Into the Forest
10 best books like Into the Forest (Anthony Browne): Autumn Story, Any Questions?, Come Away From The Water, Shirley, Fox, Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart, King Hugo's Huge Ego, Memorial, The Little Refugee, The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness, King Pig
| Author | Jill Barklem |
| ISBN | 0689830548 |
Bad weather is on the way and the autumn crops are still not gathered in! Quickly, all the mice of Brambly Hedge set to work to finish the harvesting before the rain begins. Primrose, Lord Woodmouse's daughter, meant to help, but somehow she daydreamed her way over the cornfield and into the Chestnut Woods,...
| Author | Marie-Louise Gay |
| ISBN | 1554983827 |
Many children want to know where stories come from and how a book is made. Marie-Louise Gay’s new picture book provides them with some delightfully inspiring answers through a fictional encounter between an author and some very curious children — together they collaborate on writing and illustrating...
On a day trip to the seaside, Mom and Dad settle down in their deck chairs to snooze the day away, while for Shirley, it’s a chance to set sail for uncharted seas. "Come away from the water, Shirley," caution her parents. But Shirley has already set out on an adventure, where she encounters danger, pirates,...
| Author | Margaret Wild |
| ISBN | 1929132166 |
i am glad i am the only one to have rated this book (although i know dana and greg read it with me on the subway yesterday, so i know they have been tainted, too.) the description above is what is printed on the book, which is scary enough, but i think what they really wanted to put as its description is "help o...
| Author | Vera B. Williams |
| ISBN | 0060571829 |
This book of poetry is about how two sisters deal with the loss of having their father go to jail. The father goes to jail because he forged a check from his former employer. Amber and Essie find comfort in each other and they take care of each other. The poem "Best Sandwich" tells about how the sister cuddle...
| Author | Chris Van Dusen |
| ISBN | 0763650048 |
From a master of visual comedy comes the royally satisfying tale of a head swollen out of proportion and a blowhard brought down to earth.
Hugo is a tiny king with a very large ego. But when he mistreats a villager who also happens to be a sorceress, the spell she casts causes his head to literally...
| 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 | Anh Do |
| ISBN | 1742378323 |
After Australian comedian Anh Do told his story about being a refugee in his award-winning memoir, The Happiest Refugee, he received many requests for a children’s version. This is the inspiring result.
Anh nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their...
| Author | Colin Thompson |
| ISBN | 1933605901 |
George lived alone with his grandmother and an empty place where his mother and father should be. One Friday on his way home from school, George visited the animal shelter. There, in the very last cage, was Jeremy, a dog who looked as lost and as lonely as George. When Jeremy goes home to live with George...
King Pig rules his kingdom and has many sheep subjects. While they accept his rule, they do not seem to like him. Baffled, King Pig does all he can to impress his subjects, but they are still less than willing to give him the time of day. Worried, he pines and loses sleep over the matter, until a soluti0n pops...
| Author | David Legge |
| ISBN | 0590479903 |
It runs through a text of a standard day visiting grandpa - but something is a little odd.
The text never describes any aspect of the house, but oh boy, the illustrations sure do. Is it the tiger being fed in a highchair? The dog playing a card game with them (all the cards are the 8 of hearts, and grandpa...
| Author | Gregory Rogers |
| ISBN | 1741145244 |
This is another wordless book..I didn't get this book out but it did have my interest by the cover and it was in the 'graphic novel' section of the school lib...It's basically about a boy who gets bullied and there seems to be other books in the series that I haven't seen..So, I have no idea if this is a conclusion...
| Author | Jeannie Baker |
| ISBN | 0744592275 |
What a lovely idea for a book. We see a windowsill and the view of a city street. On the windowsill stands a congratulation card for the birth of a baby girl. From that small viewpoint of this families house we see the changing view outside and the odd addition to the wall or windowsill that gives us clues what's...
All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism
"Nobody gets me, Mama!"
In All My Stripes, Zane the zebra feels different from the rest of his classmates. He worries that all they notice about him is his "autism stripe." With the help of his Mama, Zane comes to appreciate all his stripes — the unique strengths that make him who he is!
Includes...
| Author | Michael Foreman |
| ISBN | 0763642711 |
For a boy in a warravaged world, nurturing a fragile vine has far reaching effects in this simple, universal fable of hope and connection.
A little boy’s home has been reduced to ruin and rubble, and now a wire fence and soldiers separate him from the streams and hills he once visited with his...
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 1405089482 |
I think this unique and unusual book is absolutely brilliant.
It’s hilarious and serious both. It can be appreciated on so many levels, by many different readers/listeners-viewers, including very young children (without the names of the phobias) and readers of all ages through adulthood.
It...
| Author | David Wiesner |
| ISBN | 0395629748 |
This is a child's book... and many people either in Florida, or who have evacuated -- friends and family across the state and around the world who have loved ones directly affected by the recent Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey just a week ago...
... many adults - children
and animals are reaching...
My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out
| Author | Lauren Child |
| ISBN | 0448442558 |
At first, Lola does not want her wobbly tooth to ever fall out, but when she learns about the tooth fairy, she wiggles and wobbles her tooth until out it pops! Finally it is time to go to bed—but the tooth has disappeared! Now how will Lola convince the tooth fairy that she really did lose her tooth? Big brother...
This is a story about a boy whose head is always full of wonder. We follow him on an average-seeming school day, where his daydreams transform the world around him. Unfortunately lots of other people - the park keeper, the bus driver, the lollipop lady - all tell him to get his head out of the clouds. It is...
The Wolf's Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood
| Author | Toby Forward |
| ISBN | 0763627852 |
Little readers will love second-guessing this funny, fractured fairy tale that replays the story of Little Red Riding Hood from the poor maligned wolf's point of view.
No, please. Look at me.
Would I LIE to you?
It was the old woman who started it.
Everyone knows there are at...
