My Place
10 best books like My Place (Nadia Wheatley): The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch, Where the Forest Meets the Sea, The Real Thief, Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep, Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf, A Lion in the Meadow, Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish, John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat, Come Away From The Water, Shirley
| Author | Ronda Armitage |
| ISBN | 0590551752 |
Every day, Mr Grinling rows out to the lighthouse to make sure everything is running smoothly and every day his wife, through the use of a rather ingenious cable system, sends him his rather lavish lunch (peach surprise and a killer sandwich among other things). That is until some well-named gulls see...
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
| Author | Jeannie Baker |
| ISBN | 0688063632 |
“My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years,” Jeannie Baker's young protagonist tells us, and we follow him on a visit to this tropical rain forest in North Queensland, Australia.
We walk with him among the ancient trees as he pretends it is a time long ago,...
| Author | William Steig |
| ISBN | 0374462089 |
Gawain the goose is really devoted to King Basil the bear and so he takes his job as Chief Guard of the Royal Treasury seriously. When rubies, then gold ducats, and finally the world-famous Kalikak diamond vanish from the treasure house, there is no way to account for the disappearances. Only Gawain and...
| Author | Edward Ardizzone |
| ISBN | 1845074564 |
Little Tim wants to be a sailor, but his parents tell him he's too young, even though his retired boatman friend has taught him all about ships. He decides to convince them by stowing away on a steamer. When he is discovered, he is put to work scrubbing the decks, which is a lot harder than he expected.
Here's...
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep
| Author | Eleanor Farjeon |
| ISBN | 0763601330 |
Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. By the time she’s seven, the tireless girl can even outskip the fairies and is rewarded with a gift of rare and lasting value. Can she use it many years later to save the children’s fabled skipping grounds from a greedy, factory-building lord? Charlotte Voake’s...
| Author | Catherine Storr |
| ISBN | 0140364633 |
This is an excellent book that tells the story of a very clever and witty little girl.
Polly is being tormented by a rather unpleasant wolf who constantly threatens to eat her! Polly, however, is far too clever for the silly wolf and devises a number of delicious ways to prevent him from eating...
| Author | Margaret Mahy |
| ISBN | 0140506306 |
I'm still new to Margaret Mahy and this was a present from the guys at work. One of her more famous stories I believe. It's a nice warm story about the nature of stories and imagination and where the line between them and reality can blur, especially in the mind of a child.
Jenny Williams creates...
This is a book that fearlessly exposes the hitherto unexposed connections between rubbish, the endless tons of domestic and commercial waste that we produce, and dinosaurs.
Essentially it is like that classic documentary
One Million Years BC
, but with better dinosaurs, more rubbish...
| Author | Jenny Wagner |
| ISBN | 0140503064 |
Note: I didn't read this; I saw it on "Sammy's Story Shop."
This story is appalling! Rose, an old woman, and John Brown, her dog, live together happily, until one day the Midnight Cat begins lurking around the house. Rose likes the cat and makes overtures towards it, but John Brown feels threatened...
On a day trip to the seaside, Mom and Dad settle down in their deck chairs to snooze the day away, while for Shirley, it’s a chance to set sail for uncharted seas. "Come away from the water, Shirley," caution her parents. But Shirley has already set out on an adventure, where she encounters danger, pirates,...
| Author | Mitsumasa Anno |
| ISBN | 0698114337 |
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner
Join Anno, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, on a spectacular tour of Europe!
A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual...
| Author | Humphrey Carpenter |
| ISBN | 0140316779 |
As a rule, magic carpets don't turn up in schools, but this is exactly what happens when Class Three’s new teacher flies in through the classroom window and lands on the floor with a bump.
Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish...
| Author | Mairi Hedderwick |
| ISBN | 0099220725 |
Katie Morag, is always up to SOMETHING. . . Whether she's mixed up in a parcel-posting problem; having bright ideas to help Grannie Island out of a spot of sheep trouble or planning the best wedding ever, children's favourite Katie Morag McColl guarantees a story to cherish! KATIE MORAG DELIVERS THE...
| Author | Margaret Wild |
| ISBN | 1929132166 |
i am glad i am the only one to have rated this book (although i know dana and greg read it with me on the subway yesterday, so i know they have been tainted, too.) the description above is what is printed on the book, which is scary enough, but i think what they really wanted to put as its description is "help o...
| Author | Anna Fienberg |
| ISBN | 1741149657 |
In the first book of the much-adored Tashi series, children are introduced to Jack’s extraordinary imaginary friend Tashi, a gnome-like character from a place far away. Brave Tashi tells adventurous tales of being sold to a warlord and escaping on a swan. This little hero has to be clever to outsmart...
| Author | Ole Lund Kirkegaard |
| ISBN | 8700178012 |
Ole Lund Kirkegaard, 1940-1979, dansk forfatter af børnebøger, som han selv har illustreret.
Hans personer, bl.a. i debutromanen Lille Virgil (1967), er ofte opfindsomme, legende børn, som sammen med skæve eksistenser og folkepensionister står i et modsætningsforhold til samfundets...
| Author | María Elena Walsh |
| ISBN | 9505116292 |
Recuerdo que estaba fascinado con la idea de que había un pueblo llamado "Ituzaingó". Abstenerse de corregirme "pueblo" con "ciudad", por favor. No me tiren cuántas personas viven en Ituzaingó. En el libro era un pueblo con pinta a pueblo y rol de pueblo. Quizás creció desde que Walsh lo escribió,...
| Author | Yoko Sano |
| ISBN | 4061272748 |
If you were concerned about
The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit
, you'll be even more worried by this book. I must admit that I haven't yet tried reading it to a two year old, but here's my artist's impression of how it might play out:
ME: So what are we going to read tonight? How about...
| Author | Robin Klein |
| ISBN | 0195546490 |
The original and the best! And how fabulous was old Mrs. Bettany? I recall watching Penny Pollard on the ABC as much as reading her, too - can't recall if they were episodes on Kaboodle, or a series all of its own.
(Aha! Google to the rescue, as usual!)
Re-read May 2012 and I swear, I read...
| Author | Gloria E. Anzaldúa |
| ISBN | 0892391308 |
Friends from the Other Side, by Gloria Anzaldua, illustrated by Consuelo Mendez
Prietita is a young Mexican-American girl living in South Texas, near the Rio-Grande river which is the U.S.-Mexican border. One day, she meets a boy named Joaquin, who meets her clad in a long sleeve shirt (unusual...
| Author | Jackie French |
| ISBN | 0207200750 |
From the award-winning duo of Diary of a Wombat comes another hilarious tale of a bush animal you'll never forget.
Josephine is a kangaroo - who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don't dance, they hop - but Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through...
Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia
| Author | Alison Lester |
| ISBN | 1929132735 |
This has given me itchy feet - there is nothing like Australia for travel, it's a must do activity ... over a long period of time ... with the family ... just like Grace in Are We There Yet?
Grace and her family hitch up their pop up camper trailer and head off, literally around Australia. Alison Lester...
