Roger, the Jolly Pirate
10 best books like Roger, the Jolly Pirate (Brett Helquist): We Planted a Tree, Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem, Miss Smith and the Haunted Library, Only a Witch Can Fly, Moo Who?, Don't Slam the Door!, One Giant Leap, Fiona's Luck, Some Dogs Do, The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster
| Author | Diane Muldrow |
| ISBN | 0375864326 |
We planted a tree and it grew up,
While it reached for the sky and the sun. . . .
In this simple poem illustrated by award winner Bob Staake, two young families in two very different parts of the world plant a tree. As the trees flourish, so do the families . . . while trees all over the world...
| Author | Mac Barnett |
| ISBN | 0786849584 |
Fed up with his continued refusal to clean his room and finish his baked peas, Billy Twitter's parents make good on their threat to buy him a blue whale. And so begins a hilariously surreal adventure, as Billy struggles to care for his new 100-foot pet, towing him around town on a skateboard, and disrupting...
Miss Smith and the Haunted Library
| Author | Michael Garland |
| ISBN | 0525421394 |
When Miss Smith reads from her magical book, the worlds she describes come alive - literally! Today Miss Smith is taking her class on a field trip to a deliciously spooky library. There the class meets librarian Virginia Creeper and settles down to listen to a few scary tales. Before long everyone's favorite...
| Author | Alison McGhee |
| ISBN | 0312375034 |
Only a witch can fly.
But one little girl wants to fly--more than anything. So on a special night, with the moon shining bright and her cat by her side, she gathers herself up, she grips her broom tight, and she tries. And she fails. And she's brave. And she tries again. Until . . .
Utterly...
| Author | Margie Palatini |
| ISBN | 0060001054 |
Booklist (September 1, 2004 (Vol. 101, No. 1))
PreS-Gr. 2. Palatini's tale of a cow suffering from an identity crisis is sheer entertainment from cover to cover. When Hilda the Heifer gets bonked on the noggin by a flying cow pie, she develops an ugly bump and amnesia. The ensuing story...
| Author | Dori Chaconas |
| ISBN | 0763637092 |
Slamming the screen door sets off a comical chain of cause-and-effect in this rollicking tale of a rambunctious family.
A slamming door may not seem like a big deal, but in this escalating tale, it can have far-reaching (and very funny) consequences — including a limping, yelping Pa; a scared,...
| Author | Robert Burleigh |
| ISBN | 0399238832 |
The words are instantly recognizable: ?That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.? Spoken by Neil Armstrong moments after he became the fi rst human being to set foot on the moon, they have come to represent all that is possible when man's determination to achieve the seemingly impossible...
| Author | Teresa Bateman |
| ISBN | 1570916519 |
Great book. Fiona is so confident she thinks she can outwit the Leprechaun that took all the luck from Ireland. Now cows can't milk and chickens don't lay eggs and there are no potatoes. Not just anyone wants to square off against King of the Leprechauns. This is one of the spiritual laws of the universe....
In the inimitable world of Jez Alborough, some dogs do fly - and little pups everywhere are encouraged to dream big.
Do dogs fly?
Is it true?
One day, when Sid is walking to school, he suddenly gets a happy feeling. In fact, he feels so happy that his paws lift off the ground, and he floats...
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...
A Pirate's Night Before Christmas
| Author | Philip Yates |
| ISBN | 1402742576 |
Young mateys will find plenty of holiday joy in this humorous, colorful, and thoroughly piratical version of the beloved Clement C. Moore classic. On this ship of mischievous brigands—who have visions of treasure chests, not sugarplums, dancing in their heads—you wouldn’t expect a visit...
| Author | Carolyn Crimi |
| ISBN | 0763624497 |
Step aboard, buccaneers and book lovers! Comically dramatic illustrations set the tone for this humorous, hare-raising adventure on the high seas.
"BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES!"
Aboard a ship called the Salty Carrot sails a wild, rowdy band of Buccaneer Bunnies. Their leader, Barnacle...
Once Upon a Royal Superbaby
| Author | Kevin O'Malley |
| ISBN | 0802721648 |
For any kid who wondered what happened to the Dude and his fair maiden once they lived happily ever after, the wait is over. When their teacher requests a new story, a boy and a girl once again have different ideas of how it should evolve. Can they agree on the fate of the beautiful queen, the awesome king,...
| Author | Jill Lewis |
| ISBN | 1405236426 |
The King is about to star in a brand new story but - wait a minute! What's this? The story has disappeared! You'd better go and do something else instead...What? You're still here? Well, then you'll see the King frantically galloping through Storyland to piece together the fragments of his story, with...
| Author | Meg McLaren |
| ISBN | 0544784693 |
A distinctive palette and a large cast of adorable rabbits adorn a lively story told in very few words. When a magic trick goes awry, the magician M. Lapin becomes a sad rabbit while his rabbit assistant, Houdini, becomes the star of the show. After trying increasingly spectacular tricks, Houdini realizes...
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs
| Author | Giles Andreae |
| ISBN | 1416907130 |
Like most children, my daughter is fascinated by both dinosaurs and pirates so a book that has 'Pirate Dinosaurs' was certain to catch her eye! Along with, Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure and Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Magic Cutlass this book made up the Story Treasure...
| Author | Laura Leuck |
| ISBN | 0152056645 |
It's a yar vessel that can carry this crew of burly pirates, the captain, and his scrappy little son. From the crow's nest to the hold, from the high seas to the island of buried treasure, this boy hangs out with the most rough-and-tumble of rogues. And at the end of each day, he gets tucked in by the fiercest...
Dirty Joe, the Pirate: A True Story
| Author | Bill Harley |
| ISBN | 0066237807 |
The dreaded Dirty Joe and his piratical crew sail in search of the smelliest treasure ever: dirty socks! The rogues cheerfully pillage their way across the seven seas, until the day they run across another band of pirates-one led by the notorious Stinky Annie. Has Dirty Joe finally met his match?
From...
| Author | Jarrett J. Krosoczka |
| ISBN | 0670035998 |
"BATH TIME!" calls out the pirate mommy. "ARGHHH!" answer her little pirates. It's time to walk the plank for these two pirate pretenders. To the refrain of "Yo ho, yo ho, it's off to the bath we go!" the pirates and their mommy make their way to a bath full of ships and suds and even a pirate rubber ducky. After...
| Author | Karen Lynn Williams |
| ISBN | 1590787129 |
Gregory and his father are spending a day at the beach. When Greg finds a stick and draws a lion in the sand, his father says, "Don't go in the water, and don't leave Sandy." The little boy follows his father's advice. But he still manages to travel down the beach quite a way before realizing he can no longer...
Superdog: The Heart of a Hero
| Author | Caralyn Buehner |
| ISBN | 0066236207 |
Dexter is a little dog. He′s so little that the other dogs forget to invite him to play, and Cleevis the tomcat bullies him. But little Dexter has dreams -- big dreams. He wants to be a superhero. So Dexter starts a superhero training program. And suddenly, even Cleevis needs his help!
In Superdog,...
| Author | Richard Byrne |
| ISBN | 1627794514 |
One day Bella and Ben bounce clean out of their own story book and so begins a fun adventure as they travel through all sorts of different books, from counting to comic books, to find their way back.
I really enjoyed reading this - it stretches the conventional story book boundaries and gives the...
| Author | Andrew Cangelose |
| ISBN | 1941302726 |
This is a squirrel . . . "Hey, I may be a squirrel, but my name is Taco! And I don't eat nuts and tree bark—blech—I prefer tacos!" The natural predator of squirrels is . . . "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Who is writing this book? I do not like where this is going." This hilarious send-up of a children's nature primer...
Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC
| Author | June Sobel |
| ISBN | 0152167323 |
The captain of this brave and bumbling pirate crew has ordered them to capture the entire alphabet--and they'll walk the plank if they're missing a single letter! Now these swashbuckling mateys are embarking on an alphabet adventure unlike any other, and they won't (ahem, can't) rest until they've...
