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10 best books like It Only Looks Easy (Pamela Curtis Swallow): On My Honor, Old Yeller, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Bud, Not Buddy, Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, Call It Courage, The Story of Fish and Snail, What Do You Do with an Idea?, Diamond Willow, The Pigeon Has to Go to School

On My Honor
AuthorMarion Dane Bauer
ISBN0440466334
"On My Honor" was always a kids' book that was personal to me. The author, Marion Dane Bauer, was raised in the same small town as my mother; Oglesby, Illinois. The events in the book are based on an actual young boy's drowning that took place when my mother and the author were both children. I grew up playing...
Old Yeller
AuthorFred Gipson
ISBN0060935472
At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller.

The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene.

Strong and courageous, Old Yeller...
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
AuthorKate DiCamillo
It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person...
Bud, Not Buddy
AuthorChristopher Paul Curtis
ISBN0385323069
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:

He has his own suitcase full of special things.

He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better...
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
AuthorEllen Levine
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream...
Call It Courage
AuthorArmstrong Sperry
ISBN0689713916
A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Medal.

Mafatu was afraid of the sea. It had taken his mother when he was a baby, and it seemed to him that the sea gods sought vengeance at having been cheated of Mafatu. So, though he was the son of the Great...
The Story of Fish and Snail
AuthorDeborah Freedman
ISBN0670784893
Every day, Snail waits for Fish to come home with a new story.

Today, Fish's story (about pirates!) is too grand to simply be told: Fish wants to show Snail. But that would mean leaving the familiar world of their book—a scary prospect for Snail, who would rather stay safely at home and pretend...
What Do You Do with an Idea?
AuthorKobi Yamada
ISBN1938298071
This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who's ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult....
Diamond Willow
AuthorHelen Frost
ISBN0374317763
There's
more to me than
most people
see.

Twelve-year-old Willow would rather blend in than stick out. But she still wants to be seen for who she is. She wants her parents to notice that she is growing up. She wants her best friend to like her better than she likes a certain boy. She wants,...
The Pigeon Has to Go to School
AuthorMo Willems
I can't believe that I was looking forward to a children's book! But it is about our favourite pigeon .
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