Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country)
10 best books like Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country) (Kathleen Krull): Matilda Bone, This Day in June, Black Elk's Vision: A Lakota Story, Going Down Home with Daddy, Ellen's Broom, Home at Last, Donovan's Big Day, The Stories Julian Tells, Actual Size, Lost and Found Cat : The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| ISBN | 0440418224 |
Newbery medalist Karen Cushman assembles a cast of unforgettable characters in a fascinating and pungent setting: the medical quarter of a medieval English Village. To Blood and Bone Alley, home of leech, barber-surgeon, and apothecary, comes Matilda, raised by a priest to be pious and learned,...
Named one of the Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2018 by American Library Association (joined by Two Boys Kissing by David Leviathan, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Judy Sherman Alexie, Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner, This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay...
| Author | S.D. Nelson |
| ISBN | 0810983990 |
Told from the Native American point of view, Black Elk’s Vision provides a unique perspective on American history. From recounting the visions Black Elk had as a young boy, to his involvement in the battles of Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee, as well as his journeys to New York City and Europe with...
Going Down Home with Daddy
| Author | Kelly Starling Lyons |
| ISBN | 1561459380 |
I pick the books I review based on a complicated set of criteria that only makes sense to me. Often it has to do with a number of different factors, one of which is whether or not the children’s book in question relates to my own life at all. As I type this, I am gearing up for a trip to New Orleans. My mother and...
| Author | Kelly Starling Lyons |
| ISBN | 0399250034 |
A young girl learns a new meaning for freedom during the time of Reconstruction Ellen always knew the broom resting above the hearth was special. Before it was legal for her mother and father to officially be married, the broom was what made them a family anyway. But now all former slaves who had already...
| Author | Vera B. Williams |
| ISBN | 0061349739 |
A poignant, timely, and universal picture book about fear, adoption, family, and the joy of fatherhood, written by beloved and award-winning author Vera B. Williams and illustrated by the author in collaboration with two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka.
After Lester is adopted...
| Author | Lesléa Newman |
| ISBN | 1582463328 |
Donovan's two moms are getting married, and he can't wait for the celebration to begin. After all, as ringbearer, he has a very important job to do. Any boy or girl with same-sex parents—or who knows a same-sex couple—will appreciate this picture book about love, family, and marriage. The story...
| Author | Ann Cameron |
| ISBN | 0394828925 |
Julian is a quick fibber and a wishful thinker. And he is great at telling stories. He can make people—especially his younger brother, Huey—believe just about anything. Like the story about the cats that come in the mail. Or the fig leaves that make you grow tall if you eat them off the tree. But some...
| Author | Steve Jenkins |
| ISBN | 0618375945 |
How big is a crocodile? What about a tiger, or the world’s largest spider? Can you imagine a tongue that is two feet long or an eye that’s bigger than your head? Sometimes facts and figures don’t tell the whole story. Sometimes you need to see things for yourself—at their actual size..
Lost and Found Cat : The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey
| Author | Doug Kuntz |
| ISBN | 1524715476 |
The true story about one cat’s journey to be reunited with his war-torn family has been seen by millions of people and is now a heartwarming picture book.
When an Iraqi family is forced to flee their home, they can’t bear to leave their beloved cat, Kunkush, behind. So they carry him with them...
