Moon Man
10 best books like Moon Man (Tomi Ungerer): This is San Francisco, Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life, The Tomten, The Happy Lion, Harold's Fairy Tale, No Mirrors in My Nana's House: Musical CD and Book, Georgie, Flower Fairies of the Summer, What Do You Do, Dear?, Ojo in Oz
| Author | Miroslav Sasek |
| ISBN | 0789309629 |
Let the rumbling cable car tell you the story! And what a story: From the crookedest street in the world to the Peking ducks in Chinatown, San Francisco is easily one of the world's most enchanting cities. Illustrator Miroslav Sasek captures both the breathtaking landscape and the cosmopolitan flavor...
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
‘A daring imagination has woven a simple rhyme into a brilliantly original tale [about Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who seeks Experience and becomes the star of the World Mother Goose Theatre].' 'H. ‘Superb fantasy.' 'BL. Notable Children's Books of 1967 (ALA)
1968 Fanfare Honor List (H)
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| Author | Astrid Lindgren |
| ISBN | 0698115910 |
It's official. . . I'm obsessed with Astrid Lindgren. I just ordered every possible title that I do not possess from the library, then ordered the remaining books from Amazon. (In case my husband reads this review, I would like to add that I was able to find MOST of her work at the library).
I want...
| Author | Louise Fatio |
| ISBN | 0375827595 |
The lion at the little French zoo is a favorite of all the townspeople. Every day they stop by to feed him tidbits and say, “Bonjour, Happy Lion.” Naturally, when the lion finds his door open, he decides it would only be proper to visit all his friendly neighbors in return. But, wait—sacré bleu!...
| Author | Crockett Johnson |
| ISBN | 0064433471 |
From the treasured creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes another adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.
Unable to fall asleep one night, Harold uses his purple crayon to create his very own bedtime fairy tale, complete with castles, fairies, flying...
No Mirrors in My Nana's House: Musical CD and Book
| Author | Ysaye M. Barnwell |
| ISBN | 0152052437 |
No Mirror’s in my Nana’s House by Ysaye M. Barnwell is a book about a little girl living in her Nana’s house. The Nana’s house had no mirrors in it so she does not know what her face may look like, how hear clothes may fit on her, but she knows that she is beautiful in her Nana’s eyes. She saw things...
| Author | Robert Bright |
| ISBN | 1890008133 |
Full of old-fashioned, cozy, Halloween-y wonderfulness! The illustrations remind me so much of Shepherd's for "Whinnie the Pooh" (I think the kitty is a relative of Tigger!) This is a story of sweet ghosts who have a happy and gentle purpose in houses; and of one ghost in particular who is temporarily...
| Author | Cicely Mary Barker |
| ISBN | 0723248273 |
This is the same format as the other flower fairy book I have read. Each page is a different poem about a different flower. The drawings are fantastic, so lovely and colorful. It shows the fairy and the flower. I love the poppy flower here. Her dress is astounding. A fashion house should use this concept....
| Author | Sesyle Joslin |
| ISBN | 0064431134 |
This is an old favorite. It was on the bookshelf as a boy. Yesterday my mother gave this book to my daughter for Christmas. Beetle doesn't quite get all the subtlety, but it was nice to read with her all the same.
This book was written in 1961. Much like Fred Gwynne's books, it is quite interesting...
| Author | Ruth Plumly Thompson |
| ISBN | 0345337042 |
An avid reader of Baum's books and a lifelong children's writer, Thompson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began her writing career in 1914 when she took a job with the Philadelphia Public Ledger; she wrote a weekly children's column for the newspaper. She had already published her first...
| Author | Mark Alan Stamaty |
| ISBN | 0375825509 |
Sam’s love of donuts takes him to the Big City where he makes friends with Mr. Bikferd, a world class collector of donuts. But when Mr. Bikferd falls in love with Pretzel Annie, the prophecy of an old homeless woman comes true: “Who needs donuts when you’ve got love?” Mr. Bikferd bequeaths his...
| Author | Jolly Roger Bradfield |
| ISBN | 1930900309 |
Pickle-Chiffon Pie is a story without a villain. No fighting, no bloodshed, but still exciting and fast-moving. It is a tale that stretches the imagination: the reader must accept a juggling lion (six cans of root beer at once!) and a sixteen-foot Gazoo. Not a hard assignment for a child, but perhaps...
| Author | John Lithgow |
| ISBN | 0689835418 |
Reedle-ee Rootle-ee
Vroom-pety BANG!
Young Farkle McBride is a musical genius: He plays the violin, the flute, the trombone, and the drums with incredible skill. But he's never satisfied: Something is missing.
In his first book, actor and musician John Lithgow introduces...
| Author | Marije Tolman |
| ISBN | 1590788060 |
Pure picture-book magic. A polar bear rides a whale to a tree rising out of the water. At the top of the tree is a tree house. He’s joined by a brown bear in a boat. The bears find that the tree house is the perfect place to read. When the water recedes, they are joined by flamingos, panda bears, and other animals...
| Author | Jo Empson |
| ISBN | 1846434823 |
Rabbit enjoys doing rabbity things, but he also loves un-rabbity things! When Rabbit suddenly disappears, no one knows where he has gone. His friends are desolate. But, as it turns out, Rabbit has left behind some very special gifts for them, to help them discover their own unrabbity talents!
This...
Roberto: The Insect Architect
| Author | Nina Laden |
| ISBN | 0811824659 |
Ever since he was a wee mite (a termite, that is), Roberto has wanted to be an architect. Discouraged by his wood-eating family and friends, he decides to follow his dream to the big, bug city. There he meets a slew of not-so-creepy, crawly characters who spark in him the courage to build a community for...
| Author | Marion Bataille |
| ISBN | 1596434252 |
"Easily the most innovative alpabet book of the year, if not the decade... Beyond clever."—The Washington Post
Prepare to be amazed. From the lenticular cover that changes with the angle of your hands all the way to the Z, ABC3D is as much a work of art as it is a pop-up book. Each of the 26 three-dimensional...
Santa Claus and His Elves
| Author | Mauri Kunnas |
| ISBN | 0517558181 |
I am just pulling out some of the Christmas books that my girls grew up with that I now read to my grandchildren.
This was definitely one of the top 5 Christmas books that my girls loved, and so did I. The story is just delightful and the illustrations are incredible. The pictures are so detailed,...
In the Town All Year 'Round: (Illustrated Classics for Kids, Illustrated Kids Books, Early Readers Book)
| Author | Rotraut Susanne Berner |
"In the Town All Year 'Round" was originally published in Germany by Gerstenberg Verlag in 2003. In 2008 it was translated from German to English and published by Rotraut Susanne Berner. This book for the most part is wordless except for the page before each season, this page explains a little bit about...
| Author | Bruno Munari |
| ISBN | 0529036215 |
Bruno Munari's ABC is beautiful to look at and interesting to read. Your first image in this book is of a luscious orange/red apple sitting in a white space. On its stem crawls a realistically rendered black ant with the only words on the page, "an Ant on an Apple". Then you turn the page to a full double spread...
| Author | Sarah Perry |
| ISBN | 0892363215 |
A diving board to creative wordplay, the fascinating picture book If... offers a surrealistic view of the natural world. The two-page spreads present artful watercolors paired with such strange possibilities as "If zebras had stars and stripes...," "If the moon were square...," and "If worms had...
