Five True Dog Stories
10 best books like Five True Dog Stories (Margaret Davidson): Twenty and Ten, Capyboppy, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Call It Courage, The Story of Doctor Dolittle, The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago (Explainers), No Children, No Pets, The Blind Colt, Dolphin Treasure, Mary On Horseback: Three Mountain Stories
| Author | Claire Huchet Bishop |
| ISBN | 0140310762 |
This must have been one of the earliest historical fiction children titles for World War II, since it came out in 1952. I probably read it in the 1960s. It meets one of my main problems with WWII lit for young kids: while it makes it clear that it was a case of life and death for the kids, it never actually says...
| Author | Bill Peet |
| ISBN | 0395383684 |
The creator of whimsical fantasies featuring a bevy of lifelike and lovable creatures, Bill Peet consistently combined excellent storytelling with enduring illustrations, becoming one of the most popular picture book creators of our time. Born in Grandview, Indiana, Bill Peet nurtured his childhood...
| Author | Betty MacDonald |
| ISBN | 0064401480 |
Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen...
| Author | Armstrong Sperry |
| ISBN | 0689713916 |
A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Medal.
Mafatu was afraid of the sea. It had taken his mother when he was a baby, and it seemed to him that the sea gods sought vengeance at having been cheated of Mafatu. So, though he was the son of the Great...
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
| Author | Hugh Lofting |
| ISBN | 0060775971 |
Doctor John Dolittle loves animals. He loves them so much that his home and office overflow with animals of every description. When Polynesia the parrot teaches him the language of the animals, Doctor Dolittle becomes a world-famous doctor, traveling even as far away as Africa to help his friends....
| Author | Helen Edom |
| ISBN | 0746011091 |
This is one of my favorite Usborne books from my childhood. Well, we actually had it as individual books, and only of the first three sections, so I was even more excited to see a version where they're all together. I don't know whether this was ever used in my schooling or not -- it probably was, but what I...
| Author | Marion Holland |
| ISBN | 0394914473 |
This was a cute story (from a simpler time) about a family that moves into an inherited apartment building and goes to work fixing it up, and trying to solve a few mysteries in the process.
Sonlight includes it as a kindergarten read-aloud, but I think we'll play it by ear -- it was a fine story, but...
| Author | Glen Rounds |
| ISBN | 0590323008 |
Having grown up on a Montana ranch, Glen Rounds had the insight to write about the cowboy lifestyle. He did so for more than sixty years, crafting original stories about life on the open range. A fair number of his novels feature Whitey, a young boy who shows all the signs of growing up to be a cowboy, and The...
We recently read Dolphin Adventure: A True Story by Wayne Grover and I realized when I posted my review here that there were two follow-on tales. We borrowed both from the library and were eager to read them. I was a bit confused because the first tale is a true story and the other two are fictional, "based...
Master storyteller Rosemary Wells tells the incredible true story of a World War I nurse who brought medical care to the Appalachians
Mary Breckinridge, trained as a nurse during World War I, rode on horseback into the isolated mountains of Appalachia and never looked back. Instead, she spent...
| Author | Julia L. Sauer |
| ISBN | 0140368574 |
Julia L. Sauer's The Light at Tern Rock (which won her a 1952 Newbery Honour designation) really does manage to remind me exceedingly sweetly and much pleasurably of some of L.M. Montgomery's sea and lighthouse themed short stories (featuring not only an engaging and inspiring narrative, but also...
| Author | Helena Clare Pittman |
When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor's beautiful daughter, the Emperor is enraged. Who ever heard of a peasant marrying a princess? But Pong Lo is wiser than the Emperor knows. And when he concocts a potion that saves the Princess's life, the Emperor gladly offers him any reward...
| Author | Wayne Grover |
| ISBN | 0380732521 |
One thing I truly enjoy about being a homeschooling mom is access to books via the curriculum we've chosen; which, for us, has meant Sonlight. "Dolphin Adventure", like so many other books we've received through that route, did not disappoint!
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