No More Monsters for Me!

9 best books like No More Monsters for Me! (Peggy Parish): The Watermelon Seed, The Little Match Girl, Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, Thumbelina, Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus, The Book with No Pictures, Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War, Aliens Love Underpants, Be Kind

The Watermelon Seed

Author	Greg Pizzoli
ISBN	1423171012

With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids will love.
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The Little Match Girl

Author	Hans Christian Andersen
ISBN	0439643635

Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne = The little match Girl, Hans Christian Andersen
The Little Match Girl (Danish: Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne, meaning "The little girl with the matchsticks") is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story, about a dying child's...

Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey

Author	Maira Kalman
ISBN	0142403628

The John J. Harvey fireboat was the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboatof its time, but by 1995, the city didn't need old fireboats anymore. So the Harvey retired, until a group of friends decided to save it from the scrap heap. Then, one sunny September day in 2001, something so horrible happened that...

Thumbelina

Author	Amy Ehrlich
ISBN	0140547142

Once upon a time there was a woman who was sad because she had no children. One day she planted a magic seed and from the seed grew a flower. Inside the flower was a tiny, exquisite girl no bigger than the woman's thumb. Her name was Thumbelina.
The two lived happily together until an ugly old toad snuck...

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Author	Barbara Park
ISBN	0679826424

I have heard so much about how great these books are so we decided to check them out. I can't think of a single thing from this book that was a "good example" for the kids. None of the people say anything kind or helpful. Many things are described as "stupid, "hate," and "dumb." My kids don't talk that way .....

The Book with No Pictures

Author	B.J. Novak
ISBN	0803741715

A book with no pictures?

What could be fun about that?

After all, if a book has no pictures, there's nothing to look at but the words on the page.

Words that might make you say silly sounds... In ridiculous voices...

Hey, what kind of book is this, anyway?

At...

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War

Author	Clive Barker
ISBN	0060596384

All things in their time . . .

Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the Abarat are getting stranger by the hour. Why has the Lord of Midnight sent his henchman after her? Why can she suddenly speak words of magic? Why is this world familiar?

Candy and her companions must solve the mystery...

Aliens Love Underpants

Author	Claire Freedman
ISBN	1416917055

This is a book about Aliens who love underpants as you would imagine. It is a rhyming story and is a firm favourite with children of all ages. This may be due to the fact that it contains references to underpants which as we all know is the funniest topic for children-and some adults! During SEB my mentor read...

Be Kind

Author	Pat Zietlow Miller
ISBN	1626723214

A picture book about the power of kindness.

When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind. From asking the new girl to play to standing up for someone being bullied, this moving and thoughtful story explores...