My Uncle Emily

7 best books like My Uncle Emily (Jane Yolen): The Last Peach, Before She Was Harriet, They Loved to Laugh, We Don't Eat Our Classmates, The Rough Patch, Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs, Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

The Last Peach

Author

Gus Gordon

Two little insects contemplate the most beautiful, juicy-looking peach they have ever seen in this amusing picture-book from Australian author/artist Gus Gordon, creator of such titles as Herman and Rosie and Somewhere Else . When they discover that it is the last peach, they debate whether...

Before She Was Harriet

Author	Lesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN	0823420477

A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse and illustrated by an award-winning artist.
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad....

They Loved to Laugh

Author	Kathryn Worth
ISBN	1883937167

Tears and laughter alternate in this novel of a young girl's growth to womanhood in the 1830s.

16-year-old orphan Martitia Howland has been transplanted into a Quaker farm family of five intimidating sons and one disapproving daughter. As Martitia runs their gauntlet, she suffers their...

We Don't Eat Our Classmates

Author	Ryan T. Higgins
ISBN	1368003559

Penelope the dinosaur starts school, but it’s hard to make friends when her classmates are so delicious!

It’s the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can’t wait to meet her classmates. But it’s hard to make human friends when they’re so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope...

The Rough Patch

Author	Brian Lies
ISBN	0062671278

Evan and his dog do everything together, from eating ice cream to caring for their award-winning garden, which grows big and beautiful. One day the unthinkable happens: Evan’s dog dies. Heartbroken, Evan destroys the garden and everything in it. The ground becomes overgrown with prickles and thorns,...

Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs

Author	J. Patrick Lewis
ISBN	1580892604

Faces of Death meets Wild Kingdom meets the playful urges of two of children's literature and poetry's biggest names.

The classic work and stylings of Edward Gorey are seemingly updated in this new collection of silly verse a word play from Jane Yolen and J. Patrick Lewis.

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Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

Author	Sonia Sotomayor
ISBN	0525514120

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us special.

Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more...