Pippi On The Run

10 best books like Pippi On The Run (Astrid Lindgren): Little Vampire In Love, Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car, Gwinna, Let's Go Home, Little Bear, She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!, Muffin Dragon, Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest, Rabble Starkey, Ten Little Fingers, The Littles and Their Amazing New Friend

Little Vampire In Love

Author	Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
ISBN	0590556010

Las diversas aventuras del pequeño vampiro tiene la virtud de rescatar la caracterización del vampiro pre-hollywoodense y, sin ocultar sus aspectos predatorios y poco higiénicos, logran atraer al público (al menos el infantil) hacia estas criaturas de la noche (ahora convertidas en esterilizados...

Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car

Author

John Burningham

When Mr. Gumpy decides to go for a ride in his bright-red car, everyone wants to come along -- a rabbit, a cat, a dog, a sheep, chickens, a calf, a goat, and a boy and girl. "All right," says Mr. Gumpy. "But it will be a squash." So they all squash in and, for a while, chug along happily. Then it starts to rain, and...

Gwinna

Author

Barbara Helen Berger

A stunning book that has stayed with me ever since my 5th/6th grade teacher read it aloud to us. The story was so moving to me as a child, and after briefly forgetting about it as an adult, I suddenly had something tickle my memory and then became absolutely determined to find it to share with my then 5 year...

Let's Go Home, Little Bear

Author	Martin Waddell
ISBN	1564024474

A warm story about calming a child's fears. Big Bear and Little Bear go for a walk in the snowy woods. On the way home, Little Bear keeps hearing noises and seems frightened. Big Bear calmly explains what each sound is. The plodding is Big Bear's feet in the snow. The dripping is the ice melting into the stream....

She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!

Author	Kathryn Lasky
ISBN	0786811641

Feathers on ladies' hats were becoming more and more popular. Harriet Hemenway and her cousin Minna Hall believed something had to be done. Fashion was killing birds as well as women's chances to have the right to vote and be listened to. For who would listen to a woman with a dead bird on her head? And if...

Muffin Dragon

Author	Stephen Cosgrove
ISBN	0843176873

How could you refuse those eyes? He just wants to munch those muffins a bit...

Yeah, it's a real book, listed on websites devoted to hilariously inappropriate childrens' book titles. It's also in the Internet Archive for borrowing, and it's a lame book at that. A poor kingdom traffics in great...

Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest

Author	A.A. Milne
ISBN	0525447105

This book is intended for the young reader to read. And by young reader I mean those old enough to be interested in Winnie the Pooh. I have a hard time believing this.

First, logistically this book is not suited for the young reader. It is tiny. The print is tiny. The pictures would not keep the young...

Rabble Starkey

Author	Lois Lowry
ISBN	0440800145

A powerful, thoughtful middle-grades novel which questions: what makes a family? Rabble Starkey and her mother live with the well-to-do Bigelows because Rabble's mother is their live-in housekeeper/nanny. For the first two years of his life, the youngest Bigelow, four-year-old Gunther, actually...

Ten Little Fingers

Author	Annie Kubler
ISBN	0859536106

This award winning series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text. Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them...

The Littles and Their Amazing New Friend

Author	John Lawrence Peterson
ISBN	0590876120

If you're looking for something to hand off to your young reader, give this series a try!

The Littles are "humans" ... they just have a tail and are six inches tall. That's all. Oh, and they live in the Biggs house; not that the Biggs know it, because the Littles reside in the tiny spaces and nooks...

Bugs Potter Live at Nickaninny

Author

Gordon Korman

RATING 4.2 STARS

I always love finding an old Gordon Korman book that somehow escaped my grasp when I was younger. This one continues the saga of Bugs Potter, a.k.a. "The Most," drummer extraordinaire. This time, rather than turning Toronto on its head by sneaking out and performing in clubs...

Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars

Author	Ellen MacGregor
ISBN	0070445605

Miss Pickerell was mighty glad to be home from her vacation. She had had an overdose of noise and confusion. As she led her cow out to graze behind her little house she thought happily about the rest they were both going to have. But suddenly she saw, right in the middle of the pasture, the strangest, largest...

The White Stallion

Author	Elizabeth Shub
ISBN	0553152440

Gretchen and her family are moving west. One day she gets tired of riding in the hot wagon so her father ties her to their faithful mare, Anna. While Gretchen's father is repairing his axle, Anna wanders off with a sleeping Gretchen on her back. When Gretchen awakes the wagon train isn't in sight. Anna has...

Once there was a bull...frog

Author	Rick Walton
ISBN	0698116070

Illustrated by Greg Hally When a bullfrog sets out to find his lost hop in the Old West, nothing is what it appears to be. With the flip of a page, a toad becomes a toadstool, a dog becomes a doghouse, a cow becomes a cowboy and a stage becomes a stagecoach in this rollicking story that?s a true page-turner?in...

My Parents Think I'm Sleeping

Author	Jack Prelutsky
ISBN	0060537205

What do you do when you're in bed and the lights are out but you still can't sleep? One boy finds plenty to keep him busy to keep him busy. First, he reads a little - under the covers with a flashlight, of course. Then, he sneaks into the kitchen for a piece of chocolate cake. Later, he listens to the rain and watches...

LaRue for Mayor: Letters from the Campaign

Author	Mark Teague
ISBN	0439783151

Canine everyman Ike LaRue returns to take on the political machine in this gleeful tale, the third of Mark Teague's best selling, award winning DEAR MRS. LARUE series.

Ike finds his civil liberties at risk when Hugo Bugwort, the hard line mayoral candidate, promises to crack down on free-roaming,...

The Soccer Mystery

Author	Gertrude Chandler Warner
ISBN	0613067401

The Soccer Mystery is a very mysterious book. In the beginning, the Aldens try out for the soccer team. The older members of the family teach Benny and Violet how to play. At Benny and Violet's first game, their best player Elena was locked in the locker room and someone was spying on the Aldens to see how...

Boo, Bunny!

Author

Kathryn O. Galbraith

"Eeek ""Squeak "Halloween can be especially spooky for a shy bunny. But when that shy bunny bumps into another shy bunny, friendship scares away fear. Once they join forces, not even the darkest night can stop them two brave bunnies from having the best Halloween ever. Full of sounds, spookiness, and...

Horrible Harry and the Kickball Wedding

Author	Suzy Kline
ISBN	0141303166

This month has been filled with weddings for me to attend. When I saw this title I just had to pick it up and wasn't disappointed. Suzy Kline spins a wedding tale from the perspective of a 2nd grader named Doug, and his friends.

Doug's friend Sidney has marriage and weddings on his mind because his...

The Case Of The Surfing Secret

Author	Cathy East Dubowski
ISBN	0061065854

Trenchcoat Twins Case Report...from Mary-Kate & Ashley Surf's up, dude When Ashley and I went on vacation to Mirale Beach, we couldn't wait to take surfing lessons. But we never expected to have a mystery crash right at our feet

A girl named Tiffany bragged that she was going to win the big...

With You All the Way

Author	Max Lucado
ISBN	1581342101

This is a wonderful book about choosing wisely, with an unexpected plot twist at the end. The daughter of the king is to be married and the three bravest, most successful knights are to undergo a test to determine which one will win her hand. The three are Carlisle the strongest, Alon the swiftest and Cassidon...