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10 best books like Little Night (Yuyi Morales): This Jazz Man, Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, In a Blue Room, Kitchen Dance, The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred, Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping, Wild Boars Cook, Maybe a Bear Ate It!, My Name is Gabito / Me llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez, Los Gatos Black on Halloween

This Jazz Man
AuthorKaren Ehrhardt
ISBN0152053077
In this toe-tapping jazz tribute, the traditional "This Old Man" gets a swinging makeover, and some of the era's best musicians take center stage. The tuneful text and vibrant illustrations bop, slide, and shimmy across the page as Satchmo plays one, Bojangles plays two . . . right on down the line to...
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
AuthorKathleen Krull
ISBN0152014373
Cesar Chavez is known as one of America's greatest civil rights leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family...
In a Blue Room
AuthorJim Averbeck
Alice is wide, wide awake. Mama brings flowers, tea, a quilt, even lullaby bells to help her sleep. But none of these things are blue, and Alice can sleep only in a blue room. Yet when the light goes out, a bit of magic is stirred up. Pale blue moonlight swirls into her bedroom window. Then the night swirls...
Kitchen Dance
AuthorMaurie J. Manning
ISBN0618991107
A little girl wakes in the night to mysterious, inviting noises. She rouses her brother, and they sneak downstairs and peek into the kitchen. To their amazement and delight, their parents are dancing and singing---"?Como te quiero! Oh, how I love you!" ---as they clean up and put food away. Mama and Papa...
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
AuthorSamantha R. Vamos
ISBN1580892426
I am lucky to work in a children’s room with a significantly sized bilingual section. The books you’ll find there cover a wide range of languages. Chinese, Arabic, Urdu, you name it. Of them the largest section by far is the Spanish language section. Of course, what we don’t really include in this...
Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping
AuthorJulie Markes
ISBN0060537906
Does the farmer sleep on a mattress of hay? Is the baker's bed made of soft, doughy bread? And is the grocer most comfortable resting on a bed of lettuce? No matter what the bed or walls look like, when the day's activities are done, it's time for everyone, big or small, to go to sleep.

With whimsy...
Wild Boars Cook
AuthorMeg Rosoff
ISBN0805075232
THE BOARS ARE BACK! But watch out, because this time they're not only bossy, selfish, and stinky, they're hungry, too! If you thought Boris, Morris, Horace, and Doris already had bad manners, wait until you see them concoct a Massive Pudding. And if this pudding sounds horrible, the ingredients will...
Maybe a Bear Ate It!
AuthorRobie H. Harris
It's Gone! It's nowhere! I can't find it anywhere! Where-is-my book? I need my book! A catlike creature finds his book missing from his comfy bed. His active imagination takes over: "Maybe a bear ate it!" "A stegosaurus stomped on it", "A rhino ran away with it", "A bat flew up high in the sky with it", "A...
My Name is Gabito / Me llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez
AuthorMonica Brown
ISBN0873589084
Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel García Márquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He...
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
AuthorMarisa Montes
ISBN0805074295
Follow los monstruos and los esqueletos to the Halloween party

Under October's luna, full and bright, the monsters are throwing a ball in the Haunted Hall. Las brujas come on their broomsticks. Los muertos rise from their coffins to join in the fun. Los esqueletos rattle their bones as they...
My Abuelita
AuthorTony Johnston
ISBN0152163301
Winner of a 2010 Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor!

Abuelita’s hair is the color of salt. Her face is as crinkled as a dried chile. She booms out words as wild as blossoms blooming. She stuffs her carcacha—her jalopy—with all the things she needs: a plumed snake, a castle, a skeleton, and more....
Prietita and the Ghost Woman/Prietita y la llorona
AuthorGloria E. Anzaldúa
ISBN0892391677
Ever since she can remember, Prietita has heard terrifying tales of la llorona — the legendary ghost woman who steals children at night. Against a background of vibrant folk paintings, Gloria Anzaldua reinterprets, in a bilingual format, one of the most famous Mexican legends. In this version,...
Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day; Celebremos El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros (Bilingual Spanish-English)
AuthorPat Mora
ISBN0061288772
Take a ride in a long submarine or fly away in a hot air balloon. Whatever you do, just be sure to bring your favorite book! Rafael López's colorful illustrations perfectly complement Pat Mora's lilting text in this delightful celebration of El día de los niños/El día de los libros; Children's Day/Book...
So Sleepy Story
AuthorUri Shulevitz
ISBN0374370311
In a sleepy sleepy house everything is so sleepy – until music drifts in through an open window. Chairs begin to rock, dishes begin to dance, and a sleepy boy opens his eyes to the revelry of the once-sleepy house. Then, softly, the music drifts out, and everything is sleepy sleepy once more.

With...
Hide-and-Squeak
AuthorHeather Vogel Frederick
ISBN0689855702
It's time for bed, but the little Mouse Baby has no intentions of calling it a night. He hides in the garden, hides in the kitchen, hides his little whiskers anywhere he can. Anything to keep from going to bed. But daddy is right behind him --"Mousebaby mousebaby, where can you be?"-- trying to get this little...
Ladder To The Moon
AuthorMaya Soetoro-Ng
ISBN0763645702
From Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Obama, comes a lyrical story relaying the loving wisdom of their late mother to a young granddaughter she never met.

Little Suhaila wishes she could have known her grandma, who would wrap her arms around the whole world if she could, Mama says. And one...
Lola at the Library
AuthorAnna McQuinn
ISBN1580891136
It is often a challenge to find children's books with black characters that aren't overwhelmed with historical narratives or self-affirming gobbly-gook (be like Harriet Tubman! You're special! No really!) The little touches make this book unique and lovely: Lola's soft cloud of unraveled hair...
The Night of Las Posadas
AuthorTomie dePaola
ISBN0698119010
Tomie dePaola's glorious paintings are as luminous as the farolitos that light up on the Plaza in Santa Fe for the procession of Las Posadas, the tradition in which Mary and Joseph go from door to door seeking shelter at the inn on Christmas Eve.This year Sister Angie, who is always in charge of the clebration,...
How Do You Make a Baby Smile?
AuthorPhilemon Sturges
ISBN0060760729
Wiggle your ear!
Play peekaboo!
Make a face!

And join dozens of friendly animals--plus one very patient older sister--as they use their best tricks to make their babies smile, laugh, coo, and grin.

With a simple rhyming text by Philemon Sturges and bright, bold illustrations...
The Rain Stomper
AuthorAddie Boswell
ISBN0761453938
Today is the day of the big neighborhood parade. Baton twirler Jazmin is ready to lead the way for the dogs and kids, music and fun. But then the clouds crowd in. The sky darkens. Thunder roars. And the rain begins. SLAP clatter clatter SLAP SLAP! Is Jazmin’s parade ruined? Or can she use her spirit, her...
Homemade Love
Authorbell hooks
ISBN0786806435
i absolutely, absolutely love this book!!! as a teacher in a classroom full of two-year olds, i found this book so beautiful in being able to put to words what love feels like for a child: feeling safe and adored by the most important people in our lives. the children's eyes would light up when we read the...
The Night Box
AuthorLouise Greig
ISBN1405283769
An elegantly written and illustrated picture book with a surprisingly sweet angle on light and day, that each night a boy unlocks night from a box to reveal it's particular special characteristics. If I had to remark on one thing I liked best it would be occasional spots of the writing:

Day slips...
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