Pocahontas
10 best books like Pocahontas (Joseph Bruchac): Make Way for Ducklings, Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!, Ribsy, Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business, I, Juan de Pareja, The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear, The Word Collector, Snowflake Bentley, The Birchbark House, Ellen Tebbits
Make Way for Ducklings
| Author | Robert McCloskey |
| ISBN | 0670035386 |
The Big Chill Except With The Ducklings From Make Way For Ducklings, Now All Grown Up is what I originally was going to post for this review but then I was like you know who likes ridiculous things with extremely long titles is McSweeney's, I should see if they want this, and they did. Here are the...
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
| Author | Mo Willems |
| ISBN | 0786837462 |
Ribsy
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
Ribsy is my favorite story of a dog-as-protagonist, and this week's introductory read-aloud to my 7-year-old was quite possibly...
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
| Author | Esphyr Slobodkina |
| ISBN | 0064431436 |
Children will delight in following the peddler’s efforts to outwit the monkeys and will ask to read it again and again. Caps for Sale is an excellent easy-to-read book that includes...
I, Juan de Pareja
| Author | Elizabeth Borton de Treviño |
| ISBN | 0374435251 |
Juan de Pareja's portrait by Velázquez is my favorite painting (every time I see it, it makes me cry) so it was with trepidation and excitement that I started this audio.
The book follows the story of Juan de Pareja and his life as the slave of Diego de Velázquez, the leading...
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
| Author | Don Wood |
| ISBN | 0859536599 |
I loved this book so much, it was definitely one of my most favorites as a child :) I wanted it read to me over and over again. Being an adult now, I love that I can read all my favorites to my little niece and still appreciate them just as much as I did back then. I just loved the...
The Word Collector
| Author | Peter H. Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0545865026 |
Some people collect coins.
Some people collect art.
And Jerome?
Jerome collected words . . .
In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him -- short and sweet words, two-syllable treats,...
Snowflake Bentley
| Author | Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
| ISBN | 0395861624 |
From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera...
| Author | Louise Erdrich |
| ISBN | 0786814543 |
Ellen Tebbits
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| Author | Pam Conrad |
| ISBN | 0590462067 |
Based on a child who actually did travel on the Santa Maria with Columbus. Also clearly based on Columbus's shockingly stupid journal entries.I like reading this with my students while we are learning about Columbus and other European explorers. It...
Bill Peet: An Autobiography
| Author | Bill Peet |
| ISBN | 0395689821 |
Muggie Maggie
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 8427934637 |
Shoeshine Girl
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0064402282 |
The last thing Sarah Ida wants to do is spend the summer with her Aunt Claudia. But when her parents send her away because of problems at home, that is exactly what she has to do. With no allowance and no fun to be had, Sarah Ida decides to look for a job. But who will...