Previously
10 best books like Previously (Allan Ahlberg): The Worst Princess, Fairly Fairy Tales, Me and You, Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry, Goldilocks and Just One Bear, The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster, The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey, An Island Grows, Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship, Tadpole's Promise
| Author | Anna Kemp |
| ISBN | 1847388752 |
Author Anna Kemp and illustrator Sara Ogilvie turn a traditional fairy tale on its royal head in this bright and funny rhythmic story that will have readers of all ages cheering along for The Worst Princess! Princess Sue dreams of finding her Prince Charming. But when that Prince proves to be a bit more...
| Author | Esmé Raji Codell |
| ISBN | 1416990860 |
Parents and children love to play "question" games: Would you eat spaghetti made with gummy worms? Would you wear your clothes backwards all day? Sometimes the answer is "yes" and sometimes it's "no"--but the fun is in the asking. Gifted writer and educator Esme Raji Codell has writtten a book that incorporates...
| Author | Anthony Browne |
| ISBN | 0374349088 |
A small bear goes for a stroll in the park with his parents, leaving their bowls of porridge cooling on the kitchen table. Meanwhile, a girl with golden hair is hopelessly lost in a big, frightening city when she comes across a house with the door left invitingly open. Inside are three bowls of porridge...
| Author | Joyce Sidman |
| ISBN | 0618448942 |
I hesitated to assign a star rating to this book as I didn't even read all of it. Much as I wanted to love this book, I just found it frustrating. The concrete poetry, while interesting, is presented in such a way that I found it very hard and annoying to read--in the grass, in the clouds, in the trees, all over...
| Author | Leigh Hodgkinson |
| ISBN | 0763661724 |
In this award-winning author/illustrator’s witty sequel to the traditional Goldilocks story, Little Bear is all grown up and Goldilocks is a distant memory. One day, Little Bear wanders out of the woods and finds himself lost in the Big City. Will he find the city too noisy? Too quiet? Or just right?...
Little Miss Muffet is bored. She's tired of her same old nursery rhyme and she has had enough of that scary, little spider! So off she goes into the pages of the book to try other nursery rhymes. Falling down a hill with Jack and Jill was too painful, running up a clock is just embarrassing and running away...
Once upon a time in Turkey there lived a funny, little wise man named Nasrettin Hoca. He wore a huge, white turban and a worn-out coat made of patches upon patches. Riding about on his little gray donkey, he liked to help whomever he could. A friend to all, Nasrettin is a popular figure. But when he is suddenly...
| Author | Lola M. Schaefer |
| ISBN | 0066239303 |
This is the story of the birth of an island, from the first red-hot glow of magma at the bottom of the ocean, to the flowing lava that hardens and builds up higher and higher until, finally, it breaks through the water′s surface.
And then, life comes to the island. First come the small plants and...
| Author | David Elliott |
| ISBN | 0763660744 |
A hilarious and satisfying tale of literacy, dental hygiene, and friendship from David Elliott and Melissa Sweet that is sure to have readers in stitches from start to finish.
Baabwaa is a sheep who loves to knit. Wooliam is a sheep who loves to read. It sounds a bit boring, but they like it....
| Author | Jeanne Willis |
| ISBN | 0689865244 |
Not for the faint-at-heart adult, but great for every child with a sadistic side (and what child doesn't have a hidden or not-so-hidden sadistic side), including every first-grade boy in the world. I read with a high, squeaky voice for the caterpillar and a low, stopped-up-nose voice for the tadpole....
| Author | Jackie Mims Hopkins |
| ISBN | 1932146989 |
I'm not sure why it's Goldie Socks instead of Goldie Locks? It's not like she was illustrated without blonde hair. I'm not sure why the bears had to comment about their missing books twice. Why did she go through six books instead of three, it's very confusing. And lastly, I'm not sure why these fairy tale...
| Author | Rebecca Emberley |
| ISBN | 1596434643 |
BONK! An award-winning father-daughter team make the sky fall an entirely new way.
You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose encounter with an acorn and gravity convinces him the sky is falling, but youÕve never seen the story told this way. A brilliant collaboration...
| Author | Sarah L. Thomson |
| ISBN | 0689852185 |
Imagine a night when you can ride your bike right up the stairs to your bed. Imagine a night when your toy train rumbles on its tracks out of your room and roars back in, full sized, ready for you to hop on for a nighttime adventure. Imagine a night when a farmer plays a lullaby on his fiddle, and his field of sunflowers...
Little Mouse's Big Secret
| Author | Éric Battut |
| ISBN | 1402774621 |
Shh…! Little Mouse has a secret! He's found a delicious-looking apple and doesn't want to share a bite. So he buries it, and no matter how many of his friends ask what he hid, Little Mouse won't tell. But when a tree sprouts from the seeds of the fruit, there are enough apples for everyone-and Little...
Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again
| Author | Dave Horowitz |
| ISBN | 0399247734 |
Humpty Dumpty used to love climbing, but after his big fall his confidence is shattered. The doctor can fix his shell, but how will he get his nerve back? When one of the King?s horses gets stuck on a cliff, Humpty has a chance to show the world what a resilient egg he can be. Dave Horowitz creates a wholly original...
| Author | Mary Pope Osborne |
| ISBN | 0689825501 |
This feminist twist on the traditional tale of Jack and the Beanstalk really resonanted with me. I think this would so excellent to be included in a classroom for girls, and boys, to experience the idea that yes, girls can be heroines, even against great odds.
In this version, written by Mary Pope...
Edwardo the Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World
| Author | John Burningham |
| ISBN | 0099480131 |
This is a story about a typically-naughty, noisy, dirty little boy who lives down to every expectation voiced to him. He's told he's the noisiest, the dirtiest, the rudest, the wickedest little boy and so he becomes so. Through a series of fortuitious accidents, such as throwing his clothes out of the...
| Author | Susan Meddaugh |
| ISBN | 0395868335 |
When is a rat not a rat? When Cinderella's fairy godmother turns him into a coachman - well, more of a coachboy. And what does the coachboy think of this sudden change in his life? He's delighted to find the open bags of grain in the castle larder. But soon enough, trouble begins. His sister, unchanged by...
Jack and the Baked Beanstalk
| Author | Colin Stimpson |
| ISBN | 0763655635 |
"Fee-fi-fo-fummy, I'm always counting money!"
Jack and his mom run a little café, but business has dried up and they're nearly broke. So when Jack comes home with only an old can of baked beans in return for their last few pennies, his mother throws it out the window. Overnight it grows into...
| Author | Eric A. Kimmel |
| ISBN | 1477816380 |
Little Red Hot loves red hot chili peppers. She eats them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When her grandmother catches a cold, Little Red makes her a hot pepper pie that will “knock those cold germs right out of her.” But before Little Red shares her pie with Grandma, she meets Señor Lobo – and...
| Author | David LaRochelle |
| ISBN | 0439640113 |
"Once upon a time" takes on a whole new meaning in David LaRochelle's hilarious backwards collaboration with Caldecott winner Richard Egielski.
"...And they lived happily ever after."
So begins David LaRochelle and Richard Egielski's wacky original fairy tale THE END, which...
| Author | Alma Flor Ada |
| ISBN | 0689844522 |
Everyone who's anyone will be at the Three Little Pigs' housewarming party. Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood have already marked it on their calendars.
Unfortunately, so have the wolves -- those who've caused the Pigs to build their brick house in the first place!
In this wonderfully...
| Author | Jon Scieszka |
| ISBN | 0140553851 |
This book is about a Rat, a Cat, a Cow over the moon, and a Baby humming a tune. It's about what the Bug did to the rug. It's about how the Egg fell off the wall. It's about the crazy mayhem that can occur when nursery rhymes go awry. Children and adults alike will enjoy reading this book over and over. "This one...
America: A Patriotic Primer
| Author | Lynne Cheney |
| ISBN | 0689851928 |
America: A Patriotic Primer is a succinct history of the United States, an ABC of the principles on which this country was founded, and a book for children and families to pore over, discuss, and cherish.
A is for America,
the land that we love.
B is for the Birthday
of this country of ours.......
Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story
| Author | Loreen Leedy |
| ISBN | 0823417190 |
Similes set off an exciting chase scene in an adventure in language arts. Rufus the fox is up to something. He runs across the meadow as fast as lightning, sneaks up to Babette like a thief in the night, and roars like a lion. Babette, mad as a hornet, chases Rufus all over town. But is Rufus being chased or...
