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10 best books like Miss Mary Mack (Mary Ann Hoberman): The Watermelon Seed, Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, The Wonky Donkey, Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa, Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, The Family Book, Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus, The Book with No Pictures, Boy + Bot, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes

The Watermelon Seed
AuthorGreg Pizzoli
ISBN1423171012
With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids will love.
With...
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
AuthorEllen Levine
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream...
The Wonky Donkey
AuthorCraig Smith
ISBN1869439260
So I jumped on the bandwagon and got this for my boys after seeing the video of the hilarious Scottish granny reading it to her grandson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_co...

Just try saying "he was a stinky dinky lanky honky tonky winky wonky donkey" out loud. If that doesn't make you...
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
AuthorJeanette Winter
ISBN0152065458
As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something—and starts by planting nine seedlings in her own backyard....
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
AuthorMaira Kalman
ISBN0142403628
The John J. Harvey fireboat was the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboatof its time, but by 1995, the city didn't need old fireboats anymore. So the Harvey retired, until a group of friends decided to save it from the scrap heap. Then, one sunny September day in 2001, something so horrible happened that...
The Family Book
AuthorTodd Parr
ISBN0316155632
I would not read this to children, even though the message is sweet (understanding of differences and the positive attributes of families), because of issues with racism.

The illustrations employ depictions of animals and humans of unnatural (purple, green, pink, bright yellow) colors...
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
AuthorBarbara Park
ISBN0679826424
I have heard so much about how great these books are so we decided to check them out. I can't think of a single thing from this book that was a "good example" for the kids. None of the people say anything kind or helpful. Many things are described as "stupid, "hate," and "dumb." My kids don't talk that way .....
The Book with No Pictures
AuthorB.J. Novak
ISBN0803741715
A book with no pictures?

What could be fun about that?

After all, if a book has no pictures, there's nothing to look at but the words on the page.

Words that might make you say silly sounds... In ridiculous voices...

Hey, what kind of book is this, anyway?

At...
Boy + Bot
AuthorAme Dyckman
ISBN0375867562
One day, a boy and a robot meet in the woods. They play. They have fun.

But when Bot gets switched off, Boy thinks he's sick. The usual remedies—applesauce, reading a story—don't help, so Boy tucks the sick Bot in, then falls asleep.

Bot is worried when he powers on and finds his friend...
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes
AuthorEric Litwin
ISBN0061910244
Time to head back to school with this bestselling groovy Pete the Cat book!

Pete the Cat is rocking in his school shoes. Pete discovers the library, the lunch room, the playground, and lots of other cool places at school. And no matter where he goes, Pete never stops moving and grooving and singing...
If You Decide to Go to the Moon
AuthorFaith McNulty
ISBN0590483595
Two artists at the height of their powers have created a beautiful book with an unforgettable message about the moon and an even more important message about the earth. A publishing event!

"If you decide to go to the moon," writes Faith McNulty, "read this book first. It will tell you how to get...
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
AuthorJames Marshall
ISBN0803705425
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Goldilocks, who was very interested in online reviewing. She was out in the woods one day, when, walking past a house picturesquely called Bear Cottage, she glanced through the window and happened to notice three books lying on the table. No one seemed to be...
The Other Side
AuthorJacqueline Woodson
ISBN0399231161
Clover's mom says it isn't safe to cross the fence that segregates their African-American side of town from the white side where Anna lives. But the two girls strike up a friendship, and get around the grown-ups' rules by sitting on top of the fence together.

With the addition of a brand-new author's...
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