John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat
10 best books like John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat (Jenny Wagner): Window, The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch, Wolves, Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf, A Lion in the Meadow, Come Away From The Water, Shirley, Fox, Beegu, The Elephant and the Bad Baby, Mister Magnolia
Author | Jeannie Baker |
ISBN | 0688089186 |
After really enjoying 'Belonging' I expected to love 'Window' just as much. Perhaps it was reading the authors note about ecological damage after reading in her last book how she collected sponges for her collage that made this seem a like an example of practise what you preach, but where I found 'Belonging'...
Author | Ronda Armitage |
ISBN | 0590551752 |
Every day, Mr Grinling rows out to the lighthouse to make sure everything is running smoothly and every day his wife, through the use of a rather ingenious cable system, sends him his rather lavish lunch (peach surprise and a killer sandwich among other things). That is until some well-named gulls see...
Author | Emily Gravett |
ISBN | 1416914919 |
Unfortunately, I had a very strong negative reaction to this book. I wanted to like it for being interesting and engaging and... fun. I think it is supposed to be fun. We are supposed to chuckle and appreciate. Instead, I was saddened and angered.
Here is the story of a cute little rabbit who decides...
Author | Catherine Storr |
ISBN | 0140364633 |
This is an excellent book that tells the story of a very clever and witty little girl.
Polly is being tormented by a rather unpleasant wolf who constantly threatens to eat her! Polly, however, is far too clever for the silly wolf and devises a number of delicious ways to prevent him from eating...
Author | Margaret Mahy |
ISBN | 0140506306 |
I'm still new to Margaret Mahy and this was a present from the guys at work. One of her more famous stories I believe. It's a nice warm story about the nature of stories and imagination and where the line between them and reality can blur, especially in the mind of a child.
Jenny Williams creates...
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 | Alexis Deacon |
ISBN | 0374306672 |
The story of an alienated alien
Beegu's spacecraft is stranded on Earth. Now she is lost and wandering. Waiting for a rescue signal from her mother, she fails to make friends with the strange creatures she encounters. Rabbits don't seem to understand her; windblown leaves won't stay still...
Author | Elfrida Vipont |
ISBN | 0140500480 |
The Elephant and the Bad Baby is the classic story from Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs.
The Elephant takes the Bad Baby for a ride and they go 'rumpeta, rumpeta, rumpeta down the road.' They help themselves to ice creams, pies, buns, crisps, biscuits, lollipops and apples, and the shopkeepers...
Author | Quentin Blake |
ISBN | 0099400421 |
Mr Magnolia has only one boot.
He has an old trumpet that goes rooty-toot -
And two lovely sisters who play on the flute -
But Mr Magnolia has only one boot.
In this wittily rhyming picture book, Mr Magnolia has a full and happy life except for one serious omission - a boot. But one day,...
Author | Pamela Allen |
ISBN | 0207172854 |
When reading this to a small group of children, some of them enjoyed this, others thought it just silly and a couple thought it to be on the lame side. So a very mixed reaction.
Those that liked it got a kick out of Mr Archimedes trying to figure out what was happening with the bath water. One child...
What Color Is Your Underwear?
Author | Sam Lloyd |
ISBN | 0439576768 |
Briefly speaking, this lift-the-flap book is laugh-out-loud fun, and educational, too!
This hilarious lift-the-flap features animals and the underwear they wear! Kids will roar with laughter as they lift each flap and reveal boxers on a horse, furry undies on a crocodile, leafy green bloomers...
Author | Nadia Wheatley |
ISBN | 0916291545 |
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I have just spent a delightful forty-five minutes reading the children’s book “My Place”. Winner of many awards in its home continent of Australia, it is fully worthy of all of them. What a joy and pleasure it was!
The book spans two centuries, from 1788 to 1988, and covers the...
Author | Debbie Harter |
ISBN | 1905236220 |
This lively rhyme soon has young listeners frolicking around, with creatures in the Indian jungle. Children will be eager to join in and copy the animals' actions. The song has a quick pace and its catchiness allows little ones, to learn the words and get involved with the story, as they try to guess the...
Author | John Butler |
ISBN | 1561453447 |
Adorable animals make room in their den for sleepy friends.
Deep in the den, ten sleepy, cuddly animals snuggle up together for the night. But as the animal friends roll over to make more room, one animal after another gently tumbles out of the cozy den...until Little Mouse is left all alone. But Little...
Author | Libby Gleeson |
ISBN | 0439889774 |
The U.S. debut of an incredible new illustrator introduces two everyday friends whose closeness endures no matter how far apart they are.
"If I call Amy really loudly, she'll hear me, won't she?" Louie asked his mom.
His mom shook her head. "Amy is half a world away."
Amy and Louie...
Author | William Bee |
ISBN | 0763628867 |
It takes extreme measures to get a response out of the stubbornly indifferent Billy in a wry little tale that readers of all ages will surely relate to.
Billy can be very difficult to please. Show him something very tall or very small, and he'll say, "whatever." Let him play inside the bounciest...
Author | Anthony Browne |
ISBN | 0763618438 |
Read this book in Spanish for Primary level. This book translates very well as it has simple sentences and the illustrations would really help the children to understand the story.
The story is about Willy the gorilla, who is a bit of a wimp. He decides to 'beef up' as he is fed up of being called...
Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia
Author | Alison Lester |
ISBN | 1929132735 |
This has given me itchy feet - there is nothing like Australia for travel, it's a must do activity ... over a long period of time ... with the family ... just like Grace in Are We There Yet?
Grace and her family hitch up their pop up camper trailer and head off, literally around Australia. Alison Lester...
Author | David Roberts |
ISBN | 1854308203 |
This book is hilarious and children love it! Bertie is a little boy with dirty habits, he eats sweets off the floor, he licks the dogs face and wees on the flowerbed! The pictures are very funny and the repetitive nature of the story means that the children can join in with 'no Bertie, that's dirty Bertie!'...
Author | Joan Grant |
ISBN | 1894965140 |
Cat and Fish come from different worlds — he from the land, she from the sea. But when they meet in the park one night, they like each other's looks. Cat shows Fish his world and teaches her how to climb, how to take shelter from the rain, and how to stay warm. But Fish misses the sea, so Cat takes her back and...
Author | Andrew Daddo |
ISBN | 1599901536 |
A baby orangutan is sleepy, but before he shuts his eyes he must first say goodnight to each and every part of himself: from the feet that ran him around all day, to the legs that did all that jumping, to the ears that listened so intently to the big world around him. Echoing the loving goodnight rituals that...
Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox
Author | Erin Dealey |
ISBN | 0689876106 |
Goldie Locks has
chicken pox;
from head to toe
were polka dots....
When Goldie Locks spies her first spot, her mother knows it must be chicken pox. Soon after, a steady stream of storybook favorites -- including the Three Bears and Little Bo Peep -- stop by to wish Goldie Locks a speedy...
Author | Tomi Ungerer |
ISBN | 1570982066 |
“The Three Robbers" is a children’s book written by Tomi Ungerer and it relates the story of how three ferocious robbers became foster parents when they rescued an orphaned girl from going to her cruel aunt’s house. This book will surely be a delight for young children to read for many...