Leap Back Home to Me

6 best books like Leap Back Home to Me (Lauren Thompson): Sparky!, Harry the Dirty Dog, Hello Lighthouse, Happy, The Bear Who Shared, Aliens Love Underpants

Sparky!

Author	Jenny Offill
ISBN	0375870237

The ingenious author of 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore and a brilliant illustrator and production designer of the Coraline movie have created a hilarious, touching picture book perfect for young animal lovers. Like the Caldecott Medal-winning Officer Buckle and Gloria, Sparky stars a pet...

Harry the Dirty Dog

Author	Gene Zion
ISBN	0060268654

Gene Zion cunningly disguised one of the great existential questions of our age in this Dirty Harry book.

Do you feel lucky?

This is a book about identity:

Am I white (with black spots)
or black (with white spots)

About change and transition:

Do...

Hello Lighthouse

Author	Sophie Blackall
ISBN	0316362387

On the highest rock of a tiny island
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...

Happy

Author	Emma Dodd
ISBN	0763680087

This book is GORGEOUS. I saw it during check-in and had to check out to myself so I could take it all in. The story is told in the voice of the momma owl talking to her little chick. The text is beautiful (and for some reason made me a little sad) but the real star is the art. The illustrations are nicely textured...

The Bear Who Shared

Author	Catherine Rayner
ISBN	0803735766

Norris the bear has been waiting patiently for the last ripe fruit to fall from the tree. But Tulip the raccoon and Violet the mouse have too . . . although maybe not so patiently. In fact, Tulip and Violet sniff, listen to, and even hug the fruit. Norris catches the fruit when it finally falls, and because...

Aliens Love Underpants

Author	Claire Freedman
ISBN	1416917055

This is a book about Aliens who love underpants as you would imagine. It is a rhyming story and is a firm favourite with children of all ages. This may be due to the fact that it contains references to underpants which as we all know is the funniest topic for children-and some adults! During SEB my mentor read...