Goldie Socks: And the Three Libearians

10 best books like Goldie Socks: And the Three Libearians (Jackie Mims Hopkins): Guts, My Heart, Because, The Library Dragon, The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors, We Don't Eat Our Classmates, The Wall in the Middle of the Book, Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, The King of Kindergarten, Bruce's Big Move

Guts

Author

Raina Telgemeier

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes...

My Heart

Author	Corinna Luyken
ISBN	0735227934

From the author-illustrator of The Book of Mistakes comes a gorgeous picture book about caring for your own heart and living with kindness and empathy.

My heart is a window. My heart is a slide. My heart can be closed...or opened up wide.

Some days your heart is a puddle or a fence to keep...

Because

Author	Mo Willems
ISBN	1368019013

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 Library Dragon

Author

Carmen Agra Deedy

When Sunrise Elementary advertised for a thick-skinned librarian with a burning love of books, Miss Lotta Scales knew she was perfect for the job. Who could guard books better than a REAL dragon?

"She kept a fiery eye out to make sure no one removed any books from the shelves...
The very thought...

The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors

Author	Drew Daywalt
ISBN	0062438891

You’ve played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began . . .

Long ago, in an ancient and distant realm called the Kingdom of Backyard, there lived a warrior named ROCK.

Meanwhile in the Empire of Mom’s Home Office, a second great warrior sought the glory of battle. And his name...

We Don't Eat Our Classmates

Author	Ryan T. Higgins
ISBN	1368003559

Penelope the dinosaur starts school, but it’s hard to make friends when her classmates are so delicious!

It’s the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can’t wait to meet her classmates. But it’s hard to make human friends when they’re so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope...

The Wall in the Middle of the Book

Author	Jon Agee
ISBN	0525555455

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...

Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise

Author	David Ezra Stein
ISBN	0763688428

Surprise! The little red chicken is back -- and as endearingly silly as ever -- in David Ezra Stein's follow-up to the Caldecott Honor-winning Interrupting Chicken.

It's homework time for the little red chicken, who has just learned about something every good story should have: an elephant...

The King of Kindergarten

Author	Derrick Barnes
ISBN	1524740748

A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten.

The morning sun blares through your window like a million brass trumpets.It sits and shines behind your head--like a crown. Mommy says that today, you are going to be the King of Kindergarten!

Starting kindergarten...

Bruce's Big Move

Author	Ryan T. Higgins
ISBN	1368003540

I like grumpy ol’ Bruce. He has 4 geese as children and 3 rowdy mice live with him. The 3 rowdy mice drive him crazy. They are, noisy and messy. Wow, that sounds just like children. It’s amazing how loud and messy kids can be. I mean, it’s unbelievable. It’s so bad for Bruce, that he decides to move...

Henry & the Buccaneer Bunnies

Author	Carolyn Crimi
ISBN	0763624497

Step aboard, buccaneers and book lovers! Comically dramatic illustrations set the tone for this humorous, hare-raising adventure on the high seas.

"BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES!"

Aboard a ship called the Salty Carrot sails a wild, rowdy band of Buccaneer Bunnies. Their leader, Barnacle...

Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World

Author	Allan Drummond
ISBN	0374321841

Hold onto your hats! It's windy on the Danish island of Samso. Meet the environmentally friendly people who now proudly call their home Energy Island.

At a time when most countries are producing ever-increasing amounts of CO2, the rather ordinary citizens of Samsø have accomplished something...

The Pigeon Has to Go to School

Author

Mo Willems

I can't believe that I was looking forward to a children's book! But it is about our favourite pigeon .

I Really Like Slop!

Author	Mo Willems
ISBN	1484722620

Mo Willems reminds his young readers that it is always nice to try new foods, even if you do not like them. When Piggie arrives with a huge pail of slop, Gerald is extremely disinterested. However, Piggie raves all about a pig's favourite food, slop! Hesitantly, Gerald inches it closer to his mouth, trunk...

If You Take a Mouse to School

Author	Laura Joffe Numeroff
ISBN	0060283289

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...

How to Read a Book

Author

Kwame Alexander

A stunning new picture book from Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet! This New York Times bestselling duo has teamed up for the first time to bring you How to Read a Book, a poetic and beautiful journey about the experience of reading.

Find a tree—a

black...

White Bird

Author

R.J. Palacio

Wow! I borrowed this today from the library. I was going to concurrently read it with the other two library books I have at home and other reading material too. I had three phone calls I meant to make today. I picked up the book to start it, and I didn’t put it down until I finished it. I did not expect that....