My Friend, the Starfinder
10 best books like My Friend, the Starfinder (George Ella Lyon): A Particular Cow, Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa, Meet Me at the Moon, Can You Growl Like a Bear?, The Sunflower Sword, Jeremy Draws a Monster, Cock-A-Doodle-Hooooooo!, Magic Box: A Magical Story, Good Thing You're Not an Octopus!, Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to Sleep?
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 0152002502 |
Cow’s Saturday morning stroll begins calmly enough. But when she suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of a particular pair of bloomers, all heck breaks loose--and soon she's also on the wrong side of the mailman, a group of kids, a wedding party, and, well, pretty much everyone else in town.
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| Author | Gerald McDermott |
| ISBN | 0152999671 |
Zomo the rabbit, a trickster from West Africa, wants wisdom. But he must accomplish three apparently impossible tasks before Sky God will give him what he wants. Is he clever enough to do as Sky God asks? “The tale moves along with the swift concision of a good joke, right down to its satisfying punch...
| Author | Gianna Marino |
| ISBN | 0670013137 |
A heartwarming love story between mother and child
When Mama Elephant must leave Little One to ask the skies for rain, the young elephant is worried. Who will care for Little One? Who will sing Mama's special songs? When will she return?
Mama is very reassuring - Little One will hear...
This adorable read-aloud features appealing baby animals and a rhyming text that is sure to please.
From trumpeting like an elephant to howling like a wolf, author-illustrator John Butler delights the very young with this simple, interactive look at different animals and the noises they make.
Butler's...
| Author | Mark Sperring |
| ISBN | 0761374868 |
In a world full of knights fighting dragons, there lived a little knight who wanted to be just like the rest, not only in size or in battle, but with a big sword too. When he tells his mother of his aspirations she says he cannot have a sword. Instead, she brings him a giant sunflower to swoosh and woosh the dragons...
| Author | Peter McCarty |
| ISBN | 0805069348 |
Alone in his room, Jeremy draws amonster. But then themonster wants lunch! As his creation takes over, Jeremy begins to wonder how he will ever get rid of themonstrous nuisance.He entertains his unwanted guest all day, but enough is enough. Jeremy finally draws him a bus ticket out of town!
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| Author | Mick Manning |
| ISBN | 1561485683 |
Poor owl, lost, wet and cold he finds a hole in a shed, squeezes in and falls asleep. In the morning he discovers that he is in a hen house. The hens seem to be desperate for a male rooster so they give him a try out which he fails dismally. The speckled hen (different from all the others) takes him aside and tells...
| Author | Katie Cleminson |
| ISBN | 1423121090 |
For Eva, a young girl with a lively imagintation, a seemingly ordinary box becomes a portal to a magical, wonder-filled world. Eva wishes for a pet. She reaches into her magic box and pulls out Monty. But he's not quite what she had in mind. (He's a polar bear.) What else might be in the magic box? A colony...
| Author | Julie Markes |
| ISBN | 0064435865 |
What’s that you say? You don’t like to get dressed in the morning? Well, it’s a good thing you’re not an octopus because they have 8 legs which makes putting on pants much more difficult than the 2 legs you have. The round-faced boy in this book has a list of activities he doesn’t like, from riding...
Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to Sleep?
| Author | Bill Martin Jr. |
| ISBN | 0761459464 |
Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, the day is almost done. Not yet, Mother, I still can see the sun. Kitty Cat should be getting ready for bed, but instead she’s playing peekaboo, imagining she’s in outer space, tickling her toes, and more. Will Kitty Cat make it to bed on time? Adorable pastel illustrations rendered...
| Author | Jackie Mims Hopkins |
| ISBN | 1932146989 |
I'm not sure why it's Goldie Socks instead of Goldie Locks? It's not like she was illustrated without blonde hair. I'm not sure why the bears had to comment about their missing books twice. Why did she go through six books instead of three, it's very confusing. And lastly, I'm not sure why these fairy tale...
| Author | Bob Staake |
| ISBN | 0375835938 |
In this thought-provoking tale reminiscent of Seuss, Farmer McPhee finds a red lemon in his orchard and cries, "It's red as a stop sign! It's red as a rose! I can't have red lemons where yellow fruit grows! Imagine a world where lemonade's red? Where once-yellow cupcakes are crimson instead?" As he tosses...
Title: Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!: The Story of the Three Bears as Told by Baby Bear (The Other Side of the Story)
Author: Nancy Loewen
Publisher: Picture Window Books
Publication Date: 2011
Number of Pages: 24
Summary: Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks is a great book to use...
| Author | Kate Banks |
| ISBN | 0374399212 |
Max is looking for words that rhyme. His dragon is in his wagon – or was, for now its tail has left a trail, which Max follows. He finds an umbrella on the ground— "Found, ground," he says, while his older brothers mock him for believing in dragons and sitting under an umbrella when it isn't even raining....
Sir Cumference and the Viking's Map
| Author | Cindy Neuschwander |
| ISBN | 1570917922 |
For fans of the Sir Cumference series with coordinate geometry on their mind, here is the seventh installment in this fun look at math and language.
While riding through the forests of Angleland, cousins Per and Radius realize they are lost and are desperate for a map to guide them home. Soon...
| Author | Janell Cannon |
| ISBN | 0152050612 |
Artistic flair and the spirit of cooperation save the day!
Crickwing never set out to be a bully. All he wants is to create his art in peace. But it's not easy being different--a cockroach with a cricked wing and a flair for sculpture is a ready target for the bigger creatures in the forest. Crickwing...
Madeline and the Cats of Rome
| Author | John Bemelmans Marciano |
| ISBN | 0670062979 |
Madeline visits Rome!
The Paris skies are gray, so Miss Clavel and the twelve little girls are leaving for brighter weather---spring in Rome. Rome has wonderful sights to see and delicious things to eat, but Madeline also finds an unexpected adventure, involving a thief, a chase, and many,...
| Author | Mark Ludy |
| ISBN | 0966427645 |
This beautiful, wordless story told visually from beginning to end features a small, meek man who transforms a small town through simple moral principles. The characters' stories are woven together to create a tale that spans borders and nationalities and will refresh the human spirit with principles...
The Ant and the Grasshopper
| Author | Rebecca Emberley |
| ISBN | 1596434937 |
While hard at work on her chores, an ant hears the wonderful clickety click chirrup of music coming from the distance. Although she knows she should focus on the task at hand, she can't help but explore the joyful noise!
Award-winning team Rebecca and Ed Emberley bring an entertaining new twist...
| Author | Pam Smallcomb |
| ISBN | 0803734395 |
What do you send your alien pen pal Clunk to make it clear you do not want an alien pen pal? You send him your big sister. That'll teach Clunk to have a pen pal from Earth-or so our intrepid narrator thinks. But then Clunk sends him a Zoid, an exasperating Zoid that follows him everywhere. After swapping dirty...
| Author | Maya Soetoro-Ng |
| ISBN | 0763645702 |
From Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Obama, comes a lyrical story relaying the loving wisdom of their late mother to a young granddaughter she never met.
Little Suhaila wishes she could have known her grandma, who would wrap her arms around the whole world if she could, Mama says. And one...
