Edible Schoolyard
10 best books like Edible Schoolyard (Alice Waters): Waiting is Not Easy!, I am Going!, The Library of Lost and Found, Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary, The Amateur Marriage, The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!, Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, The Pigeon Has to Go to School, I Will Take a Nap!, How to Read a Book
Gerald the Elephant is eager to learn when Piggie announces that there is a surprise on the way. However, once Gerald learns that the surprise is not yet ready, he is forced to accept having to wait. What begins as a slight irritation soon sours him into an emotional mess and Piggie is forced to watch her...
| Author | Mo Willems |
| ISBN | 1423119908 |
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
In I Am Going!, Piggie ruins a perfectly good day by telling Gerald she is going. If Piggie goes, who will Gerald skip with, play Ping-Pong with, and wear silly hats with?
Willems's...
The Library of Lost and Found
| Author | Phaedra Patrick |
| ISBN | 0778369358 |
Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people--though not for lack of trying. She keeps careful lists of how to help others in her superhero-themed notebook. And yet, sometimes it feels like she's invisible.
All of that changes when a book of fairy tales...
Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary
| Author | Vicki Conrad |
| ISBN | 1632172224 |
Just Like Beverly follows the life of beloved children's author Beverly Cleary from her early years in Oregon to her career as a successful writer who wrote stories, including the wildly popular Ramona and Henry Huggins series, for kids just like her.
As a young girl, Beverly Cleary struggled...
| Author | Anne Tyler |
| ISBN | 0345472454 |
Anne Tyler would laugh, I'm sure, if she read these different reactions to this book. For isn't this her point in so many of her novels? How different we all are and how easily we misunderstand each other? How one person can hate what another loves so passionately? How easy it is to miss the point, get the...
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
| Author | Mo Willems |
| ISBN | 0786818697 |
When Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, he can hardly wait to shove the entire thing in his beak. But . . . then a very sly and hungry duckling enters the scene and wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird?
In this hilarious follow-up to the acclaimed Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Mo Willems...
| Author | Duncan Tonatiuh |
| ISBN | 1419716476 |
A picture book biography of José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852–1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons, much to the amusement of the local population but not the politicians. He continued to draw cartoons throughout much of his life, but he is...
The Pigeon Has to Go to School
I can't believe that I was looking forward to a children's book! But it is about our favourite pigeon .
| Author | Mo Willems |
| ISBN | 1484716302 |
"I am tired. And cranky. I will take a nap!"
These Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems are SO POPULAR right now, and with good reason. They are so fun to read.
Gerald is a spectacle-wearing elephant who is a bit of an old fuddy-duddy. His best friend, Piggie, is a light-hearted, fun-loving...
A stunning new picture book from Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet! This New York Times bestselling duo has teamed up for the first time to bring you How to Read a Book, a poetic and beautiful journey about the experience of reading.
Find a tree—a
black...
You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood
| Author | Aimee Reid |
| ISBN | 1419736175 |
A heartwarming picture book that celebrates the work of Mister Rogers and carries on his legacy of kindness
Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities, but before he was the man who brought us Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was just little Freddie Rogers. Though...
