lonely. But then she overhears passersby talking about something that gives her hope-something called a Friend Ship!
Hedgehog imagines a ship filled with friends of all kinds, and soon she's ready to hit the open seas in a boat of her own to track it down. Along the way,...
| Author | Karma Wilson |
| ISBN | 1442449314 |
Dogs love to dig but one dog named Doug takes digging to new heights (and depths) in this picture book.
Meet Doug. Doug is a dog that loves to dig. But when Doug digs he doesn’t just dig holes in the backyard.
He digs…ditches the size of tractors!
He digs…tunnels through gold...
| Author | Rob Scotton |
| ISBN | 0060598484 |
I have had mixed feelings about Rob Scotton's
Splat the Cat
books - sometimes I enjoy them, and sometimes I am indifferent - so I was curious to see what I would make of his other picture-book hero, the ovine Russell. I'm glad to say that I found him to be an appealing character, and that I enjoyed this initial...
