Pete the Sheep-Sheep
10 best books like Pete the Sheep-Sheep (Jackie French): Wombat Divine, The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas, My Mama Had a Dancing Heart, "Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate, Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake, My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch, Sophie Scott Goes South, Spot Can Count (Color): First Edition
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 0152020969 |
I picked this up because I think Mem Fox has a good hit/miss ratio... The cover I have isn't immediately christmassy, and I thought Wombat Divine was referring to an especially good wombat - so I was initially suprised that this was a Christmas book.
This book has everything you could ask for -...
| Author | Tony Wilson |
| ISBN | 1407111450 |
After tiring of the needs of overly demanding princesses, Prince Henrik devises a test to find a girl who s not so sensitive, using a very thin mattress and an entire packet of frozen peas. His dream girl shows up unexpectedly in the form of his old friend Pippa, who is all too happy to pitch a tent or play a...
| Author | Libba Moore Gray |
| ISBN | 0531071421 |
I love this book. I even mentioned it on my blog a few years ago when someone else's post went viral about why we shouldn't try to give our kids a magical childhood (I've run a non-profit site and later the related blog called "A Magical Childhood" for nearly 20 years).
In that post, I wrote:
"There...
| Author | Bob Graham |
| ISBN | 0763614521 |
The Barnes & Noble Review
A little girl's dream comes true -- twice -- in this outstanding picture book from gifted author/illustrator Bob Graham. After her cat, Tiger, dies, Kate needs another companion to love, someone to keep her feet warm at night. "Let's get a pup!" she proclaims as she...
| Author | Lynley Dodd |
| ISBN | 0140545506 |
Hairy Maclary is a scruffy dog from Donaldson's Dairy. He desperately wants to check out the Riverside Cat Club Annual Show. Using his stealth skills, he manages to sneak into the dazzling world of cats.
Little did Hairy know that his visit would create kitty chaos. Humans scramble to catch...
| Author | Aaron Blabey |
| ISBN | 1590785967 |
A delightfully uplifting tale about self-belief, courage, and—above all—the power of friendship. Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way: Pearl loves solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world, and Charlie likes taking leisurely...
| Author | Hazel Edwards |
| ISBN | 0340286970 |
'My daddy says there's a hole in our roof. I know why there's a hole. There's a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake.'
The cake-eating hippo is ageless. This classic story about one of the largest and most famous imaginary friends has been delighting children around the world for almost 40 years....
| Author | Graeme Base |
| ISBN | 0810915472 |
Author/Illustrator: Graeme Base
First Published: 1983
Graeme Base is one of those seriously lucky (and talented!) authors - the first publisher he sent his first book to accepted it. "My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch" has subsequently been produced as a play. He has gone on to make a huge...
Sophie Scott Goes South by Alison Lester is a fantastic book written in diary format about a 9 year old's journey to Antarctica. I loved how the author wrote this as a nine year old and in diary format because it doesn't really seem like it is fiction. The author shares factual information so that the reader...
| Author | Eric Hill |
| ISBN | 0142501212 |
Spot can count is specifically designed to help young children learn to count and recognize putting an object with a number. Most children learn to count to ten at a pretty young age but it’s a new concept for them to understand matching an item per number to really understand the value of a number. This...
| Author | Johanna Kerby |
| ISBN | 0399254358 |
Pink was the runt of the pig litter. He was so small that the Kerby family didn?t think he would survive? so they brought him into the house where he met Tink, a new dachshund mom. When Tink saw Pink, she immediately adopted him into her family, and helped nurse him back to health. Pink thrived in his new family:...
| Author | Felicia Bond |
| ISBN | 0399256148 |
A joyful picture book about love from the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie!
Big or small,
Furry or not,
Here or there,
Inside or out,
Everyone hugs all over the world.
With bold and beautiful art, mega-selling author and artist...
The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder
| Author | Peter Brown |
| ISBN | 0316011797 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Tiger Goes Wild and Children Make Terrible Pets comes another adventure starring everyone's favorite underdog.
When Chowder goes off to the Fabu Pooch Boot Camp, as usual he just doesn't fit in. Chowder tries his best, but his attempts to make himself...
| Author | Janet Lawler |
| ISBN | 0803726171 |
If kisses were colors you'd see every one
of the bands of a rainbow that shines in the sun.
Perfect as a Mother's Day or baby shower gift, this tender book expresses the immeasurable love that parents have for their children-warmer than a wool blanket, sturdier than an oak tree, brighter...
| Author | Frances Watts |
| ISBN | 1877003786 |
When a grumbly Baby Bear refuses to give his father a goodnight kiss, their bedtime routine is transformed into a delightful game, as Daddy imagines all the different sorts of kisses that other animal babies give their dads: "'Now what about a big bear kiss for me?' said Dad. 'No!' said Baby Bear. 'No kiss...
| Author | Libby Gleeson |
| ISBN | 0439889774 |
The U.S. debut of an incredible new illustrator introduces two everyday friends whose closeness endures no matter how far apart they are.
"If I call Amy really loudly, she'll hear me, won't she?" Louie asked his mom.
His mom shook her head. "Amy is half a world away."
Amy and Louie...
| Author | Julia Donaldson |
| ISBN | 0230743080 |
A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena and even, just maybe, by a big brown bear. But where are they going? And what has it to do with the baby's scribblings on the cave wall? Created by...
| Author | Anna Milbourne |
| ISBN | 0794506178 |
The book starts out by a child being curious about what it would be like to be on the moon and become an astronaut. To get to the moon, you have to get on a huge rocket and sit in a small cabin.
It talk about the darkness of space and how it take 4 days to even get to the moon!
The story explains what the moon...
| Author | Fiona Watt |
| ISBN | 0794512852 |
A fantastic new addition to this bestselling "Usborne Touchy-Feely" series, which boasts over 2 million sales worldwide. The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells' charming illustrations, the opportunity to interact with a variety of different textures and the gentle humour of the simple, yet appealing...
| Author | Nick Bland |
| ISBN | 0545291593 |
Companion to The Very Cranky Bear
Bear is here . . and here is Flea (but Flea's a little small to see). This is Flea about to bite, but not because he's impolite. He's biting bear to say, Hello!', biting high and biting low. In The Very Cranky Bear, Bear's cave was invaded by four playful animals....
