Don't Throw It to Mo!

10 best books like Don't Throw It to Mo! (David A. Adler): Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, The Watermelon Seed, A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin, The Stuff of Stars, Wolf in the Snow, Pink Is for Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals, Charlie & Mouse, I See a Cat, One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, Up, Tall, and High!

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

Author	Mac Barnett
ISBN	0763662291

With perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen dig down for a deadpan tale full of visual humor.

Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find . . . nothing....

The Watermelon Seed

Author	Greg Pizzoli
ISBN	1423171012

With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids will love.
With...

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

Author	Jen Bryant
ISBN	0375867120

As a child in the late 1800s, Horace Pippin loved to draw: He loved the feel of the charcoal as it slid across the floor. He loved looking at something in the room and making it come alive again in front of him. He drew pictures for his sisters, his classmates, his co-workers. Even during WWI, Horace filled...

The Stuff of Stars

Author

Marion Dane Bauer

In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate the birth of every child.

Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was . . . nothing. But then . . . BANG! Stars caught fire and burned...

Wolf in the Snow

Author	Matthew Cordell
ISBN	1250076366

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A little girl is leaving school for the day and has to endure a really bad snowstorm on the way home. As she begins her journey, she stumbles upon a wolf pack and a little wolf cub that appears...

Pink Is for Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals

Author	Jess Keating
ISBN	0553512285

Pinkalicious meets National Geographic in this nonfiction picture book introducing the weirdest, wildest, pinkest critters in the animal kingdom!
Some people think pink is a pretty color. A fluffy, sparkly, princess-y color. But it's so much more.
Sure, pink is the color of princesses...

Charlie & Mouse

Author	Laurel Snyder
ISBN	1452131538

Whenever I post about my kids to Facebook or Twitter, friends write to me and say, "You should make a book about your kids!"

So now, at last, THIS is that book!

As a result, I am completely unable to be objective about Charlie and Mouse. It's the story of my two sweet boys, and their small...

I See a Cat

Author	Paul Meisel
ISBN	0823436802

A dog barks at everything he loves--a cat, a squirrel, and his favorite boy! This Level A book is perfect for new readers.


I see a cat. I see a bird. I see a fly.

Easy-to-read text and fun pictures follow a dog through his happy day. Sitting inside his house, the dog watches other animals...

One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree

Author

Daniel Bernstrom

“A hungry snake. A beautiful brown boy. What more can a young reader ask for?”—National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson

A sneaky snake has no idea that the captives in his belly are planning their escape! In the spirit of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback,...

Up, Tall, and High!

Author	Ethan Long
ISBN	0399256113

Three side-splitting stories in one great picture book!

In three laugh-out-loud situations, an irresistible cast of colorful birds illustrate the concepts of "up," "tall" and "high." First, a short peacock proves that he may not be tall, but he definitely isn't small. Then, a resourceful...

The Pirate of Kindergarten

Author	George Ella Lyon
ISBN	1416950249

Doubles are good for lots of things—double scoops of ice cream, double features at the movies. But double vision is NOT a good kind of double. In fact, it can make kindergarten kind of hard. Ginny sees double chairs at reading circle and double words in her books. She knows that only half of what she sees...

Tales for Very Picky Eaters

Author	Josh Schneider
ISBN	0547149565

2012 Winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award! James is a very picky eater. His dad has to get creative—very creative—in order to get James to eat foods he thinks he doesn’t like. He presents James with a series of outlandish scenarios packed with fanciful and gross kid-friendly details—like...