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10 best books like Marguerite Makes a Book (Bruce Robertson): Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott, The Duchess Bakes a Cake, A Medieval Feast, Fanny, Leonardo's Horse, From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World, Fifty Famous Stories Retold, Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu, The Magical Garden of Claude Monet, In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid

Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott
AuthorYona Zeldis McDonough
ISBN0805081925
When Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was published in 1868 it was an instant success. Louisa drew on her experiences in writing the novel, but there's a lot more to her rags-to-riches story. Louisa came from a family that was poor but freethinking, and she started teaching when she was only seventeen...
The Duchess Bakes a Cake
AuthorVirginia Kahl
ISBN1930900147
A long time ago there lived over the waters, a Duchess, a Duke and their family of daughters.
Everything went smoothly and happily in this large family, until one day the Duchess decided to make:
A lovely light luscious delectable cake
Would she take the cook's advice? No, she would not....
A Medieval Feast
AuthorAliki
ISBN0064460509
A beautifully illustrated, award-winning, and fascinating look at the Middle Ages by Aliki, the beloved creator of many popular books for children. The King is coming to visit! The lord and lady of Camdenton Manor must work quickly to prepare for his arrival. It will take weeks to ready rooms, set up...
Fanny
AuthorHolly Hobbie
ISBN0316166874
All Fanny wants in the world is a Connie doll, but Mom says "NO!" But no one ever said she couldn't make one instead! With some scissors, glue, and her craft box in hand, Fanny sets out to replicate Connie, but it's Annabelle who is the result of her efforts. A little lopsided and a little unkempt, Annabelle...
Leonardo's Horse
AuthorJean Fritz
ISBN0399235760
"A scintillating sliver of history. . . . An inventive introduction to the Renaissance and one of its masters." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

"An unusual and surprisingly touching story . . . . An offbeat and intriguing read." (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred...
From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World
AuthorJames Rumford
ISBN1596435429
What was made of rags and bones, soot and seeds? What took a mountain to make?
For the answer, travel back to the fifteenth century—to a time when books were made by hand and a man named Johannes Gutenberg invented a way to print books with movable type.
Written as a series of riddles and illustrated...
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
AuthorJames Baldwin
ISBN1599150069
No book is better for introducing children ages 6 to 9 to legendary historical figures than this collection of stories admirably retold by James Baldwin at the beginning of the last century. Selecting the best of our literary heritage, Baldwin cast it into a form that delights children of all ages. Beginning...
Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu
AuthorEmily Arnold McCully
ISBN0590374877
This is the kind of a story that could have come from the minds of Disney's finest writers and animators during the days when Disney feature films were just about the biggest thing in show business. The quality is that high.

Beautiful Warrior is the story of two Chinese girls whose lives seem unconnected,...
The Magical Garden of Claude Monet
AuthorLaurence Anholt
ISBN0764138553
Julie is a happy little girl who lives in Paris, but she wishes she could walk in a country garden. Julie is pleased when her mother decides to take her to visit the most wonderful garden in the world, owned by a great friend of the family.

They arrive at their destination, and for this little girl...
In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid
AuthorPenelope Lively
ISBN0385729375
A glorious gift book from an award-winning storyteller and a much lauded illustrator, who evoke the high drama of mythical Greece and the prehistory of Rome in this retelling of "The Aeneid."
Taking his old father on his back and his young son by the hand, Aeneas flees the sacked city of Troy, entrusted...
Cleopatra
AuthorDiane Stanley
ISBN0688154808
Cleopatra is a partial biography picture book written and illustrated by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema. The book begins with Cleopatra at age 18, when she was crowned Queen of Egypt in 51 BC. The book covers her struggle for power against the advisors of her young brother, the King. Cleopatra allied...
Tutankhamen's Gift
AuthorRobert Sabuda
ISBN0689817304
Small and frail, Tutankhamen was an all but ignored member of the royal family of the great Egyptian pharoah Amenhotep III. At the school of the "menoi," or tutors, he did not excel at physical activities with the other royal princes. Keeping to himself, he observed and admired the work of his father's...
Katie and the Mona Lisa
AuthorJames Mayhew
ISBN1860397069
1. Awards the book has received (if any)
N/a

2. Appropriate grade level(s)
Pre-K to 1st grade

3. Original summary (be succinct -- no more than 3 sentences)
When Katie's grandmother falls asleep during one of their museum visits Katie starts talking to the Mona...
Leif the Lucky
AuthorIngri d'Aulaire
ISBN0964380307
Okay, Leif the Lucky might've topped Benjamin Franklin. The contest was a close one. It's the d'Aulaires' world, I'm just living in it.

We haven't yet read every work by the d'Aulaires. But their works on Leif Erikson and the Norse Gods show they have a passion for Norwegian mythology, history,...
Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas
AuthorCheryl Bardoe
ISBN0810954753
The only picture book available about the father of genetics and his pea plants!

How do mothers and fathers—whether they are apple trees, sheep, or humans—pass down traits to their children? This question fascinated Gregor Mendel throughout his life. Regarded as the world’s first...
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
AuthorKathryn Lasky
ISBN0316515264
A perfect introduction to mathematical concepts for young readers, written by a Newbery honor-winning author!

This colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference,...
Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
AuthorTomie dePaola
ISBN0823409244
Tomie dePaola is quickly becoming a household favorite. He's a little lengthy for my preschoolers, however, my 5 yr old loves him. dePaola is educational and enjoyable to read. The illustrations have a unique style all their own that even I enjoy while reading. This one was about Saint Patrick, and was...
The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough
AuthorKatie Smith Milway
ISBN1554534887
Eleven-year-old María Luz and her family live on a small farm. This year their crop is poor, and they may not have enough to eat or to sell for other essentials, such as health care, school uniforms and books.

When María's father must leave home to find work, she is left in charge of their garden....
Imagine a Place
AuthorSarah L. Thomson
ISBN1416968024
If you can imagine a place,
you can go there.

Imagine a place that makes you feel as free as a bird. Imagine a place where getting there is worth whatever it takes. Imagine a place that makes you feel like it's always been your destination. Imagine a place made out of pure imagination.

Imagine...
Sir Cumference and the Viking's Map
AuthorCindy Neuschwander
ISBN1570917922
For fans of the Sir Cumference series with coordinate geometry on their mind, here is the seventh installment in this fun look at math and language.

While riding through the forests of Angleland, cousins Per and Radius realize they are lost and are desperate for a map to guide them home. Soon...
I, Galileo
AuthorBonnie Christensen
ISBN0375867538
Acclaimed author-illustrator Bonnie Christensen adopts the voice of Galileo and lets him tell his own tale in this outstanding picture book biography. The first person narration gives this book a friendly, personal feel that makes Galileo's remarkable achievements and ideas completely accessible...
Different Like Coco
AuthorElizabeth Matthews
ISBN0763625485
The rags-to-riches story of Coco Chanel plays out in a wonderful picture-book biography as full of style and spirit as its heroine.

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was always different. And she vowed to prove that being different was an advantage! Poor, skinny, and orphaned, Coco stubbornly believed...
The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica
AuthorKathleen Norris
ISBN0399234241
I love this book! Written by two favorite authors, Kathleen Norris and Tomie dePaola. I fell in love with the Benedictine Rule and Norris when I read her "A Cloister Walk" . . . wish I could remember when but I loaned my copy. And dePaola was familiar to me for his many charmingingly-illustrated children's...
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