Gris Grimly's Wicked Nursery Rhymes II

10 best books like Gris Grimly's Wicked Nursery Rhymes II (Gris Grimly): The Curious Little Witch, Boris and Bella, We Planted a Tree, The Cow That Went OINK, The Dangerous Alphabet, Something at the Window Is Scratching: Children's Tales for Disturbed Children, The Monster Who Ate My Peas, Zoo In The Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations, The Seeing Stick, The Little Red Fish

AuthorLieve Baeten
ISBN0735823057
What happens when a little witch gets curious?
An international bestseller comes to the US!  Lizzy is a curious little witch. Late one night she spots an old house all lit up when everyone else is asleep, and she can’t help herself. She just has to investigate. The Little Witch books have been...
AuthorCarolyn Crimi
ISBN0152059008
“Boris and Bella” is a spooky Halloween book by Carolyn Crimi along with illustrations by Gris Grimly about two monsters, Boris and Bella, who are extremely different from each other as Boris is the monster who loves to be tidy while Bella is the monster who loves to be messy. When their friends ended...
AuthorDiane Muldrow
ISBN0375864326
We planted a tree and it grew up,

While it reached for the sky and the sun. . . .

In this simple poem illustrated by award winner Bob Staake, two young families in two very different parts of the world plant a tree. As the trees flourish, so do the families . . . while trees all over the world...
AuthorBernard Most
ISBN0152047638
For Valentine's Day one year, I painted a big shipping box to look like a barn and put in it a plush cow and a pig and this book, and gave it to my then two-year-old son. Weird -- yeah, maybe. Smart -- yeah, definitely. He likes the toys and the book, and all of his farm animals are now housed in the barn box.

I...
AuthorNeil Gaiman
ISBN0060783338
A is for Always, that's where we embark . . .

Two children, treasure map in hand, and their pet gazelle sneak past their father, out of their house, and into a world beneath the city, where monsters and pirates roam.

Will they find the treasure? Will they make it out alive?

The...
AuthorRoman Dirge
ISBN0943151090
Odd, creepy illustrations for poems for children. Dirge, who also wrote Lenore: The Cute Little Dead Girl (which I still haven’t yet read) says “This is a collection of children's tales for disturbed children.” Ha! Nice.

This guy is working in the same macabre territory and seems to...
AuthorDanny Schnitzlein
ISBN1561452165
What do you dread eating the most? For the hero of this story, it's peas, and he thinks he's discovered a solution.
"I closed my eyes tightly and sent out a wish
That the peas would somehow disappear from my dish.
And something quite strange and mysterious occurred, As if somehow... somebody......
AuthorJacqueline Mitton
1.Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award Parent Council Award

2.Pre-kindergarten -4th Grade

3. This illuminating book will capture the interest of children as the narrative explores the glittering constellations. Reminding children to look up at the starry night sky this...
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN0762420480
The same story that captivated readers in 1977 is back in a stunning new edition! Hwei Min, the only daughter of the emperor of China, has been blind since birth. Her father offers a reward to anyone who can find a cure for the little girl. It seems that no one from magicians to physicians can help her. Then,...
AuthorTaeeun Yoo
ISBN0803731450
A little boy enters a library with his grandfather and his little red fish at his side. But when he awakes after falling asleep amidst the library shelves, his fish is missing. Could his little friend have disappeared into that red book over there on the shelf? Join us in celebrating this stunning debut...
AuthorAdam Rex
ISBN0152062351
No one ever said it was easy being a monster. Take Frankenstein, for instance: He just wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread. Then there’s the Headless Horseman, who wishes everyone would stop drooling over his delicious pumpkin...
AuthorBrett Helquist
ISBN0064438511
Text-To Teaching
“Roger, The Jolly Pirate” is a whimsical rendition of how pirates formed the noteworthy design of their Skull and Crossbones Flag, every Pirate Ship flew. The teaching connection can be at multiple primary grade levels. The whimsicalness and imaginary story- line are...
AuthorDori Chaconas
ISBN0763637092
Slamming the screen door sets off a comical chain of cause-and-effect in this rollicking tale of a rambunctious family.

A slamming door may not seem like a big deal, but in this escalating tale, it can have far-reaching (and very funny) consequences — including a limping, yelping Pa; a scared,...
AuthorSara Pennypacker
ISBN1423111877

Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds. It was a terrible thought. Her country's leader had called sparrows the enemy of the farmers--they were eating too much grain, he said. He announced a great "Sparrow War" to banish them from China, but Ming-Li did not want to chase...
AuthorSusan Pearson
ISBN0761452303
Though none of the subjects in these limericks grimericks are from Nantucket,
(most of them appear to be from the cemetery)
you'll enjoy spending quality time with these rhymes.
(And eye-balling Grimly's mini-masterpieces, done in the most putrid shades of graveyard-gray and slimy...
AuthorMarilyn Singer
One of my favorite books of the season this year.

Some of the fun in this book is watching the kids as they tour the Museum. There is one boy that has a snarl on his face and you can tell he doesn't want to be there or anywhere and hates everything. As the tour goes on, it looks like all the children are...
AuthorNancy E. Shaw
ISBN0618581200
What will happen when the sheep go trick-or-treating? Could there be wolves lurking in the woods, hoping to waylay them as they return home with their bags full of goodies? In crisp verse and whimsically eerie pictures, Nancy Shaw and Margot Apple tell the lively story of a remarkable Halloween adventure....
AuthorKelly DiPucchio
ISBN0439584019
A delightfully chilling musical romp through the gross and gory world of campfire songs!

In this howlishly fun collection of campfire songs, little monsters everywhere will love singing along to their favorite campfire tunes which have been altered for optimal gross-out effect by the ghoulish...
AuthorTimothy Basil Ering
ISBN0763613827
"FROG BELLY . . . plants the idea that with some strategy, good communication and goodwill, you can grow wonderful things." —PORTLAND PRESS HERALD


"Frog Belly Rat Bone,
one, two, three . . .
the specks in the earth
are protected by me.
You must be patient and
then...
AuthorAri Berk
ISBN0763640476
**Winner of the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Notable Award**

**Winner of a Parent's Choice Recommended Award**

Are there giants among us? Find their story writ large in a lavish exploration touching on folklore and myth, truth and whimsy.

Ancient Greece...
AuthorChris Raschka
ISBN0689856520
Sergei Prokofiev composed his Peter and the Wolf in 1936 with the hope of introducing children to the instruments of the orchestra. It happens that he also devised a wonderfully dramatic story. The characters - boy, bird, duck, cat, grandfather, wolf, hunters - and their doings have been beloved by...
AuthorDan Green
ISBN0753462532
Nature’s building blocks have never been more sociable than in this newest offering from the creators of The Periodic Table and Physics. From cells to DNA, from viruses to mammals, from chlorophyll to flowers and fruit, and including the human body’s parts and systems, Biology is a single volume...
AuthorAlan Zweibel
ISBN0142407437
Dear Kids, A long time ago, when you were little, Mom and I took you to where we wanted to build a house. . . . I remember there was one tree, however, that the three of you couldn't stop staring at. . . . After the family spares him from the builders, Steve the tree quickly works his way into their lives. He holds...
AuthorHolly Hobbie
ISBN0316365629
It's a glorious day in Woodcock Pocket. The sun is shining, the birds are singing . . . and Toot is moping. So, Puddle makes Toot's favorite dessert at dinnertime, takes him out for a little adventure, and even throws a party, but nothing seems to cheer up his friend. Then a big thunderstorm with lots of mud...
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