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10 best books like How Oliver Olson Changed the World (Claudia Mills): Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, Books for Living, Franklin's Christmas Gift, The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos, The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors, The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child, Little Red Writing, Rosetown, Fake Mustache, The Belly Book

Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell
AuthorTanya Lee Stone
ISBN0805090487
In the 1830s, when a brave and curious girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Some women could be teachers or seamstresses, but career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors.

But Elizabeth refused to accept the common beliefs...
Books for Living
AuthorWill Schwalbe
ISBN0385353545
From the author of the best-selling and beloved The End of Your Life Book Club - a wonderfully engaging new book: both a celebration of reading in general and an impassioned recommendation of specific books that can help guide us through our daily lives.

"I've always believed that everything...
Franklin's Christmas Gift
AuthorPaulette Bourgeois
ISBN0590026119
A great story about Franklin needing to find a special toy of his for the gift drive at school. Something new or gently used. Franklin is attached to all his toys and he has a hard time finding something to give.

This seems like a good idea. One, it’s good to get rid of things as we get things so we...
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
AuthorDeborah Heiligman
ISBN1596433078
Most people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it's true, many of them do. But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path. At the age of four, he could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number of seconds you had been alive in his head. But he didn't learn...
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
AuthorDrew Daywalt
ISBN0062438891
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...
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
AuthorDonalyn Miller
ISBN0470372273
Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer," Donalyn Miller is a dedicated teacher who says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. Her approach, however, is not conventional. Miller dispenses with the more traditional reading instruction of book reports and comprehension...
Little Red Writing
AuthorJoan Holub
ISBN0811878694
I'm going to wax a little less enthusiastic than some of the other reviewers. And the basic reason is that this book, with all it's great features, isn't all that intrinsically exciting.

The colors and all the visual aspects of the book are outstanding. It's VERY visually appealing.

LITTLE...
Rosetown
AuthorCynthia Rylant
ISBN1534412778
From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant comes the charming story of nine-year-old Flora Smallwood and the eventful year she spends in the quiet community of Rosetown, Indiana.

For nine-year-old Flora Smallwood, Rosetown, Indiana, is full of surprises, many of the best of which happen at the...
Fake Mustache
AuthorTom Angleberger
ISBN1419701940
Award-winning author Tom Angleberger flexes his comic muscle in this hairy adventure story with twists at every turn.

Regular kid Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-genius best friend—Casper, a master of disguise and hypnosis—and world domination. It all begins...
The Belly Book
AuthorFran Manushkin
ISBN0312649584
This lively book is an ode to bellies everywhere. The rhyming text celebrates bellies big and small, hairy and smooth. From belly flops to belly dancing, this humorous book will be a hit with kids.

Manushkin’s short, but laugh out loud rhyming text is perfectly paired with Yaccarino’s...
The Best at It
AuthorMaulik Pancholy
From actor Maulik Pancholy comes an incredibly charming, heartfelt middle grade debut about Rahul Kapoor, a gay Indian American boy coming into his own in a small town in the Midwest.

Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is making him...
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
AuthorFiroozeh Dumas
ISBN0544612310
Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block . . . for the fourth time. California’s Newport Beach is her family’s latest perch, and she’s determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name—Cindy. It’s the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes...
Dear Max
AuthorSally Grindley
Dear D.J. Lucas,
My uncle bought me one of your books for Christmas. It's called Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Boy? I want to be a writer. I want to write a story now. Please will you help me?
Love from Max

And so begins Max's funny correspondence with his favorite author, the world-famous...
Thea Stilton and the Journey to the Lion's Den
AuthorThea Stilton
ISBN0545556279
Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on this adventure packed with mystery and friendship!

The Thea Sisters are in Kenya on a photo safari! The mouselets love exploring the magnificent landscape and learning about the animals on the reserve they're visiting. A lion cub has just been born...
Love Is
AuthorDiane Adams
ISBN1452139970
Perfect for Valentine's Day—or any tender moment—this story of a girl and a duckling who share a touching year together will melt hearts old and young. In this tenderly funny book, girl and duckling grow in their understanding of what it is to care for each other, discovering that love is as much about...
Tumford the Terrible
AuthorNancy Tillman
ISBN0312368402
Tumford the Terrible is a lovely book by Nancy Tillman with a brilliant message about the importance of saying sorry and meaning it (something which my current reception class have terrible trouble with!).

Tumford is not really a truly terrible cat, but he is always getting into trouble; he...
Ganesha's Sweet Tooth
AuthorSanjay Patel
ISBN1452103623
The bold, bright colors of India leap right off the page in this fresh and funny picture book retelling (with a twist) of how Ganesha came to help write the epic poem of Hindu literature, the Mahabharata. Ganesha is just like any other kid, except that he has the head of an elephant and rides around on a magical...
Piper Reed: Navy Brat
AuthorKimberly Willis Holt
ISBN0805081976
It's not easy being the middle child, especially when your dad is a Navy Chief. Meet Piper Reed, a spunky nine-year-old who has moved more times than she can count on one hand. From Texas to Guam, wherever Piper goes, adventure follows, inspired by her active imagination, free-wheeling spirit, and a...
Thea Stilton and the Ice Treasure
AuthorThea Stilton
Geronimo's adventurous sister Thea narrates this tale packed with action, mystery, and friendship!

In this fabumouse adventure, the Thea Sisters head to Alaska, where they're attending a conference held by an important ecological association. Their host and his family are native Alaskans...
Perez The Mouse
AuthorLuis Coloma
One day while walking downtown I met a friend and her daughter. The little girl was holding a fancy but very tiny gift bag, and her mom explained that they were expecting a visit from El Ratoncito that night...and she winked at me. So I played along even though at that first moment I did not realize that El...
The Eldest Daughter Effect: How Firstborn Women – like Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, JK Rowling and Beyoncé – Harness their Strengths
AuthorLisette Schuitemaker
ISBN1844097994
"What do Angela Merkel, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, JK Rowling and Beyoncé have in common?" was the headline in the English newspaper The Observer in 2014. "Other than riding high in Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women," journalist Tracy...
Franklin's Class Trip
AuthorPaulette Bourgeois
I first started reading Franklin books to my Katherine, when she was only two years old!

Now, I am blessed, to be able to share these books, with the two little girls I watch!

They enthusiastically gave this story four stars!

In this story, Franklin and his friends go on a field...
The Littlest Dinosaur's Big Adventure
AuthorMichael Foreman
ISBN0802795455
When the littlest dinosaur goes out exploring one day, he only wants to play leapfrog with the frogs and chase the butterflies through the meadows. But when he gets lost in the dark woods, all he can think about is getting home again. Summoning all of his courage is difficult, but when he finds a small pterodactyl...
The Littlest Dinosaur
AuthorMichael Foreman
ISBN0802797598
Mother dinosaur is proud of her new baby, even though she is the littlest dinosaur anyone has ever seen. The littlest dinosaur can't play with her older brothers and sisters for fear of getting stepped on, and she can't venture near the mud flats for fear of falling in. The only thing she can do is sit high...
On the Go with Mr. and Mrs. Green
AuthorKeith Baker
ISBN0152058672
It's funny because that Mr Green said Sassafrass, but it didn't work because he didn't spin the box right. And he makes this pie machine and it looks like he's using icing on the glue page. And he hurts finger while he hammers, but then Mrs Green makes a scooter and she is really proud of it. But then she asks...
Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters
AuthorHelen Smith
ISBN1594036756
American society has become anti-male. Men are sensing the backlash and are consciously and unconsciously going “on strike.” They are dropping out of college, leaving the workforce and avoiding marriage and fatherhood at alarming rates. The trend is so pronounced that a number of books have...
The Silent Owl
AuthorClemency Pearce
ISBN1849564248
Clemency Pearce was born in deepest Essex in 1980 and grew up surrounded by wild animals and squabbling siblings. She studied Art and Fashion at the University of West England before returning to Essex, where she still lives with her toothless Persian cat, Lola. Lauren Beard has been working as an illustrator...
Two Hands to Love You
AuthorDiane Adams
ISBN0811877973
We discovered this book through Emily Arrow's wonderful "Storytime Singalong" album - and you can check out the accompanying video for her Two Hands to Love You song here: https://youtu.be/A7dTtSMKlpE

This was a very cute and very loving book illustrating how all the different members of...
The Noisy Foxes
AuthorAmy Husband
ISBN1499801548
In a very noisy house, on a very noisy street, in a very noisy city, live three little noisy foxes. . . . But these noisy foxes are looking for a change of pace.

Three noisy foxes are always banging and clanging and singing and stomping, until one day they decide that it might be nice to try to be quiet...
The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindness
AuthorLinda Kaplan Thaler
ISBN0385518927
Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval have moved to the top of the advertising industry by following a simple but powerful philosophy: it pays to be nice. Where so many companies encourage a dog eat dog mentality, the Kaplan Thaler Group has succeeded through chocolate and flowers. In The Power of Nice,...
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