Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
10 best books like Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table (Jacqueline Briggs Martin): Other Words for Home, Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess, Amina's Voice, Alma and How She Got Her Name, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, The Curious Garden, Weslandia, Hello Lighthouse, Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
Other Words for Home
| Author | Jasmine Warga |
sad
and happy
at the same time.
Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati...
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess
| Author | Shari Green |
| ISBN | 1772780170 |
Amina's Voice
| Author | Hena Khan |
| ISBN | 1481492063 |
Alma and How She Got Her Name
| Author | Juana Martinez-Neal |
| ISBN | 0763693553 |
If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for...
| Author | Susan Hood |
| ISBN | 1481430955 |
Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...
The Curious Garden
| Author | Peter Brown |
| ISBN | 0316015474 |
While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world.
This...
Weslandia
| Author | Paul Fleischman |
| ISBN | 0763610526 |
Enter the witty, intriguing world of Weslandia! Now that school is over, Wesley needs a summer project. He’s learned that each civilization needs a staple food crop, so he decides to sow a garden and start his own - civilization,...
Hello Lighthouse
| Author | Sophie Blackall |
| ISBN | 0316362387 |
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
| Author | Derrick Barnes |
| ISBN | 1572842245 |
| Author | Patricia Valdez |
| ISBN | 0399557261 |
Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups...
| Author | Laurie Wallmark |
Who was Grace Hopper? A software tester, workplace jester, cherished mentor, ace inventor,...
| Author | Tanya Lee Stone |
In the late 1800s lived Lizzie Magie, a clever and charismatic woman with a strong sense...
| Author | Chris Barton |
| ISBN | 1580892973 |
You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the...
| Author | Jen Bryant |
| ISBN | 0449813371 |
Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to...
A Different Pond
| Author | Bao Phi |
| ISBN | 1479597465 |
The story is mainly about Bao and his father's trip to the pond to fetch dinner. During the trip, Bao learns about why his mom and dad have to work so hard for a living as everything...