Franklin's New Friend
10 best books like Franklin's New Friend (Paulette Bourgeois): Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!, The Wonky Donkey, Mortimer, The Rabbit Listened, When Stella was Very, Very Small, All in One Piece, The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, I Need A Hug, The Very Noisy Night, A Quiet Night In
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
| Author | Mo Willems |
| ISBN | 0786837462 |
PreSchool-Grade 2-The star of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Hyperion, 2003) returns in another irresistible tale. Hurrying away to brush his teeth, the pajama-clad bus driver implores readers not to let his feathered friend stay up late. Youngsters are thrust into the role of caregiver as the...
| Author | Craig Smith |
| ISBN | 1869439260 |
So I jumped on the bandwagon and got this for my boys after seeing the video of the hilarious Scottish granny reading it to her grandson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_co...
Just try saying "he was a stinky dinky lanky honky tonky winky wonky donkey" out loud. If that doesn't make you...
| Author | Robert Munsch |
| ISBN | 0920303129 |
A childhood favourite of mine... it's time to pass it along to Neo. Mortimer is quite the child. When asked to remain quiet at bedtime, young Mortimer begins to sing at the top of his lungs. Visits from his father, massive sibling group, and the police seem not to stop this singing sensation from pushing...
A universal, deeply moving exploration of grief and empathy
With its spare, poignant text and irresistibly sweet illustrations, The Rabbit Listened is a tender meditation on loss.
When something terrible happens, Taylor doesn't know where to turn. All the animals are sure they...
| Author | Marie-Louise Gay |
| ISBN | 0888999062 |
In this book in the Stella and Sam series, Marie-Louise Gay has gone back in time to answer the questions often asked by the children who read and love the books.
Where does Stella get her wild ideas? How big is Stella's imagination? What did Stella look like when she was small? How did Stella...
| Author | Jill Murphy |
| ISBN | 1844285340 |
All In One Piece – Jill Murphy
All In One Piece is a delightful book from an enjoyable series by Jill Murphy that presents a family of elephants, the Large family in normal family situations. I enjoyed the tales of the Large family when I was young and believe they can still be enjoyed by children...
After reading a delightful and positive review here I couldn't resist picking up this book. I love children's stories with animals and nature and am a huge fan of wolves and stories featuring mice. The duck was not so important but hey, the duck turned out to be the key player in this story so...
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| Author | Aaron Blabey |
| ISBN | 1743629095 |
I Need a Hug. Don't we all?! OK, so today was library day!!! Recently I was told about the wonder that is Aaron Blabey by my awesome librarians and how popular his books are with the kids the librarians read to. So I figure if it's good enough for the kiddies, then it's good enough for me and my librarians haven't...
| Author | Diana Hendry |
| ISBN | 0525462619 |
This is a really sweet book about a fearful Little Mouse who shares a room with Big Mouse, listening to the various sounds of the quite night, howling of wind, hooting of an owl, tapping of branches and thinking instead that its ghosts, and other imaginary intruders. He asks Big Mouse if he can come to his...
| Author | Jill Murphy |
| ISBN | 0744560004 |
A Quiet Night In, by Jill Murphy, is a story from The Large Family series. In this story it is Mr Large’s birthday. Mrs Large decides to prepare a meal and to send their children to bed. However, Mr Large is very tired, so he eats his dinner on the sofa. The children insist on being read a bedtime story. Both...
| Author | Gary Crew |
| ISBN | 1566563313 |
The ‘Watertower’ is essentially a graphic novel or visual text, making use of both words and art to impart the story. The books itself centres around two boys who decide to explore an old water tower, which towers over the small mid American town of Preston. The Water tower dominates the town, standing...
