Like Carrot Juice on a Cupcake

9 best books like Like Carrot Juice on a Cupcake (Julie Sternberg): The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, The Undefeated, Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, Positively Izzy, The Pirate of Kindergarten, Lift Your Light a Little Higher: The Story of Stephen Bishop: Slave-Explorer, Happy Hippo, Angry Duck, One Mixed-Up Night, Saving Winslow

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

Author

Dan Gemeinhart

Five years.

That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation.

It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash.

Coyote hasn’t been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park...

The Undefeated

Author	Kwame Alexander
ISBN	1328780961

The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma...

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

Author

Kelly Jones

Fans of Polly Horvath or Roald Dahl will love this quirky story of a determined girl, and some extraordinary chickens.
 
Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water when she and her parents move from Los Angeles to the farm they’ve inherited from a great-uncle. But farm life...

Positively Izzy

Author	Terri Libenson
ISBN	0062484966

Award-winning comics creator and author of the bestselling Invisible Emmie Terri Libenson returns with a companion graphic novel that captures the drama, angst, and humor of middle-school life. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Jennifer Holm, and Victoria Jamieson.

Middle school...

The Pirate of Kindergarten

Author	George Ella Lyon
ISBN	1416950249

Doubles are good for lots of things—double scoops of ice cream, double features at the movies. But double vision is NOT a good kind of double. In fact, it can make kindergarten kind of hard. Ginny sees double chairs at reading circle and double words in her books. She knows that only half of what she sees...

Lift Your Light a Little Higher: The Story of Stephen Bishop: Slave-Explorer

Author

Heather Henson

Grab your lantern and follow the remarkable and world-famous Mammoth Cave explorer—and slave—Stephen Bishop as he guides you through the world’s largest cave system in this remarkable homage to the resilience of human nature.

Welcome to Mammoth Cave. It’s 1840 and my name’s...

Happy Hippo, Angry Duck

Author	Sandra Boynton
ISBN	1442417315

Are you HAPPY AS A HIPPO?
Or ANGRY AS A DUCK?
Maybe SAD AS A CHICKEN?
(Can you sadly say "CLUCK CLUCK"?) 

Bestselling author Sandra Boynton is back in this all-new board book about moods. Boynton's clever animals exemplify a wide range of emotions in this hilarious story about...

One Mixed-Up Night

Author	Catherine Newman
ISBN	0399553886

Two best friends on the run... to IKEA.

Frankie and Walter aren't really running away. Just like the kids in their favorite book, they are running to somewhere. Specifically, a massive furniture store. They've been obsessed with the Ikea catalog for years. So they make a plan, pack their backpacks,...

Saving Winslow

Author	Sharon Creech
ISBN	0062570730

Perfect for fans of Charlotte’s Web and The One and Only Ivan, Saving Winslow is an uplifting modern classic in the making about a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health, from New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech.

Louie doesn't...