Odd Velvet

10 best books like Odd Velvet (Mary Burg Whitcomb): Because, Owl Babies, The Egyptian Cinderella, Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, Elmer, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, The Invisible Boy, Courage, Neither, The Best Part of Me: Children Talk About Their Bodies in Pictures and Words

Because
AuthorMo Willems
ISBN1368019013
I knew Mo Willems wrote good books, but they can also be beautiful. I love this book so much. It is dear to me. I think any person who has heard a piece of music and loved it so much that it changed your life in that moment and your life was set on a creative path will understand this story. It is fantastic. I hope...
Owl Babies
AuthorMartin Waddell
ISBN0744592704
4 Cuteness ★'s


Awe, I love owls! So when I saw this book at the store I just had to buy it for my little niece just so I could read it to her lol :) This book is pretty simple with some repetition, it uses great rhyming patterns and it's poetic. It is easy to understand and has real-life situations...
AuthorShirley Climo
ISBN0064432793
"Climo has woven this ancient tale, a mixture of fact and myth, with clarity and eloquence. The beauty of the language is set off to perfection by Heller's arresting illustrations. A stunning combination of fluent prose and exquisitely wrought illustrations that makes] a winner for story hours, as...
AuthorMaira Kalman
ISBN0142403628
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...
Elmer
AuthorDavid McKee
ISBN0688091717
"McKee's gentle humor and love of irony are in full force in this celebration of individuality and laughter." — Publishers Weekly

Elmer the elephant is bright-colored patchwork all over. No wonder the other elephants laugh at him!

If he were ordinary elephant color, the others...
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
AuthorLaura Joffe Numeroff
ISBN0060244054
If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. When he's eaten all your muffins, he'll want to go to the store to get some more muffin mix. In this hilarious sequel to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, the young host...
The Invisible Boy
AuthorTrudy Ludwig
ISBN1582464502
A simple act of kindness can transform an invisible boy into a friend…

Meet Brian, the invisible boy. Nobody ever seems to notice him or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party... until, that is, a new kid comes to class.

When Justin, the new boy, arrives, Brian...
AuthorBernard Waber
ISBN0618238557
What is courage? Certainly it takes courage for a firefighter to rescue someone trapped in a burning building, but there are many other kinds of courage too. Everyday kinds that normal, ordinary people exhibit all the time, like “being the first to make up after an argument,” or “going to bed without...
AuthorAirlie Anderson
ISBN0316547697
In this colorful and touching story that celebrates what makes each of us unique, a little creature that's not quite a bird and not quite a bunny--it's "neither"--searches for a place to fit in.

In the Land of This and That, there are only two kinds: blue bunnies and yellow birds. But one day a funny...
AuthorWendy Ewald
ISBN0316703060
This book is beyond cool. It's the coolEST (book that blends photography, pride in body-image, and narrative poetry, that is). I was first introduced to "The Best Part of Me" during my summer with the Oklahoma Writing Project when a teacher colleague modeled how she used the book with her 5th graders....
Everything is Figureoutable: How One Simple Belief Can Help Us Overcome Any Obstacle and Create Unstoppable Success
AuthorMarie Forleo
ISBN0241341035
Do you ever have trouble finishing what you start? Do amazing ideas come to you all the time but after the initial excitement wanes you struggle to follow through? If you're creative and ambitious, the answer is likely yes.

The problem isn't you. It's not that you're not hardworking, intelligent...
The Ungrateful Governess
AuthorMary Balogh
ISBN0451157273
3.5 stars.


Enjoyable but there was one off page incident that marred the romance, in my opinion: the H got roaring drunk, went to a party and might have had black out sex with a widow. The weird thing is that he had never been attracted to the widow, he couldn't remember if he had sex with her because...
Most People
AuthorMichael Leannah
ISBN0884485544
Michael Leannah wrote Most People as an antidote to the scary words and images kids hear and see every day. Jennifer Morris’s emotive, diverting characters provide the perfect complement to Leannah’s words, leading us through the crowded streets of an urban day in the company of two pairs of...
Stephanie's Ponytail
AuthorRobert Munsch
ISBN1550374842
None of the kids in her class wear a ponytail, so Stephanie decides she must have one. The loud, unanimous comment from her classmates is: “Ugly, ugly, very ugly.” Steadfast, when all the girls have copied her ponytail, she resolves to try a new style. With true Munsch flair, each of Stephanie’s...
Say Something
AuthorPeter H. Reynolds
ISBN0545865034
The world needs your voice.
If you have a brilliant idea...say something!
If you see an injustice...say something!

In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day,...
Mydworth Mysteries - A Little Night Murder
AuthorMatthew Costello
From the authors of the best-selling series CHERRINGHAM

A young poacher is found shot dead in the woods of a grand estate near Mydworth. A sad accident it would seem. But the boy's mother is convinced it is murder and when Harry and Kat investigate, they find the poacher's life was not as innocent...
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