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10 best books like Ginger and Petunia (Patricia Polacco): Because, The Very Quiet Cricket, Flora and the Flamingo, The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, The Wall in the Middle of the Book, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling, Chicky Chicky Chook Chook, Doggone Dogs!, A Was Once an Apple Pie

Because
AuthorMo Willems
ISBN1368019013
I knew Mo Willems wrote good books, but they can also be beautiful. I love this book so much. It is dear to me. I think any person who has heard a piece of music and loved it so much that it changed your life in that moment and your life was set on a creative path will understand this story. It is fantastic. I hope...
The Very Quiet Cricket
AuthorEric Carle
ISBN0399218858
A VERY classic from Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

One day a tiny cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. The tiny cricket tries to respond, but there is no sound. The quiet cricket then makes his way into the world, meeting one insect after another,...
Flora and the Flamingo
AuthorMolly Idle
ISBN1452110069
In this innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and her graceful flamingo friend explore the trials and joys of friendship through an elaborate synchronized dance. With a twist, a turn, and even a flop, these unlikely friends learn at last how to dance together in perfect harmony....
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
AuthorEric Carle
ISBN0399257136
A brilliant new Eric Carle picture book for the artist in us all

Every child has an artist inside them, and this vibrant picture book from Eric Carle will help let it out. The artist in this book paints the world as he sees it, just like a child. There's a red crocodile, an orange elephant, a purple...
The Wall in the Middle of the Book
AuthorJon Agee
ISBN0525555455
A foolish knight is certain that his side of the wall is the safe side in this meta picture book.

There's a wall in the middle of the book, and our hero—a young knight—is sure that the wall protects his side of the book from the dangers of the other side—like an angry tiger and giant rhino, and...
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes
AuthorEric Litwin
ISBN0061910244
Time to head back to school with this bestselling groovy Pete the Cat book!

Pete the Cat is rocking in his school shoes. Pete discovers the library, the lunch room, the playground, and lots of other cool places at school. And no matter where he goes, Pete never stops moving and grooving and singing...
The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling
AuthorTimothy Basil Ering
ISBN0763664324
Expect something unexpected when a duckling lost at sea adopts a musical new friend in a whimsical, heart-lifting story from Timothy Basil Ering.
Captain Alfred is sailing home with new ducks for his farm when his little boat is caught in an unexpected and mighty storm. Everything aboard the ship...
Chicky Chicky Chook Chook
AuthorCathy MacLennan
ISBN1905417403
What a great read-aloud, sing-aloud, shout-aloud book this is, with its fun-to-imitate animal sounds and rhythmic rhyme. Bright yellow chicks, golden bees, and striped kitty-cats play in the warm sunshine, clucking and buzzing and skitty-scatting. Then they rest, snoozy-woozy. But what is this?...
Doggone Dogs!
AuthorKaren Beaumont
ISBN0803731574
No sooner are these ten doggone dogs out the front door than they're into a hilarious antic misadventure: disrupting the prim pups at the Perfect Pooch Obedience School, raining chaos on the playground, and--oops!--making one, two, three, four, ten stinky doggie poops. But when our lovable pups get...
A Was Once an Apple Pie
AuthorEdward Lear
ISBN0439660564
1. Awards received: none

2. Appropriate grade levels: Pre-k to Kindergarten

3. Original Summary: "A Was Once an Apple Pie" is a book of poems adapted from the originals by Edward Lear. Each letter has an illustration for something beginning with that letter accompanied by a short...
Grumpy Monkey
AuthorSuzanne Lang
ISBN0553537865
A hilarious picture book about dealing with unexplained feelings…and the danger in suppressing them!

Jim the chimpanzee is in a terrible mood for no good reason. His friends can’t understand it—how can he be in a bad mood when it’s SUCH a beautiful day? They encourage him not to hunch,...
Llama Llama Loves to Read
AuthorAnna Dewdney
ISBN0670013978
Anna Dewdney's Bestselling Llama Llama series continues with Llama learning to read!

Llama Llama learns at school.
Counting, writing, reading, rules.
Friends and school -- there's nothing better.
Llama learning all the letters!

Anna Dewdney's beloved Llama Llama...
Am I Yours?
AuthorAlex Latimer
ISBN1682630447
A heartwarming story of community, family, and finding your way home
A group of friendly dinosaurs helps a lost egg search for its parents after it's been blown out of its nest. But if the little egg is to be reunited with its family, first they must discover what kind of dinosaur lies inside. What does...
Herbie's Big Adventure
AuthorJennie Poh
ISBN1515802345
Herbie is a little hedgehog who is perfectly happy at home with his mother. But one day Mommy tells Herbie that it's time to go exploring--all by himself! Herbie is so not sure, but ready or not, a westerly wind sweeps Herbie into the wide world ... and Herbie's Big Adventure begins! Little Herbie finds...
If You Take a Mouse to School
AuthorLaura Joffe Numeroff
ISBN0060283289
The Barnes & Noble Review
Bringing a plucky mouse to school isn't the wisest idea, no matter how much fun it might seem. Thankfully, the bestselling duo of author Laura Numeroff and illustrator Felicia Bond -- creators of If You Take a Mouse to the Movies and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie -- have...
Llama Llama Home with Mama
AuthorAnna Dewdney
ISBN0670012327
Llama Llama, morning light.
Feeling yucky, just not right.
Down to breakfast.
Tiny sneeze.
Sniffle, snuffle.
Tissues, please!

Ah-choo! Uh-oh, Llama Llama's nose is feeling tickly, his throat is feeling scratchy, and his head is feeling stuffy. Back to bed, no school...
Rainbow Fish to the Rescue!
AuthorMarcus Pfister
ISBN1558584862
This wonderfully illustrated picture book follows on from the original story of Rainbow Fish, a beautiful but vain fish who learns to share his sparkly scales in order to make friends.

The story opens with Rainbow fish playing tag with his friends by tapping each other on the shiny scale that...
The Snow Leopard
AuthorTheresa Radcliffe
ISBN0670850527
This picture book tells the story of a mother snow leopard and her cub trying to find food and shelter. This story has fairly sparse dialogue interspersed with breathtaking illustrations. As their journey continues there are many dark themes explored, like death and starvation. Though definitely...
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