Machines Go to Work in the City
10 best books like Machines Go to Work in the City (William Low): Step Gently Out, A Home for Bird, Oh, No!, One Special Day: A Story for Big Brothers and Sisters, Magritte's Marvelous Hat, Homer, Penny and Her Doll, Randy Riley's Really Big Hit, Minette's Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat, When Winter Comes
Step Gently Out
| Author | Rick Lieder |
| ISBN | 0763656011 |
Be still, and watch a single blade of grass.
An ant climbs up to look around.
A honeybee flies past.
What would happen if you walked very, very quietly and looked...
| Author | Philip C. Stead |
| ISBN | 1596437111 |
| Author | Candace Fleming |
| ISBN | 0375945571 |
| Author | Lola M. Schaefer |
| ISBN | 1423137604 |
Text is short and simple and has a positive big sibling message but isn't preachy.
Endpages are important and valuable to look at. The beginning end pages show all the different things the boy likes to play with on his...
Magritte's Marvelous Hat
| Author | D.B. Johnson |
| ISBN | 0547558643 |
D.B. Johnson writes and illustrates the surreal story of famous surrealist painter Rene Magritte and his very mysterious (and mischievous!) hat. While the art reflects some of...
| Author | Elisha Cooper |
| ISBN | 0062012487 |
Penny and Her Doll
| Author | Kevin Henkes |
| ISBN | 0062081993 |
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Format: Book
Plot summary: Penny recieves and new doll and has trouble finding the perfect name for her.
Considerations or precautions for readers advisory (strong language, sex, death, religious overtones, violence,...
Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
| Author | Chris Van Dusen |
| ISBN | 0763649465 |
Randy Riley loves two things: science and baseball. When it comes to the solar system, the constellations, and all things robot, Randy...
Minette's Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat
| Author | Susanna Reich |
| ISBN | 1419701770 |
| Author | Nancy Van Laan |
| ISBN | 0689817789 |
Very repetitive. I certainly couldn't read this to my kid because it would drive me crazy.
Every other page is, “Where, oh where does the X go/When winter comes and the cold winds blow?” And then it says where it goes. It's in rhyme. It's all about the different...
| Author | Amy Hest |
| ISBN | 0810994836 |
Once there was a small dog with
crooked ears. He belonged to no one.
And once there was a wisp of a girl
named Lia. . . .
The dog who belonged to no one spent
his days quite alone. . . . He longed for a friend.
No...
| Author | Jennifer Fosberry |
| ISBN | 1402266480 |
| Author | Grace Lin |
| ISBN | 0375861017 |
Each member of the family lends a hand as they prepare a moonlit picnic with mooncakes, pomelos, cups of tea, and colorful lanterns. And everyone sends thanks and a secret...
| Author | Gary D. Schmidt |
| ISBN | 0547612184 |
As the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave, Martin de Porres was born into extreme poverty. Even so, his mother begged the church fathers to allow him into the priesthood. Instead, Martin was accepted as a servant boy. But soon, the...
| Author | Nicola Davies |
| ISBN | 0763659363 |
Quack quack, Quack-quaack-quack.
It's the first sound I hear every morning.
The young girl in this story may live in the city, but outside...
| Author | Dorothy Hinshaw Patent |
| ISBN | 0802728464 |
| Author | Tim Wadham |
| ISBN | 0763641022 |
When Rose wakes up one morning feeling royal, she dons her necklaces, bracelets, and crown. Soon the Queen of France emerges to survey her domain, disapproving...
| Author | Gerald McDermott |
| ISBN | 0152165967 |
Nighttime Ninja
| Author | Barbara DaCosta |
Late at night, when all is quiet and everyone is asleep, a ninja creeps silently through the house in search of treasure. Soon he reaches his ultimate goal...and gets a big surprise! Will the nighttime ninja complete his mission?
I...
Demolition
| Author | Sally Sutton |
| ISBN | 0763658308 |
the massive ones that tear them down!
Crush the stone. Crush the stone.
Chip and grind and munch.
Make new concrete from the old.
Whirr! Churr! Crunch!
From the huge crane...
Up, Tall, and High!
| Author | Ethan Long |
| ISBN | 0399256113 |
In three laugh-out-loud situations, an irresistible cast of colorful birds illustrate the concepts of "up," "tall" and "high." First, a short peacock proves that he may not be tall, but he definitely isn't small. Then, a resourceful...
Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building
| Author | Christy Hale |
| ISBN | 1600606512 |
The concrete poetic text is a wonderful bonus...
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination
| Author | Christopher Myers |
| ISBN | 1606842188 |
But this isn’t your grandmother’s game of hoops.
Not when a layup
from the other side of the court
standing on one foot
...
Hippopposites
| Author | Janik Coat |
| ISBN | 1419701517 |
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Construction Kitties
| Author | Judy Sue Goodwin Sturges |
The dirt has to go in the backhoe first so...