Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero
10 best books like Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero (Anne Cottringer): Julián Is a Mermaid, Stick Man, The Girl of Ink and Stars, The Imaginary, My Hair is a Garden, Giraffes Can't Dance, Press Here, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Limelight Larry, Accidental Trouble Magnet
Author | Jessica Love |
ISBN | 0763690457 |
In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.
While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their...
Author | Julia Donaldson |
ISBN | 1407106171 |
Stick Man lives with his lady love and three stick children in the family tree. One day he's out for a jog and gets snatched by a dog, taken by a girl, found by a swan, and the adventures continue. What Stick Man really wants is to make it back home, but will he?
This is such an adventurous story and perfect...
The Girl of Ink and Stars
Author | Kiran Millwood Hargrave |
ISBN | 1910002747 |
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book of Year 2017
Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella Riosse dreams of the faraway lands her father once mapped.
When her closest friend disappears into the island’s Forgotten Territories,...
Author | A.F. Harrold |
ISBN | 1408852462 |
Rudger is Amanda’s best friend. He doesn't exist, but nobody's perfect.
Only Amanda can see her imaginary friend – until the sinister Mr Bunting arrives at Amanda's door. Mr Bunting hunts imaginaries. Rumour says that he eats them. And he's sniffed out Rudger. Soon Rudger is alone, and...
After a day of being taunted by classmates about her unruly hair, Mackenzie can't take any more. On her way home from school, she seeks the guidance of her wise and comforting neighbor, Miss Tillie. Using the beautiful garden in her backyard as a metaphor, Miss Tillie shows Mackenzie that maintaining...
Author | Giles Andreae |
ISBN | 0439287197 |
" We all can dance when we find music that we love." This is practically a life motto of mine. I feel dancing can fix the world. We should force our government to dance all the time and they would be better policy makers. Anyway.
I love Giraffes and I love dancing. So this was a match made in heaven....
Author | Hervé Tullet |
ISBN | 0811879542 |
Great for toddlers, preschoolers, and early readers to learn about cause and effect in a simple and engaging way.
Harness the power of imagination and interactivity: Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page...
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Author | Judith Kerr |
ISBN | 0006640613 |
I learnt important life lessons from this book:
*Don't try to drink all the water from the tap
*Drinking tea from the pot via the spout gets you a mouth full of tea leaves
*A single tin of tiger food will fill you up as much as an entire household full of food
The story is a simple one - what...
Author | Leigh Hodgkinson |
ISBN | 1408301830 |
Limelight Larry is a great book. This would be a fanatastic read in the classroom with an important message of sharing. Larry wants the book to be all about him however, as you turn each page a new character wants to be in the book. This is a great idea as it can make the reader really feel as thouhg they're seeing...
Accidental Trouble Magnet
*Previously published as 'THE MUSLIMS', this was the winner of the Little Rebels Award in June 2018. The text has been revised, expanded and re-illustrated.*
Welcome, readers, to the imaginative brain of Omar! You might not know me yet, but once you open the pages of this book you'll laugh so...
Friendship and Fairyschool (Felicity Wishes)
Author | Emma Thomson |
ISBN | 0670035939 |
Young fairy fans will love this delightful lift-the-flap book starring Felicity Wishes and her friends. Filled with fairy surprises, this book includes pages with golden glitter, envelopes that hold secret fairy letters to be lifted out and read, and giant flaps that reveal special fairy instructions....
Author | April Pulley Sayre |
ISBN | 1481494724 |
Discover the magic—and the science—behind spring flower blooms with this companion to the celebrated Raindrops Roll, Best in Snow, and Full of Fall.
When spring arrives, flowers of all kinds sprout and grow buds and bloom. Sometimes, they bloom a few at a time. But other times, many will...
Making Friends! (Just Like Us!)
Author | Jess Stockham |
ISBN | 1846431808 |
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Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea
Author | Morag Hood |
ISBN | 1509808949 |
Lee is a pea. All of his friends are peas; except Colin. Colin isn't a pea.
And so begins the deliciously funny story of two very different friends: a small green pea and a tall orange carrot stick. Colin the carrot can't do everything the peas can, but he has some special carrot-y qualities that...
Author | Dawn Sirett |
ISBN | 0789436507 |
One of my kid's favorite books (to put in his mouth). It shows pictures of babies in various moods. This claims to help a kid's social development, which sounds like it might be taking itself a little seriously.
The thing that keeps it from being a five-star book for me is this kid right here:
This...
Author | David Melling |
ISBN | 1589256433 |
Do your little ones loves splashing in the pool for summertime fun? If so, they will love this spin on little ducks wanting to take a dip into their favorite inflatable pool. A little duck named Splosh wants to take a dip but soon finds he is not alone. There are 9 fluffy little ducks that want to join him. Little...
Author | Walt Disney Company |
As charming and funny as any of the Winnie the Poohs. Pooh decides to go fishing, but he never has much luck with catching anything so he asks Piglet to go along as a kind of lucky charm. Piglet agrees, but decides to go swimming instead of fishing. I guess Piglet is a good lucky charm, because Pooh makes the...
Author | David McKee |
ISBN | 0688137598 |
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