Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth

10 best books like Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth (Alison McGhee): Jumanji, The Legacy of Heorot, Last and First Men, This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, Sparks!, Sloppy Joe, Space Case, Square Cat, The Recess Queen

Jumanji

Author	Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN	0395304482

What an entertaining story! I first read this as a child, then I watched the movie with Robin Williams and fell in love all over again. But it was in my sophomore year at college when I was taking a course on "Reading in the Elementary School," and had to pull together a portfolio of books, that I chose this...

The Legacy of Heorot

Author	Larry Niven
ISBN	0671695320

The colonists from Earth have spent a century in cold sleep to make the first journey, one way, to settle a planet in another solar system. Avalon seems perfect, a verdant, livable world still in its prehistoric age. The biologists and engineers who busy themselves planting and building scoff at the...

Last and First Men

Author	Olaf Stapledon
ISBN	0486466825

"No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination," declared Arthur C. Clarke of Last and First Men. This masterpiece of science fiction by British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950) is an imaginative, ambitious history of humanity's future that spans billions...

This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class

Author

Elizabeth Warren

The fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save it Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America’s middle class, and by the time the people...

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

Author	Dan Santat
ISBN	0316199982

This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when he is overlooked time and again, he sets off on an incredible journey to the bustling city, where he finally meets his perfect match and-at long last-is given...

Sparks!

Author	Ian Boothby
ISBN	1338029479

Sparks is a hero and man's best friend, but nobody suspects he's two cats!
This Super Dog is the Cat's Meow!

August is a brilliant inventor who is afraid of the outside. Charlie is a crack pilot who isn't afraid of anything. Together these pals save lives every day. They also happen to be cats...

Sloppy Joe

Author	Dave Keane
ISBN	0061710202

Dave Keane’s book, “Sloppy Joe,” is a fantastic book that takes you through the day in the life of an extremely messy boy named Joe.

According to Joe’s mother, he is the first kid in history to take a school picture with gum stuck in his hair. According to Joe, he slurps, spills, slouches,...

Space Case

Author	Edward Marshall
ISBN	0140547045

Future literary scholars will confirm that Space Case is among the crowning achievements of the English language. Here, Edward Marshall surpasses the eloquent banality of Shakespeare, whose works might have benefited from the illustrations of the late James Marshall. Here the Marshalls are at...

Square Cat

Author	Elizabeth Schoonmaker
ISBN	1442406194

Eula is the only square cat in town—and she doesn’t think there’s anything hip about it. Everything that normal cats do is hard for her: She can’t get her square paw into mouse holes, she can’t wear her favorite circle skirt, and all of her friends are round! Eula is sad until her two best...

The Recess Queen

Author	Alexis O'Neill
ISBN	0439206375

A fresh & original twist on the common issue of bullying. Kids will relate, & parents & teachers will appreciate the story's deft handling of conflict resolution (which happens w/o adult intervention)

Mean Jean was Recess Queen
and nobody said any different.
Nobody...