La Princesa and the Pea
10 best books like La Princesa and the Pea (Susan Middleton Elya): Dreamers, Alma and How She Got Her Name, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred, Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Prince Ribbit, The Little Red Fort, Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion, The Princess and the Pit Stop, Freedom in Congo Square
| Author | Yuyi Morales |
| ISBN | 0823440559 |
In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.
She...
Alma and How She Got Her Name
| Author | Juana Martinez-Neal |
| ISBN | 0763693553 |
If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for...
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
| Author | Grace Lin |
| ISBN | 0316404489 |
Pat, pat, pat...
Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.
Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she...
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
| Author | Samantha R. Vamos |
| ISBN | 1580892426 |
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
| Author | Derrick Barnes |
| ISBN | 1572842245 |
| Author | Jonathan Emmett |
Fairy tales are just stories, or so Princess Martha believes. But when her sisters meet a talking frog, they're convinced that giving him the royal treatment will turn him into Prince Charming....
| Author | Brenda Maier |
| ISBN | 0545859190 |
This little...
| Author | Alex T. Smith |
| Author | Tom Angleberger |
| ISBN | 1419728482 |
. . . who made a pit stop.
While the Birds and Beasts changed her tires, her Fairy Godmother told her she was in last place! With just one lap left! She might as well give up!
Give up? Not THIS princess! Instead, she hit the gas!
Join Her Royal...
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| ISBN | 1499801033 |
Mondays,...
Little Red Hot
| Author | Eric A. Kimmel |
| ISBN | 1477816380 |
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
| Author | Duncan Tonatiuh |
| ISBN | 1419721305 |
Good Night, Baddies
| Author | Deborah Underwood |
| ISBN | 1481409840 |
Wolves, today was not so good.
You didn’t catch Red Riding Hood.
You huffed and puffed without success.
But...
Rapunzel
| Author | Bethan Woollvin |
4.5 stars
I would like to thank Edelweiss and Peachtree Publishers for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I had read many fairy tale retellings where the female protagonists (usually, “Rapunzel,” “Cinderella,” “Little Red...
The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet!
| Author | Carmen Agra Deedy |
| ISBN | 0545722888 |
So the villagers elect the bossy Don Pepe as their mayor. Before long, singing of any kind is outlawed. Even the teakettle is afraid to whistle!
But there is one noisy rooster who doesn't give two mangos...
All the Way to Havana
| Author | Margarita Engle |
| ISBN | 1627796428 |
Together, a boy and his parents drive to the city of Havana, Cuba, in their old family car. Along the way, they experience the sights and sounds of the streets--neighbors talking, musicians performing, and beautiful, colorful...
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes
| Author | Roseanne Thong |
| ISBN | 1452106169 |
Lucia the Luchadora
| Author | Cynthia Leonor Garza |
| ISBN | 1576878279 |
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
| Author | Jerry Pinkney |
| ISBN | 0316341576 |
Jerry Pinkney puts his indelible stamp on another beloved folktale in the same vein as the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare and...
All Around Us
| Author | Xelena González |
| ISBN | 1941026761 |
Grandpa says circles are all around us. He points to the rainbow that rises high in the sky after a thundercloud has come. “Can you see? That’s only half of the circle. That rest of it is...