Red Sky at Night
10 best books like Red Sky at Night (Elly MacKay): Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, A Stone Sat Still, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Carmela Full of Wishes, Wallpaper, Blue, The Wall in the Middle of the Book, The Rough Patch, The Honeybee, The Good Egg
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
| Author | Anika Aldamuy Denise |
| ISBN | 0062748688 |
Follow la vida y legado of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.
When she came to America in 1921, Pura carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular stories...
| Author | Brendan Wenzel |
| ISBN | 1452173184 |
I simply loved this book because it has the potential for different perspectives of how and when we read it. It will be different for the children. They will enjoy the illustrations and the various animals and flora depicted in relation to the stone. And as for adults, I feel this book describes a home to...
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
| Author | Grace Lin |
| ISBN | 0316404489 |
A gorgeous picture book that tells a whimsical origin story of the phases of the moon, from award-winning, bestselling author-illustrator Grace Lin
Pat, pat, pat...
Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.
Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she...
When Carmela wakes up on her birthday, her wish has already come true--she's finally old enough to join her big brother as he does the family errands. Together, they travel through their neighborhood, past the crowded bus stop, the fenced-off repair shop, and the panaderia, until they arrive at the...
| Author | Thao Lam |
| ISBN | 1771472839 |
New from the creator of Skunk on a String comes Wallpaper, a wordless picture book in Thao Lam’s signature paper collage style. It tells the story of a young girl whose family moves into a new house. Outside, she can hear other kids playing, but she’s too shy to say hello. So she picks at the old wallpaper...
| Author | Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
| ISBN | 1626720665 |
How many shades of blue are there?
There’s the soft blue of a baby’s cherished blanket, the ocean blue of a romp in the waves, the chilly blue of a cold winter’s walk in the snow, and the true blue of the bond that exists between children and animals.
In this simple, sumptuously illustrated...
The Wall in the Middle of the Book
| Author | Jon Agee |
| ISBN | 0525555455 |
A foolish knight is certain that his side of the wall is the safe side in this meta picture book.
There's a wall in the middle of the book, and our hero—a young knight—is sure that the wall protects his side of the book from the dangers of the other side—like an angry tiger and giant rhino, and...
| Author | Brian Lies |
| ISBN | 0062671278 |
Evan and his dog do everything together, from eating ice cream to caring for their award-winning garden, which grows big and beautiful. One day the unthinkable happens: Evan’s dog dies. Heartbroken, Evan destroys the garden and everything in it. The ground becomes overgrown with prickles and thorns,...
| Author | Kirsten Hall |
| ISBN | 1481469975 |
Buzz from flower to flower with a sweet honeybee in this timely, clever, and breathtakingly gorgeous picture book from critically acclaimed author Kirsten Hall and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Arsenault.
Bzzz…
What’s that?
Do you hear it?
You’re near it.
...
| Author | Jory John |
| ISBN | 0062866001 |
In this follow-up to Jory John and Pete Oswald’s popular picture book The Bad Seed, meet the next best thing: a very good egg, indeed!
The good egg has been good for as long as he can remember. While the other eggs in his carton are kind of rotten, he always does the right, kind, and courteous thing....
| Author | Cale Atkinson |
| ISBN | 1101919094 |
A delightful, funny story of friendship, ghost chores, a spooky house and a professional haunter.
Meet Sir Simon, Super Scarer. He's a professional ghost who has been transferred to his first house. And just in time! He was getting tired of haunting bus stops and forests and potatoes. And to...
| Author | Idan Ben-Barak |
| ISBN | 1760293059 |
Min is a microbe. She is small. Very small. In fact so small that you'd need to look through a microscope to see her. Or you can simply open this book and take Min on an adventure to amazing places she's never seen before—like the icy glaciers of your tooth or the twisted, tangled jungle that is your shirt....
Lovely Beasts: The Surprising Truth
| Author | Kate Gardner |
| ISBN | 0062741616 |
A very simple book about the fact that what appears to be true may not be the whole truth. For instance, gorillas seem (and surely can be) fierce, but they can also be incredibly gentle, and good and loving parents. They can really take care of each other! Spiders may be creepy-looking, to most, but they...
How to Give Your Cat a Bath: In Five Easy Steps
In this hilarious and clever "how-to," a little girl and a know-it-all narrator are thwarted by a cat who refuses to take a bath. The perfect read-aloud for fans of Snappsy the Alligator and Interrupting Chicken.
Step one: fill the bath
Step two: put the cat in the bath
Step three: put...
runch, the Shy Dinosaur delivers a simple story about a shy dinosaur named Crunch. What makes the story unique, and a favorite with Princess Sophia, is how the author encourages the child reading the story to communicate with Crunch. Crunch is shy and you need to whisper hello just right. When Crunch...
Renard est un amoureux de la nature. Dans son salon, il collectionne les plantes et les livres de botanique. Un soir, il découvre dans l’un d’eux l’existence d’une fleur mystérieuse : la milléclat dorée. Très rare, elle ne pousse que dans la montagne et personne n’a encore eu la chance...
