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10 best books like Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (Mordecai Richler): The King of the Golden River, Owls in the Family, The Hockey Sweater, Alligator Pie (Collector's Edition), The Secret World of Og, Red Is Best, The Root Cellar, Losing Joe's Place, Jonathan Cleaned Up — Then He Heard a Sound: Or Blackberry Subway Jam, The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs

The King of the Golden River
AuthorJohn Ruskin
ISBN1599151251
There are many starting points within the fantasy genre. J. R. R. Tolkien is often, with good reason, regarded as the father of fantasy, despite the fact that there was a vast expanse of stories before his time. Going further back, one can find the early 20th century classics that inspired the master,...
Owls in the Family
AuthorFarley Mowat
ISBN0440413613
Farley Mowat's funniest book tells the adventures of Wol and Weeps, two owls from Saskatchewan who shape up a whole neighbourhood, turn a house topsy-turvy, and outsmart Mutt, the dog hero of The Dog Who Wouldn't Be. Wol brings dead skunks to the family dinner table and terrorizes the minister, the postman,...
The Hockey Sweater
AuthorRoch Carrier
ISBN0887761747
In the days of Roch’s childhood, winters in the village of Ste. Justine were long. Life centered around school, church, and the hockey rink, and every boy’s hero was Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Maurice Richard. Everyone wore Richard’s number 9. They laced their skates like Richard. They...
Alligator Pie (Collector's Edition)
AuthorDennis Lee
ISBN1552633381
Dennis Lee won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1972 for his poetic meditation on Canadian identity in Civil Elegies, but he made perhaps his most enduring contribution to Canadian nationalism two years later with a short collection of near-nonsense rhymes written for a much younger set....
The Secret World of Og
AuthorPierre Berton
ISBN0385659113
The Canadian Classic, written by Pierre Berton and illustrated by his daughter, Patsy is now a 26 episode animated children’s series on CBC television beginning Saturday, September 9, 2006. Berton often cited The Secret World of Og as his favourite of his forty-seven books. It has sold more than...
Red Is Best
AuthorKathy Stinson
Young Kelly's mom doesn't understand about red. Sure, the brown mittens are warmer, but the red mitts make better snowballs. And the red boots aren't just for rain; they take bigger steps in any weather. And, yes, a red cup does make a difference... juice just doesn't taste as good in a green one. No doubt...
The Root Cellar
AuthorJanet Lunn
ISBN0140318356
This is another wonderful orphan story and time travel story.

It reminded me of many other books including Time At The Top, The Twins at Thatchem Quickett, A Long Way to Go, Homecoming, and The Secret Garden (mentioned in the book); all are books I’ve enjoyed.

I love that these people...
Losing Joe's Place
AuthorGordon Korman
ISBN0590427695
I remember reading this for the first time so clearly. I was probably ten or twelve or thereabouts. I didn't think it was as immediately funny as other Gordon Korman books, but I remember telling my friend that it built to an amazing crescendo, where all its threads came together in a way that made me laugh...
Jonathan Cleaned Up — Then He Heard a Sound: Or Blackberry Subway Jam
AuthorRobert Munsch
ISBN0920236200
I remember this book from when I was a kid, all the way back in the 1980s. Unfortunately, though the basic premise is pretty amusing, the story is dated. Very dated.

Jonathan's mother goes out to buy a can of noodles. She tells her son not to make a mess. But no sooner has she left than Jonathan hears...
The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs
AuthorPhoebe Gilman
ISBN0439961866
I've been going back to read old picture books from my childhood lately, and The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs is one such excellent example of Canadian talent and a fun little story about using talent and imagination to build something fun and incredible. Following a little girl whose hobby of making...
The Golem
AuthorIsaac Bashevis Singer
ISBN0374327416
The story of the golem who wanted to be human that moved me so much in The Alchemist's Door is written with very little emotion in Singer's retelling. He takes a just-the-facts-ma'am approach, and the golem seems more of an out-of-control Frankenstein's monster in this story. Therefore, it's hard to...
That Scatterbrain Booky
AuthorBernice Thurman Hunter
ISBN0590710826
Booky didn't know much about the reasons for the Great Depression. All she knew was that she was hungry all the time, that her parents fought constantly, that the bailiff would soon return to evict her family from their home. Worst of all, she knew that Christmas would be a time of empty stockings instead...
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
AuthorEdward Lear
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, Calico Pie and The Pobble Who Has No Toes, together with Edward Lear's crazy limericks, have entertained adults and children alike for over 100 years.

This edition, illustrated by the author, contains all the verse and stories of the Book of Nonsense, More Nonsense,...
A Handful of Time
AuthorKit Pearson
When Patricia's mother sends her to her cousins' cottage for the summer, Patricia doesn't want to go. She doesn't know her cousins at all, and she's never been good at camping or canoeing, let alone making new friends. When she arrives at the cottage, her worst fears come true: her cousin Kelly teases...
La Guerre des Boutons
AuthorLouis Pergaud
ISBN2070367584
O Περγκώ σε αυτό το βιβλίο αποδίδει φόρο τιμής στην περασμένη παιδική του ηλικία, όπως μάλιστα με πολύ νοσταλγία μας λέει και ο ίδιος, στον πρόλογο του βιβλίου,...
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