Dory and the Real True Friend

10 best books like Dory and the Real True Friend (Abby Hanlon): The Princess in Black, Leroy Ninker Saddles Up, Bink & Gollie, The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party, Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever, Princess Cora and the Crocodile, Piper Green and the Fairy Tree, Lulu and the Duck in the Park, The Story of Diva and Flea, Peanut Butter and Jelly

The Princess in Black

Author

Shannon Hale

Who says princesses don’t wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!

Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when . . . Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! A big...

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up

Author	Kate DiCamillo
ISBN	0763663395

Yippie-i-oh! Saddle up for the first in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from Kate DiCamillo’s New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books.

Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn’t have is a horse — until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it’s...

Bink & Gollie

Author

Kate DiCamillo

Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls — one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Setting out from their super-deluxe tree house and powered by plenty of peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes (for Gollie), they share three comical adventures involving painfully bright socks,...

The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party

Author	Shannon Hale
ISBN	0763665118

Inconvenient monster alarms, a sparkly array of princess guests, and spot-on slapstick pacing make for a party readers will celebrate.

Today is Princess Magnolia’s birthday party, and she wants everything to be perfect. But just as her guests are arriving . . . Brring! Brring! The monster...

Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever

Author	Kate DiCamillo
ISBN	0763634972

All righty, then! Celebrate the tall and short of a marvelous friendship with a new Bink and Gollie adventure.

Gollie is quite sure she has royal blood in her veins, but can Bink survive her friend’s queenly airs — especially if pancakes are not part of the deal? Bink wonders what it would...

Princess Cora and the Crocodile

Author	Laura Amy Schlitz
ISBN	0763648221

A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Medalist join forces to give an overscheduled princess a day off and a wicked crocodile a day "on."
Princess Cora is sick of boring lessons. She's sick of running in circles around the dungeon gym. She's sick, sick, sick of taking three baths a day. And her parents...

Piper Green and the Fairy Tree

Author	Ellen Potter
ISBN	0553499246

From award-winning author Ellen Potter comes a charming new chapter book series where kids, lobster boats, and a hint of magic are part of everyday life.
 
There are three things you should know about Piper Green:
1. She always says what’s on her mind (even when she probably shouldn’t).
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Lulu and the Duck in the Park

Author	Hilary McKay
ISBN	1407117378

Lulu and the Duck in the Park was quite the adventure. I found the book to be fun-loving, clever, and bright. I loved the educational component associated with the story and the diversity that was depicted through the presented relationships. I loved that Lulu was of ethnic origin. I thought this served...

The Story of Diva and Flea

Author	Mo Willems
ISBN	1484722841

Diva, a small yet brave dog, and Flea, a curious streetwise cat, develop an unexpected friendship in this unforgettable tale of discovery.

For as long as she could remember, Diva lived at 11 avenue Le Play in Paris, France. For as long as he could remember, Flea also lived in Paris, France-but...

Peanut Butter and Jelly

Author	Ben Clanton
ISBN	0735262454

Narwhal's obsession with his new favorite food leads him into hijinks and hilarity in the third book of this all-star early graphic novel series!

Narwhal and Jelly are back and Narwhal has a new obsession . . . peanut butter! He's so obsessed he even wants to change his name to . . . that's right...

A Woodland Wedding

Author

Rebecca Elliott

Eva's teacher is getting married--and the whole class is invited to the wedding!
This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on...

Eva Sees a Ghost

Author	Rebecca Elliott
ISBN	0545787831

Is there a ghost in Treetopolis? Eva sure thinks so!

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books...