Miracle Mud

10 best books like Miracle Mud (David A. Kelly): Dreamers, When Sadness Is at Your Door, Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, The Day the Crayons Quit, Locomotive, City Dog, Country Frog, Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles, Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon, Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower

Dreamers

Author	Yuyi Morales
ISBN	0823440559

Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative power of hope . . . and reading.

In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.

She...

When Sadness Is at Your Door

Author	Eva Eland
ISBN	0525707182

In the style of Harold and the Purple Crayon comes a picture-book primer in emotional literacy and mindfulness that suggests we approach the feeling of sadness as if it is our guest.

Sadness can be scary and confusing at any age! When we feel sad, especially for long periods of time, it can seem...

Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

Author	Tanya Lee Stone
ISBN	0805090487

In the 1830s, when a brave and curious girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Some women could be teachers or seamstresses, but career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors.

But Elizabeth refused to accept the common beliefs...

The Day the Crayons Quit

Author	Drew Daywalt
ISBN	0399255370

Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: We quit!

Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown. Blue needs a break from coloring all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange...

Locomotive

Author	Brian Floca
ISBN	1416994157

I see why people love Floca's book. The illustrations of the trains are terrific. As far as train-technology goes, it is way-cool. However, in 2013, couldn't it have been made more inclusive?

The Chinese laborers, for example, are shown in illustrations twice, but never mentioned in the part...

City Dog, Country Frog

Author	Mo Willems
ISBN	1423103009

In spring, when City Dog runs free in the country for the first time, he spots Country Frog sitting on a rock, waiting for a friend. "You'll do," Frog says, and together they play Country Frog games. In summer, they meet again and play City Dog games. Through the seasons, whenever City Dog visits the...

Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children

Author

Jan Pinborough

Once upon a time, American children couldn’t borrow library books. Reading wasn’t all that important for children, many thought. Luckily Miss Anne Carroll Moore thought otherwise! This is the true story of how Miss Moore created the first children’s room at the New York Public Library, a bright,...

Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles

Author	Patricia Valdez
ISBN	0399557261

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...

Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon

Author

Annette Bay Pimentel

The inspiring story of the first female to run the Boston Marathon comes to life in stunningly vivid collage illustrations.

Because Bobbi Gibb is a girl, she's not allowed to run on her school's track team. But after school, no one can stop her--and she's free to run endless miles to her heart's...

Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower

Author	Greg Pizzoli
ISBN	0670016527

A New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2015

In the early 1900s, Robert Miller, a.k.a. “Count Victor Lustig,” moved to Paris hoping to be an artist. A con artist, that is. He used his ingenious scams on unsuspecting marks all over the world, from the Czech Republic,...

Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber

Author	Tom Brokaw
ISBN	1609077008

"From little things come big things," Gail Halvorsen remembered his father saying. As a twenty-seven-year-old American pilot, Brother Halvorsen's job was to airdrop much-needed food and supplies to the people of West Berlin in the aftermath of World War II. But it was his simple gift of two sticks...