Hush, Little Dragon
10 best books like Hush, Little Dragon (Boni Ashburn): Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood, In a Blue Room, Meet Me at the Moon, A Dignity of Dragons, Five Black Cats, Clara and Asha, Augustine, The Dog Who Belonged to No One, Sheep Trick or Treat, The Foggy, Foggy Forest
Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood
| Author | Mike Artell |
| ISBN | 0803725140 |
Big Bad Gator Claude will do anything to have a taste of Petite Rouge...even if it means putting on a duck bill, flippers, and frilly underwear. He presents no match for the spunky heroine and her quick-thinking cat TeJean, though, as they use some strong Cajun hot sauce to teach Claude a lesson he will...
Alice is wide, wide awake. Mama brings flowers, tea, a quilt, even lullaby bells to help her sleep. But none of these things are blue, and Alice can sleep only in a blue room. Yet when the light goes out, a bit of magic is stirred up. Pale blue moonlight swirls into her bedroom window. Then the night swirls...
| Author | Gianna Marino |
| ISBN | 0670013137 |
A heartwarming love story between mother and child
When Mama Elephant must leave Little One to ask the skies for rain, the young elephant is worried. Who will care for Little One? Who will sing Mama's special songs? When will she return?
Mama is very reassuring - Little One will hear...
| Author | Jacqueline K. Ogburn |
| ISBN | 0618862544 |
To catch a glimpse of one unicorn is lucky;
to see a grace of unicorns is to witness a marvel.
In this book, you will also find . . .
a riddle of sphinx,
a splash of mermaids,
a dignity of dragons,
and more.
With inventive groupings, luminous artwork, and a fact-filled...
| Author | Patricia Hegarty |
| ISBN | 1589256115 |
I was forced to go to Target to buy batteries and walked past a display with this book - and of COURSE I had to buy up both copies (would have bought more) for the kids I know. I do, afterall, have 5 black cats so I'm a huge softie when it comes to a book called "Five Black Cats"!
The little troupe of black...
| Author | Eric Rohmann |
| ISBN | 1596430311 |
In Clara and Asha -- as in Eric Rohmann's Caldecott Medal-winning My Friend Rabbit--a simple storyline becomes the basis for fun and sophistication. Clara's friend Asha is an enormous fish, which means that hide-and-seek, Halloween, snow days, and afternoons in the park offer surprising opportunities...
| Author | Mélanie Watt |
| ISBN | 1553378857 |
Moving all the way from the South Pole to the North Pole isn't easy for the young penguin Augustine. Uprooted from her home, she misses her friends, her grandma and grandpa and her old bedroom. There are all kinds of unfamiliar faces at the North Pole, and everything looks strange and different. When it's...
| Author | Amy Hest |
| ISBN | 0810994836 |
A timeless tale of friendship by New York Times bestselling author Amy Hest.
Once there was a small dog with
crooked ears. He belonged to no one.
And once there was a wisp of a girl
named Lia. . . .
The dog who belonged to no one spent
his days quite alone. . . . He longed for a friend.
No...
| Author | Nancy E. Shaw |
| ISBN | 0618581200 |
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....
| Author | Nick Sharratt |
| ISBN | 0763639214 |
Peek through each foggy vellum page to guess what lies beyond in an innovative novelty book that's a surefire page turner.
"What can this be in the foggy, foggy forest?" That's the question on every spread of this clever book, each depicting the black-and-white silhouette of a fairy-tale figure...
Henry Alfred Grummorson is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of King Arthur, one of the bravest knights to ever live. On the day Henry turns six years old, he wakes up early, mounts his trusty donkey, Knuckles, and goes out in search of adventure.
Along the way, he...
A Pirate's Night Before Christmas
| Author | Philip Yates |
| ISBN | 1402742576 |
Young mateys will find plenty of holiday joy in this humorous, colorful, and thoroughly piratical version of the beloved Clement C. Moore classic. On this ship of mischievous brigands—who have visions of treasure chests, not sugarplums, dancing in their heads—you wouldn’t expect a visit...
Henry and Spot are as close as two friends can be . . . well, as close as a boy and his duck can be, anyway. Now it's Henry's birthday, and Spot has found the most perfect present for him. But, wait - Henry's grandparents have given him a Dog - the thing Henry has always wanted. Henry's in such a hurry to play with...
| Author | J.C. Phillipps |
| ISBN | 0670010928 |
The happiest day of Wink's life was when he was accepted to the Summer Moon School for Young Ninjas. He is sure that he will be a great ninja. Silence is the fi rst lesson and everyone is very very silent . . . except for Wink. Stealth is the second lesson and everyone is very very stealthy . . . except for Wink....
| Author | Rosemary Wells |
| ISBN | 0763649899 |
How to comfort a young child who misses a special person when he or she is away? A treasured picturebook creator has the perfect solution.
Love Waves are what we send to our loved ones until we can be together again. Invisible and strong, they can fly across town or around the world, proving beyond...
| Author | Helen Ward |
| ISBN | 0142403644 |
For a long time, dragons were ignored and overlooked . . . justlike George. But one rainy Thursday, lonely George sees his first dragon. From that moment on, George's new friends follow him everywhere. They get him into all sorts of trouble, too. The dragons need to find their way home before they're noticed...
| Author | Andrea Beaty |
| ISBN | 1416925449 |
Farmer McFitt's seven sheep go on the lam in this amusing picture-book romp, told in rhyming text. From a visit to the zoo to a stint in the circus, these ovine rebels know how to get around. But so too does the farmer, who catches up with them one by one, until they are all shorn. Now it is time for bed...
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| Author | Peter Bently |
| ISBN | 0803736983 |
An irresistible knights-and-dragons fantasy for the very young, in the tradition of Oxenbury's enduring classic We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Jack, Zack, and baby Caspar spend all day fighting dragons in their homemade fort. But when Sir Zack and Caspar are taken inside for bed, King Jack - alone...
| Author | Joe Kulka |
| ISBN | 1575059304 |
As a distant howl echoes through the forest, animals quickly stop what they're doing and run for home. Look out--Wolf's coming! As the shadowy figure gets closer and closer and the day draws to a close, the animals shut the door, pull the shades, and turn out the lights. Soon the wolf's glowing eyes appear...
The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale
| Author | Ying Chang Compestine |
| ISBN | 0525420681 |
This book was on hold at the library and I just got it a few weeks after Chinese New Year. I loved this story based on the Dutch folk tale The Talking Pot. Ming and his family are one of the poor people. Like Jack, Ming trades a bowl of eggs for a rusted looking wok that he hears singing. It turns out to be a good trade....
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0152052909 |
What's the best time of day for reading? Well, for Baby Bear it's all day long. From the first wild wake-up book to the last gentle sleepy-time book--and all the adventures in between--each book takes Baby Bear somewhere new and exciting.
In this companion to Baby Bear's Chairs, bestselling...
| Author | Randall de Sève |
| ISBN | 0399250956 |
The great New Yorker artist Peter de Seve teams up with the author of bestselling Toy Boat in a slightly outrageous fairy tale. The Duchess of Whimsy is fancy and fussy—and definitely not ordinary—surrounding herself with wild friends, fabulous foods, and fancy dress. The Earl of Norm (ho hum)...
| Author | Janet Lawler |
| ISBN | 0803726171 |
If kisses were colors you'd see every one
of the bands of a rainbow that shines in the sun.
Perfect as a Mother's Day or baby shower gift, this tender book expresses the immeasurable love that parents have for their children-warmer than a wool blanket, sturdier than an oak tree, brighter...
| Author | Barbara M. Joosse |
| ISBN | 0763668826 |
The girl and dragon who became best friends in Lovabye Dragon find each other again in this second oh-so-sweet tale.
In a game of hide-and-seek, Girl wanders too far. Dragon looks everywhere—every here, every there—but Girl is lost. Alone in the woods, she tries hard not to cry, but the...
| Author | Bob Shea |
| ISBN | 0061704172 |
Shea returns with another silly, zany picture book. Readers race to bed with a white, fluffy bunny as he runs uphill, drops downhill, makes lots of noise, and escapes a wide variety of traps and troubles. Young readers will be laughing aloud at the manic rhymes, fast pace, and pure silliness of this book....
