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10 best books like New Kid in Town (Janette Oke): Elsie's Endless Wait, Pinky and Rex, Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard, The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest, The Halloween Party from the Black Lagoon, Mrs. Claus Doesn't Climb Telephone Poles, How to Eat Like a Child: And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up, Naya Nuki: Shoshone Girl Who Ran, Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems, Pirate Pete

Elsie's Endless Wait
AuthorMartha Finley
ISBN1928749801
The basis of this book is an eight year old girl has never met her father. Then he comes and at first hates her, and then decides "hey, I can parent. Why not, how hard can this be?"
He spends most of the book being emotionally abusive, refusing all displays of affection, punishing her for accidents or...
Pinky and Rex
AuthorJames Howe
ISBN0689823487
A book from the 90s for beginning readers. The gender roles are reversed here and I love that!! Pinky - he loves pink things and Rex - the girl is into dinosaurs. Pinky's father is taking Pinky and his sister Amanda, who is younger, to the museum with Rex. They all want to see the Dinosaur's. Amanda complains...
Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
AuthorAnnette LeBlanc Cate
ISBN0763645613
You don’t have to own binoculars and know a bunch of fancy Latin names to watch birds! No matter where you live, they’re in your neighborhood — just look up.

This conversational, humorous introduction to bird-watching encourages kids to get outdoors with a sketchbook and really look...
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest
AuthorSteve Jenkins
ISBN0618196765
In this stunning picture book, Steve Jenkins takes us to Mount Everest - exploring its history, geography, climate, and culture. This unique book takes readers on the ultimate adventure of climbing the great mountain. Travel along and learn what to pack for such a trek and the hardships one may suffer...
The Halloween Party from the Black Lagoon
AuthorMike Thaler
ISBN0439680751
This is the fifth book in the Black Lagoon Adventures series of early chapter books by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee. It's a fun story in the series of books and has a Halloween theme.

We haven't read too many of these books yet, but so far we like them a lot. This story was perfect for Halloween and it shows...
Mrs. Claus Doesn't Climb Telephone Poles
AuthorDebbie Dadey
ISBN0439408326
A clever new Holiday adventure in the best-selling series about the Bailey School Kids-complete with an extensive puzzle and activity section.

There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But why is Mrs. Claus repairing telephone and cable wires in Bailey City after a big...
How to Eat Like a Child: And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up
AuthorDelia Ephron
ISBN0060936754
Universal and timeless, Delia Ephron's How to Eat Like a Child is a delightful revisiting of the joys -- and tricky ploys -- of childhood. Made into a children's television special and a musical theater revue performed across the country each year, How to Eat Like a Child offers advice beyond the artful...
Naya Nuki: Shoshone Girl Who Ran
AuthorKenneth Thomasma
ISBN1880114003
In the fourth grade my elementary school had Kenneth Thomasma come to our school to do a talk on his new book: Naya Nuki. I remember being enthralled by his speech (I was also incredibly into Native Americans at the time) and my sweet mother must've given me money to buy the book that day, because my copy is...
Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems
AuthorJudy Sierra
Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems by Judy Sierra is a themed book of penguin poems intended for readers in preschool through grade two. I gave it four stars. This book of poetry is creative and fact-filled and it follows a rhythmic beat and rhyme structure. Each poem teaches the reader about a...
Pirate Pete
AuthorKim Kennedy
ISBN0810943565
I was born in Northeast Louisiana, where I was raised on the bayou with my four brothers and neighborhood friends. We spent most of our time playing, fishing, and exploring the wonderland of Cypress trees and Spanish moss. Something about the scenery ignited our imaginations. We built cardboard forts...
Lily Brown's Paintings
AuthorAngela Johnson
ISBN0439782252
Author Angela Johnson and illustrator E. B. Lewis combine their award-winning talents to create a dazzling celebration of family and creativity.

When Lily Brown paints, her world starts to change . . .
trees wear hats and drink tea, people walk upside down, and apples sing all the way home...
Our Strange New Land
AuthorPatricia Hermes
ISBN0439368987
In May 1607, three ships sailed up the James River in Virginia. In the riverbank marshes, they made land and hung the flag ­ England¹s flag ­ establishing the first permanent English colony in Jamestown Virginia. In 1609, the first ship carrying women and children arrived. After 71 days at sea, nine-year-old...
The Luckiest St. Patrick's Day Ever
AuthorTeddy Slater
ISBN0545039436
Share in this leprechaun family's charming St. Patrick's Day celebration, complete with a fun parade and an Irish feast!

The St. Patrick's Day parade is off to a very fine start.
The Leprechaun family is marching with lots of heart!
Share in their dancing, share in their fun.
You'll...
Bad Day for Ballet
AuthorCarolyn Keene
ISBN0671879480
Carolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity...
The Whispering Rabbit
AuthorMargaret Wise Brown
ISBN0307001385
I found “The Whispering Rabbit” in a local thrift shop, by the great Margaret Wise Brown and a long time American artist who is new to me, Cyndy Szekeres. She has illustrated forty books. Margaret created hundreds: always conjuring new ideas that would educate little ones with a few complex words....
The Great Escape
AuthorEmily Bearn
ISBN1405238968
I listened on Audible. The reader is excellent, but the recording is a bit soft, or perhaps his voice is too low to listen along with a running mixer in the kitchen, for example. :) I liked this sequel better than the first book, which I really enjoyed. These are really sweet. I totally relate to Nutmeg! lol....
Sitting Duck
AuthorJackie Urbanovic
When Brody's niece Anabel comes for a visit, Max and the gang's only job is to keep her out of trouble. How hard could it be to babysit a puppy anyway? To Max's surprise, this fun-loving pup can't help getting into trouble—especially when set loose in the backyard. Turns out being a “sitting duck”...
Testing Miss Malarkey
AuthorJudy Finchler
ISBN0802776248
The new school year brings standardized testing to every school and Miss Malarkey's is no exception. Teachers, students, and even parents are preparing for THE TEST--The Instructional Performance Through Understanding (IPTU) test--and the school is in an uproar.

Even though the grown-ups...
Clever Tom and the Leprechaun
AuthorLinda Shute
ISBN0590431706
Clever Tom And The Leprechaun: An Old Irish Story by Linda Shute tells the tale of a clever man who catches a very clever leprechaun.

Shute's illustrations perfectly match this humorous folktale. The varied expressions of Tom and the leprechaun are well drawn. My favorite images are dedication...
The Mitten Tree
AuthorCandace Christiansen
ISBN1555913490
Illustrator: Elaine Greenstein
Publisher: Scholastic
Date of Publication: 1997

Genre: fiction narrative picture book
Reading Level: age 4-9
Theme: friendship, loneliness, giving, contentment

Curricula use: use as a read aloud, shared reading, and independent...
When Will It Be Spring?
AuthorCatherine Walters
ISBN0525458816
An adorable bear cub from the illustrator of the best-selling The Dog Who Found ChristmasA curious little cub will not settle down for his winter's rest until he knows exactly when spring will arrive. Reluctant sleepers will sympathize with the determined Alfie, even as they are lulled to rest by this...
Who Has These Feet?
AuthorLaura Hulbert
ISBN0805089071
To my taste, this book would cover the whole Animalia kingdom. It is such an amazing educational tool, perfect to teach about basic zoology. It covers basic animal groups such as: mammals, amphibians, birds, invertebrates and reptiles. Super appropriate for your small amateur naturalist. This is...
The Berenstain Bears and the Nerdy Nephew
AuthorStan Berenstain
ISBN0679836101
102 pages

I didn't know how this was going to be because I've never read one of their chapter books. Idk what it was about this book that made me pick it up in the first place. I noticed as soon as I started that the bears weren't talking the same. I know their other books are usually rhymed so they talk...
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