Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness
10 best books like Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness (Lynley Dodd): Belinda, A Lion in the Meadow, The Adventures of Abdi, Mrs. Armitage: Queen of the Road, There's a House Inside My Mummy, Pete the Sheep-Sheep, Cat, The Sea Of Tranquility, Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes, Memorial
| Author | Pamela Allen |
| ISBN | 0140556168 |
Belinda is an excellent story about a simple couple who live in the country and grow their own vegetables and collect their own milk from their cow, Belinda. This would be a great story for teaching students that vegetables and milk do not simply come from the supermarket - they typically come from farms...
| Author | Margaret Mahy |
| ISBN | 0140506306 |
I'm still new to Margaret Mahy and this was a present from the guys at work. One of her more famous stories I believe. It's a nice warm story about the nature of stories and imagination and where the line between them and reality can blur, especially in the mind of a child.
Jenny Williams creates...
| Author | Madonna |
| ISBN | 0670058890 |
"The power of certainty is without limits."
Abdi is a little boy who has been given a very big task. He is to deliver the most precious necklace in the world -- made by Eli, his teacher and a master jeweler -- to the queen. Along the way he is robbed in the desert, thrown in a dungeon, and has a surprising...
| Author | Quentin Blake |
| ISBN | 0224070185 |
I'm very familiar with Quentin Blake's illustrations of Roald Dahl, but I'm embarrased to say I wasn't aware of his other works.
A quick check of his website reveals that he has been involved in more than 300 books - only 27 of which were written by Roald Dahl and a full 35 which were written and illustrated...
| Author | Giles Andreae |
| ISBN | 1841210684 |
This book helps explain pregnancy to children. It is about a little boy, whose mother is pregnant. The little boy believes that there is a house inside his mother where his brother or sister lives. It explains that the baby is in sort of a giant bathtub inside his mother’s tummy and that the baby needs...
Australian sheep shearers always have sheep dogs--smart, well-trained dogs with names like Brute, Tiny, and Fang, who bark commands--"Woof! Arf arff arff! Grrrr!"--to round up the sheep for shearing.
But sheep shearer Shaun doesn't have a sheep dog. Instead, he has a sheep-sheep named...
| Author | Matthew Van Fleet |
| ISBN | 1416978003 |
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
Purrrrrfect fun for toddlers!
In Matthew Van Fleet's captivating multiconcept book, watch twenty-two breeds of frolicking felines demonstrate synonyms, action words, opposites, and more....
| Author | Mark Haddon |
| ISBN | 0001981625 |
Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the excitement of this momentous event is captured through the eyes of a child in this glorious picture book, reformatted with a new cover design. Mark Haddon is the prize-winning, highly-acclaimed author of the best-selling novel 'The...
| Author | Judy Hindley |
| ISBN | 0763604402 |
Peekaboo! From a blink and a wink of their eyes, to a wiggle of their shoulders, to a stomp of their feet, a group of lovable toddlers joyfully explores the many ways to use their bodies. Readers are invited to join in the fun of learning all the moves our bodies are able to make--and how, for instance, lips...
| Author | Gary Crew |
| ISBN | 1894965086 |
A Moreton Bay Fig tree, planted as a memorial to Australian soldiers killed in World War I, is slated to be cut down by the local council. A young boy tells the moving story of the tree, as related by his great grandfather, grandfather, and father, each of whom has participated in wars over the years. Interweaving...
| Author | Hazel Edwards |
| ISBN | 0340286970 |
'My daddy says there's a hole in our roof. I know why there's a hole. There's a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake.'
The cake-eating hippo is ageless. This classic story about one of the largest and most famous imaginary friends has been delighting children around the world for almost 40 years....
| Author | Graeme Base |
| ISBN | 0810915472 |
Author/Illustrator: Graeme Base
First Published: 1983
Graeme Base is one of those seriously lucky (and talented!) authors - the first publisher he sent his first book to accepted it. "My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch" has subsequently been produced as a play. He has gone on to make a huge...
| Author | Murray Ball |
| ISBN | 0958819033 |
Norman Tebbit's "cricket test" for New Zealanders has two requirements: 1) Acknowledge the All Blacks as the greatest sports team EVER and for all time and 2) love Footrot Flats.
A question in the NZ Trivial Pursuit is "Who runs the dog?", the answer - as any Kiwi knows - is Wal.
Footrot...
| Author | Alison Lester |
| ISBN | 0395669537 |
This isn't so much a story as a series of imaginative scenarios: children playing, creating worlds in their collective imaginations, turning bunk beds into tents and fishbowls into the ocean. The corresponding text consists of a beautifully-worded, poetic ode to the scene they've created through...
We honestly CAN look after your dog
| Author | Lauren Child |
| ISBN | 0448444143 |
Charlie and Lola are rapidly becoming one of my favourite duos (Laurel and Hardy and Felix and Oscar excepted) for their zany adventures are always good for a laugh and the manner in which they speak, particularly Lola, makes them even funnier!
In this adventure Lola, with her friend Lotta,...
| Author | Fiona Watt |
| ISBN | 0746037821 |
We are treated to an identity parade of teddy bears, each displaying a distinctive characteristic that helps us confirm that this particular teddy isn't ours. The best teddy is reserved for the final page, where it is revealed that the teddy with the most luxurious fur is the one we have been looking for....
| Author | Nick Bland |
| ISBN | 0545291593 |
Companion to The Very Cranky Bear
Bear is here . . and here is Flea (but Flea's a little small to see). This is Flea about to bite, but not because he's impolite. He's biting bear to say, Hello!', biting high and biting low. In The Very Cranky Bear, Bear's cave was invaded by four playful animals....
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 1416903089 |
One of my favorite picture books to use in a chicken or farm story time. Has been very well received. 5/9/11
Tonight one of my regular toddler attendees, had a grand time repeating the animals responses to Hattie's pronouncements. One of the older kids ran to get our fox puppet for the story. 4/10/12
My...
