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10 best books like My Dog May Be a Genius (Jack Prelutsky): The Door in the Wall, Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, Property of the Rebel Librarian, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, Who I Am with You, Ox-Cart Man, Rosie Revere, Engineer, The Dark, The Most Magnificent Thing, Lester's Dreadful Sweaters

The Door in the Wall
AuthorMarguerite de Angeli
ISBN0440227798
The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great house is empty, his father is fighting the Scots in the north, his mother is traveling with the Queen, and the servants have fled. He calls for help but only the stones hear his cries. Suddenly someone else is...
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict
AuthorLaurie Viera Rigler
ISBN0525950761
Can a girl from Regency England survive in today's morally confused world?

Jane Mansfield has long wished to escape the confines of life in nineteenth-century England. But awakening as twenty-first-century Los Angeleno Courtney Stone is not what she had in mind. Nor is Courtney's barred-window...
Property of the Rebel Librarian
AuthorAllison Varnes
ISBN1524771473
When twelve-year-old June Harper's parents discover what they deem an inappropriate library book, they take strict parenting to a whole new level. And everything June loves about Dogwood Middle School unravels: librarian Ms. Bradshaw is suspended, an author appearance is canceled, the library...
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
AuthorAdam Rex
ISBN0152057668


Now, I have read many picture books that were not only funny for children, but also funny for adults and I have stumbled upon yet another picture book that was laugh out loud funny for both children and adults called “Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich and Other Stories You’re Sure to Like, Because...
Who I Am with You
AuthorRobin Lee Hatcher
ISBN0785219269
For these two broken hearts, the first step toward love will be a huge leap of faith. 

Jessica Mason isn’t looking for love when she meets Ridley Chesterfield. Instead she is still reeling from the tragic, unexpected loss of her husband and daughter—and awaiting the arrival of her unborn...
Ox-Cart Man
AuthorDonald Hall
ISBN0140504419
Winner of the Caldecott Medal

Thus begins a lyrical journey through the days and weeks, the months, and the changing seasons in the life of one New Englander and his family. The oxcart man packs his goods - the wool from his sheep, the shawl his wife made, the mittens his daughter knitted, and the...
Rosie Revere, Engineer
AuthorAndrea Beaty
ISBN1419708457
Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal--to fly--Rosie sets to work building a contraption to...
The Dark
AuthorLemony Snicket
ISBN0316187488
You do not know the temptation I am fighting right now to begin this review with some grandiose statement equating a fear of the dark with a fear of death itself. You have my full permission to slap me upside the head if I start off my children’s books reviews with something that bigheaded. The whole reason...
The Most Magnificent Thing
AuthorAshley Spires
ISBN1554537045
Award-winning author and illustrator Ashley Spires has created a charming picture book about an unnamed girl and her very best friend, who happens to be a dog. The girl has a wonderful idea. She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work....
Lester's Dreadful Sweaters
AuthorK.G. Campbell
ISBN1554537703
I love the premise of this story and found it hilarious, tinged with a bit of sadness until the very happy and funny ending. The illustrations definitely fit the story and were also properly amusing, but except for the adorable dog, I can’t say I found them aesthetically pleasing. The dog and its expressiveness...
Mustache Baby
AuthorBridget Heos
ISBN0547773579
When Baby Billy is born with a mustache, his family takes it in stride. They are reassured when he nobly saves the day in imaginary-play sessions as a cowboy or cop and his mustache looks good-guy great. But as time passes, their worst fears are confirmed when little Billy’s mustache starts to curl up...
Introverted Mom: Your Guide to More Calm, Less Guilt, and Quiet Joy
AuthorJamie C. Martin
ISBN0310354978
Motherhood is beautiful; motherhood is hard. All moms understand this paradoxical truth. Yet introverted mothers face unique challenges. When our quiet nature collides with our often loud role, frustration and guilt result. We wonder why motherhood feels at odds with our personality, and in our...
Iggy Peck, Architect
AuthorAndrea Beaty
A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing

Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun.

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The Serpent Came to Gloucester
AuthorM.T. Anderson
ISBN0763620386
Drawing on a true story, an award-winning author and illustrator present a picture-book tribute to the beauty and mystery of the ocean, and to the mesmerizing creatures that may frolic there.

It came from the sea, from the lonely sea,
It came from the glittering sea.

In a small...
Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins
AuthorJames Dean
ISBN0062304186
New York Times Bestseller!

Bestselling author and artist James Dean brings us a groovy rendition of the classic favorite children’s song “Five Little Pumpkins,” sung by cool cat Pete and perfect for Halloween.

Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins is in a sturdy paper-over-board...
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