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If You Lived Here: Houses of the World

10 best books like If You Lived Here: Houses of the World (Giles Laroche): The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Islandborn, Snowflake Bentley, Can We Save the Tiger?, The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever, Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, A Ball for Daisy, City Dog, Country Frog, A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis

The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps
AuthorJeanette Winter
ISBN0375867740
Acclaimed picture book biographer Jeanette Winter has found her perfect subject: Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis...
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
AuthorGrace Lin
ISBN0316404489
A gorgeous picture book that tells a whimsical origin story of the phases of the moon, from award-winning, bestselling author-illustrator Grace Lin

Pat, pat, pat...

Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.

Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she...
Islandborn
AuthorJunot Díaz
ISBN0735229864
Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places.

So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island—she left when she was just a baby....
Snowflake Bentley
AuthorJacqueline Briggs Martin
ISBN0395861624
"Of all the forms of water the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow are incomparably the most beautiful and varied." — Wilson Bentley (1865–1931)

From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera...
Can We Save the Tiger?
AuthorMartin Jenkins
ISBN0763649090
The team behind the award-winning APE returns with an inspiring look at a range of endangered species sure to engage every child who loves animals.

Tigers are pretty special — and so are ground iguanas and partula snails and even white-rumped vultures. But these and many other animals are...
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever
AuthorH. Joseph Hopkins
ISBN1442414022
Unearth the true story of green-thumbed pioneer and activist Kate Sessions, who helped San Diego grow from a dry desert town into a lush, leafy city known for its gorgeous parks and gardens.

Katherine Olivia Sessions never thought she’d live in a place without trees. After all, Kate grew...
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
AuthorKadir Nelson
ISBN0061730742
Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soul is the winner of numerous awards, including the 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor, and the recipient of five starred reviews.

The story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. This is...
A Ball for Daisy
AuthorChris Raschka
Winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal

This New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Best Illustrated Book relates a story about love and loss as only Chris Rashcka can tell it. Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy's anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed...
City Dog, Country Frog
AuthorMo Willems
ISBN1423103009

In spring, when City Dog runs free in the country for the first time, he spots Country Frog sitting on a rock, waiting for a friend. "You'll do," Frog says, and together they play Country Frog games. In summer, they meet again and play City Dog games. Through the seasons, whenever City Dog visits the...
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
AuthorMatt de la Pena
ISBN0803731671
On the eve of World War II, African American boxer Joe Louis fought German Max Schmeling in a bout that had more at stake than just the world heavyweight title; for much of America their fight came to represent America's war with Germany. This elegant and powerful picture book biography centers around...
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...
Pink Is for Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals
AuthorJess Keating
ISBN0553512285
Pinkalicious meets National Geographic in this nonfiction picture book introducing the weirdest, wildest, pinkest critters in the animal kingdom!
Some people think pink is a pretty color. A fluffy, sparkly, princess-y color. But it's so much more.
Sure, pink is the color of princesses...
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