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10 best books like Harlem Hellfighters (J. Patrick Lewis): Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, The Napping House, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, John Brown: His Fight for Freedom, Z Is for Moose, Boy + Bot, Here Come the Girl Scouts!: The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette 'Daisy' Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure, The Dark, A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin, The Invisible Boy

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
AuthorMac Barnett
ISBN0763662291
With perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen dig down for a deadpan tale full of visual humor.

Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find . . . nothing....
The Napping House
AuthorAudrey Wood
ISBN0152026320
Everyone knows the cumulative rhyme “This Is the House That Jack Built,” but The Napping House (1984) is close on its heels in the race for posterity: “And on that granny / there is a child / a dreaming child / on a snoring granny / on a cozy bed / in a napping house, / where everyone is sleeping.” Included...
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
AuthorDan Santat
ISBN0316199982
This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when he is overlooked time and again, he sets off on an incredible journey to the bustling city, where he finally meets his perfect match and-at long last-is given...
John Brown: His Fight for Freedom
AuthorJohn Hendrix
ISBN0810937980
Published on the 150th anniversary of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, this biography explores the life of one of American history’s most controversial figures. A great deal of academic study has been published recently about John Brown. This is the first book for young readers to include these...
Z Is for Moose
AuthorKelly Bingham
ISBN0060799846
The first time I read this, I laughed out loud -- and I was staffing the library's reference desk at the time. But it takes a pretty clever story to make this librarian laugh a big ol' belly laugh, and this one is clever with a capital C. Observant readers will notice that the story actually starts before the...
Boy + Bot
AuthorAme Dyckman
ISBN0375867562
One day, a boy and a robot meet in the woods. They play. They have fun.

But when Bot gets switched off, Boy thinks he's sick. The usual remedies—applesauce, reading a story—don't help, so Boy tucks the sick Bot in, then falls asleep.

Bot is worried when he powers on and finds his friend...
Here Come the Girl Scouts!: The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette 'Daisy' Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure
AuthorShana Corey
ISBN0545342783
The amazing, all-true story of the first Girl Scouts and their visionary founder.

Juliette Gordon Low--Daisy to her friends and family--was not like most girls of the Victorian era.

Prim and proper?

BOSH!

Dainty and delicate?

HOW BORING!

She...
The Dark
AuthorLemony Snicket
ISBN0316187488
You do not know the temptation I am fighting right now to begin this review with some grandiose statement equating a fear of the dark with a fear of death itself. You have my full permission to slap me upside the head if I start off my children’s books reviews with something that bigheaded. The whole reason...
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
AuthorJen Bryant
ISBN0375867120
As a child in the late 1800s, Horace Pippin loved to draw: He loved the feel of the charcoal as it slid across the floor. He loved looking at something in the room and making it come alive again in front of him. He drew pictures for his sisters, his classmates, his co-workers. Even during WWI, Horace filled...
The Invisible Boy
AuthorTrudy Ludwig
ISBN1582464502
A simple act of kindness can transform an invisible boy into a friend…

Meet Brian, the invisible boy. Nobody ever seems to notice him or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party... until, that is, a new kid comes to class.

When Justin, the new boy, arrives, Brian...
Waiting
AuthorKevin Henkes
ISBN0062368435
Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor Book

What are you waiting for? An owl, a puppy, a bear, a rabbit, and a pig—all toys arranged on a child’s windowsill—wait for marvelous things to happen in this irresistible picture book by the New York Times–bestselling and Caldecott Medalist Kevin...
Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber
AuthorSue Macy
ISBN1481401203
From beloved author Sue Macy comes an illustrated biography of Mary Garber, one of the first female sports journalists in American history!

While sitting in the bleachers of a Soap Box Derby in the 1950s, Mary Garber overheard two African-American boys in the following exchange: “See that...
Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
AuthorLinda Glaser
ISBN0547171846
Give me your tired,  your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
Who wrote these words?  And why?
 
In 1883, Emma Lazarus, deeply moved by an influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe, wrote a sonnet that was to give voice to the Statue of Liberty.  Originally a gift...
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
AuthorBarbara Kerley
ISBN0439114942
The Barnes & Noble Review
A masterful blend of artistic skill, scientific prowess, and impassioned theatrics lay at the core of Waterhouse Hawkins. A man of pure determination, he created the first life-size models of dinosaurs! This brilliant book is a fantastic nod to the genius of one man,...
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
AuthorDebbie Levy
ISBN1481465597
Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—in the first picture book about her life—as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable!

Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing...
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