Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems
10 best books like Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems (Kristine O'Connell George): Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, The Snowman, Harry the Dirty Dog, The Watermelon Seed, A Ball for Daisy, Parrots Over Puerto Rico, Wolf in the Snow, Giant Squid, The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial, GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
Author | Mo Willems |
ISBN | 1844280594 |
Merging expressive cartoon network-esque illustrations with beautiful black and white photographs of Brooklyn, this funny story tells how Trixie and Knuffle Bunny's trip to the laundromat with Dad goes terribly wrong when Trixie realizes some bunny's been left behind...! Her attempts to alert...
Author | Raymond Briggs |
ISBN | 0394839730 |
One winter's night, a snowman comes to life and a magical adventure begins....
A 'feel-good' Christmas story. It has been on my shelves for almost a year, waiting for Xmas time. A bit early, but I decided I could use this 'sidestep' from busy work and studies. Drawings are cute and beautiful....
Author | Gene Zion |
ISBN | 0060268654 |
Gene Zion cunningly disguised one of the great existential questions of our age in this Dirty Harry book.
Do you feel lucky?
This is a book about identity:
Am I white (with black spots)
or black (with white spots)
About change and transition:
Do...
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...
Winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal
This New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Best Illustrated Book relates a story about love and loss as only Chris Rashcka can tell it. Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy's anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed...
Author | Susan L. Roth |
ISBN | 1620140047 |
Above the treetops of Puerto Rico flies a flock of parrots as green as their island home. . . . These are Puerto Rican parrots. They lived on this island for millions of years, and then they nearly vanished from the earth forever.
Puerto Rican parrots, once abundant, came perilously close to extinction...
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...
Author | Candace Fleming |
ISBN | 1596435992 |
The giant squid is one of the most elusive creatures in the world. As large as whales, they hide beyond reach deep within the sea, forcing scientists to piece together their story from those clues they leave behind.
An injured whale's ring-shaped scars indicate an encounter with a giant squid....
Author | Susan E. Goodman |
ISBN | 0802737390 |
In 1847, a young African American girl named Sarah Roberts was attending a school in Boston. Then one day she was told she could never come back. She didn't belong. The Otis School was for white children only.
Sarah deserved an equal education, and the Roberts family fought for change. They made...
GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys
Author | Bob Raczka |
ISBN | 0547240031 |
The wind and I play
tug-of-war with my new kite.
The wind is winning.
When you’re a guy, nature is one big playground—no matter what the season. There are puddles to splash in the spring, pine trees to climb in the summer, maple seeds to catch in the fall, and icicles to swordfight...
Author | Rosemary Wells |
ISBN | 0786803711 |
Yoko is so excited for the first day of school. She's just learned to write her name. But when Mrs. Jenkins asks Yoko to show everyone, Olive and Sylvia make fun of her Japanese writing. "Yoko can't write. She's only scribbling!" The teasing continues as Yoko shares her favorite book at show and tell,...