Double Trouble Squared
10 best books like Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky): The Dark Garden, King Stork, Goddesses: A World of Myth and Magic, Libby on Wednesday, To Every Thing There Is A Season, Swan Lake, The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, Harold's Fairy Tale, Dance in the Desert, Rapunzel
| Author | Margaret Buffie |
| ISBN | 1553370910 |
In this Gothic novel by award-winner Margaret Buffie, 16-year-old Thea is suffering from traumatic amnesia. As she returns home and begins to rediscover who she is, the empty places of her mind fill up with shadowy memories. When she begins to hear voices from the past, she must find out what these ghosts...
| Author | Howard Pyle |
| ISBN | 0688158137 |
Minimal dragons and lions, despite what the blurb implies. No dragons, no lions, despite what the blurb says. I can't tell for sure, but I don't think the text is Pyle's original (despite no mention of an adaptation, when I find picture captions for Pyle's original art the language is much more archaic)....
Goddesses: A World of Myth and Magic
| Author | Burleigh Muten |
| ISBN | 1841480754 |
★ true rating: 3.5 stars ★
Overall this was pretty cute, it showcases 2-3 goddesses on each page. The goddesses are organized in alphabetical order, but there is also a chart in the back of the book that has them organized by region/culture which I thought was a nice touch.
There are 100+...
| Author | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
| ISBN | 0440803047 |
Libby is sent to public school to be "socialized" after years of being educated at home."An honest, forthright picture of these classmates-tumed-friends who come to accept their difficulties and to care about each other...an absorbing story, filled with real young people and genuine concerns."--...
To Every Thing There Is A Season
| Author | Leo Dillon |
| ISBN | 0590478877 |
In this exquisite book -- the fortieth picture book the couple has worked on together -- Leo and Diane Dillon's breathtaking paintings accompany verses from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Simple yet profound, the inspiring words and pictures make this the perfect gift choice for birthdays, weddings,...
| Author | Margot Fonteyn |
| ISBN | 0152006001 |
Ms. Fonteyn was one of the world’s most famous and gifted prima ballerinas. Such talents don’t necessarily translate to writing a children’s book.
While she keeps the story of the ballet simple, there are awkward moments as if she couldn’t find a way to keep a line interesting and informative....
| Author | Eleanor Cameron |
| ISBN | 0316125407 |
David and Chuck, two young boys living in California, build a backyard spaceship and jet off to the Mushroom Planet to help save that world, with the help of a rather strange but engagingly enthusiastic scientist in their town. Basidium, the so-called Mushroom Planet (because of, yes, all the giant...
| Author | Crockett Johnson |
| ISBN | 0064433471 |
From the treasured creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes another adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.
Unable to fall asleep one night, Harold uses his purple crayon to create his very own bedtime fairy tale, complete with castles, fairies, flying...
| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
| ISBN | 0374416842 |
To those wondering if this is an allegory about "a family" and "a little boy" in the "dessert".... I totally took this as an imaginative exploration of the journey the toddler-aged Jesus takes with Mary and Joseph as they flee Herod's wrath, traveling from Bethlehem to Egypt. Given L'Engle's religious...
| Author | Alix Berenzy |
| ISBN | 0805012834 |
When an expectant mother spies the rapunzel growing in her neighbor's garden, her longing for the herb is so strong, that she becomes ill. Finally, in desperation, her husband steals into the garden to fetch her some of the plant, only to be caught by the powerful fairy owner, who demands their unborn...
| Author | C.S. Adler |
| ISBN | 0380701758 |
Ten-year-old Amanda is small, quiet and colorless. She knows that she's a disappointment to her elegant, ambitious mother who focuses all her attention on Amanda's charming older brother, Dale. Her mother is obsessed with getting Dale into an Ivy League college, although Dale protests that neither...
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0316968978 |
Caressing and sweet, with a rhythmic and songlike lyricism (although the rhyming scheme and word choices of Child of Faerie, Child of Earth unfortunately and a trifle annoyingly do feel somewhat awkwardly halting and forced at times, especially near the end of the presented narrative), Jane Yolen's...
| Author | Iona Opie |
| ISBN | 0763611999 |
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me."
That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and their grandparents and their great grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations...
| 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 | Linda Bailey |
| ISBN | 0590303880 |
Someone has stolen nearly a thousand dollars from the Garbage Busters, an environmental group that employs Stevie's mother. Worst of all, they've stolen it right from her house! The Diamond & Kulniki Detective Agency must get right to work. Unfortunately, all of their super sleuthing leads Stevie...
| Author | Bernard Waber |
| ISBN | 0618238557 |
What is courage? Certainly it takes courage for a firefighter to rescue someone trapped in a burning building, but there are many other kinds of courage too. Everyday kinds that normal, ordinary people exhibit all the time, like “being the first to make up after an argument,” or “going to bed without...
| Author | DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan |
“An optimistic tale that manages to be both encouraging yet realistic about how to do some good in your very own backyard.” —Kirkus
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of City Green—the environmentally and community-conscious classic that shows the wonderful things kids can do when...
LOST CRATER IS LIKE NO OTHER PLACE ON THE PLANET...
When Kate travels to Oregon for a quiet week at Aunt Melanie's cottage, her plans are dashed by the discovery of a grove of giant redwood trees in nearby Lost Crater. Caught up in the struggle to help protect the redwood forest from loggers, Kate...
| Author | Mark Shepherd |
| ISBN | 0671877755 |
Randolph "Thorn" Wilson died a long time ago. But that doesn't stop him from riding his ghost Harley through the sky, trying to help other bikers. Now he's caught in a battle between an elven King and his skateboard-riding champion and a mad Prince of the Dark Elves and his demon drug-pusher. Also caught...
| Author | Alexandra Day |
| ISBN | 0374310947 |
Carl is the babysitter every Mother needs!
It just wouldn't be the Halloween season, without visiting Carl and Maddie and sharing in their adventures, at the Masquerade Party, on Halloween night!
This is primarily a picture book; so little ones who cannot read, can still read the...
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
| ISBN | 0805010092 |
Oscar Wilde originally wrote these fairy tales for his two sons. The tales span the range of human emotions with a sense of wonder and romance that have ensured them an enduring place in the hearts of children and adults. Inspired by Wilde's stories, Hague has created dramatic, sophisticated illustrations....
| Author | Maria Shriver |
| ISBN | 0316155489 |
The Barnes & Noble Review
Maria Shriver offers a compassionate platform for discussion with this well-written story about disabilities. Influenced and inspired by her parent's involvement with the Special Olympics, as well as her husband's devotion to the cause, Shriver writes a tender...
A Woman's World: True Stories of Life on the Road
| Author | Marybeth Bond |
| ISBN | 1885211066 |
DNF
I was excited to read a travel book focused completely on women travelers. It's not rocket science to know that solo travel for a woman is different than it is for a man. Here's a direct quote from the book about this: "As I became aware of other women's travel experiences. I also became aware that...
| Author | Sylvia Waugh |
| ISBN | 0380788675 |
The fourth volume in the delightful fantasy series about a family of rag dolls who live on a quiet street in England, keeping to themselves, wearing dark glasses to hide their button eyes, and carefully guarding the secret that they are rag dolls, brought to life by the loving hearts and hands of the woman...
