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10 best books like Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains (Barbara Knutson): When I Was Eight, Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles, Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale, Her Right Foot, Creepy Pair of Underwear!, Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita

When I Was Eight
AuthorChristy Jordan-Fenton
ISBN1554514916
Bestselling memoir Fatty Legs for younger readers. Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father’s warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders’ school to learn. The nuns at the school call her Margaret. They cut off her long hair...
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
AuthorJoyce Sidman
ISBN0618135472
From spring’s first thaw to autumn’s chill, the world of the pond is a dramatic place. Though seemingly quiet, ponds are teeming with life and full of surprises. Their denizens—from peepers to painted turtles, duckweed to diving beetles—lead secret and fascinating lives. A unique blend...
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
AuthorSusan Hood
ISBN1481430955
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.

Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...
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...
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
AuthorPatricia Valdez
ISBN0399557261
For fans of Ada Twist: Scientist comes a fascinating picture book biography of a pioneering female scientist--who loved reptiles!

Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups...
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
AuthorCarmen Agra Deedy
ISBN1561453994
Martina the beautiful cockroach doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage.
That's where her Cuban family comes in. While some of the Cucarachas offer her gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her something really useful: un consejo increible, some shocking...
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale
AuthorVerna Aardema
ISBN0140546162
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain is a beautiful picture book set in Nandi, Kenya, Africa. A tale of magic and tradition in a land where there has been no rain and the grass and animals are in desperate need to be replenished and fed. ‘As the big, black cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground...
Her Right Foot
AuthorDave Eggers
ISBN1452162816
If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her?

She's in New York.
She's holding a torch.
And she's in mid-stride, moving forward.
But why?
In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris...
Creepy Pair of Underwear!
AuthorAaron Reynolds
ISBN1442402989
Jasper Rabbit is NOT a little bunny anymore. He’s not afraid of the dark, and he’s definitely not afraid of something as silly as underwear. But when the lights go out, suddenly his new big rabbit underwear glows in the dark. A ghoulish, greenish glow. If Jasper didn’t know any better he’d say...
Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita
AuthorAngela Dominguez
ISBN0805093338
Everyone knows about Mary and her little lamb. But do you know Maria?


      With gorgeous, Peruvian-inspired illustrations and English and Spanish retellings, Angela Dominguez gives a fresh new twist to the classic rhyme. Maria and her mischievous little llama will steal your...
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
AuthorEric A. Kimmel
ISBN0823407985
A classic trickster folktale told with humor and charm, this is a perfect read along book both parents and children will love.

When Anansi the Spider finds a strange moss-covered rock in the forest, he uses it to trick all his animal friends. But Little Bush Deer is onto Anansi's scheme, and hatches...
Lucia the Luchadora
AuthorCynthia Leonor Garza
ISBN1576878279
Lucia zips through the playground in her cape just like the boys, but when they tell her "girls can't be superheroes," suddenly she doesn't feel so mighty. That's when her beloved abuela reveals a dazzling secret: Lucia comes from a family of luchadoras, the bold and valiant women of the Mexican lucha...
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again
AuthorDan Santat
ISBN1626726825
My name is Humpty Dumpty.
I'm famous for falling off a wall.

(You may have heard about it.)

But that's only half the story...
Because I decided to get back up.
And when I did, something amazing happened.

This story is about my life...
AFTER THE FALL.

Inspiring...
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