Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter

9 best books like Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter (Diane Stanley): The Day You Begin, Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, A Ball for Daisy, Fly High, Fly Low, Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book, The Emperor and the Kite, Hildilid's Night, The Faithful Friend, The Desert Is Theirs

The Day You Begin

Author	Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN	0399246533

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Rafael Lopez have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.

There will be times when you walk into a room
and...

Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems

Author	Joyce Sidman
ISBN	0618135472

From spring’s first thaw to autumn’s chill, the world of the pond is a dramatic place. Though seemingly quiet, ponds are teeming with life and full of surprises. Their denizens—from peepers to painted turtles, duckweed to diving beetles—lead secret and fascinating lives. A unique blend...

A Ball for Daisy

Author

Chris Raschka

Winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal

This New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Best Illustrated Book relates a story about love and loss as only Chris Rashcka can tell it. Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy's anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed...

Fly High, Fly Low

Author	Don Freeman
ISBN	0142408174

Fly High, Fly Low, a Caldecott Honor book, tells the story of two San Francisco birds who hatch some eggs in a very unconventional place--the letter "B" in the sign on top of the Bay Hotel. But what happens when the sign is taken down? Told with Freeman's typical humor and simplicity, the book features breathtaking...

Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book

Author	Muriel L. Feelings
ISBN	0140546529

This alphabet book gives a nice introduction to Swahili and the predominant language of Africa. The first thing I noticed was that it seemed easy to pronounce the words as they sound the way they are spelled. It could be they are the easy words. The next thing I noticed was the Lion King named characters...

The Emperor and the Kite

Author	Jane Yolen
ISBN	0698116445

Largely ignored by her own family, Princess Djeow Seow spends her days playing with a kite made from paper and sticks. But when the Emperor is imprisoned in a high tower, only the Princess can save the day, flying her kite high up into the sky to rescue her father.
"A familiar jewel polished to unaccustomed...

Hildilid's Night

Author	Cheli Duran Ryan
ISBN	0689805381

Lovely Pencil drawings!

A beautiful picture book of pencil drawings for beginning readers and above.

Hildilid does not like the night. She is trying to get rid of the night all night long in various and silly ways. The sun comes up and she is so tired she misses it and goes to bed.

The...

The Faithful Friend

Author	Robert D. San Souci
ISBN	0027861317

Clement and Hippolyte are handsome, sharp-witted, and as close as brothers. When Clement falls in love with enchanting Pauline, he bids Hippolyte to join his quest to court her, and the two friends set out toward danger and adventure.

Pauline is ward of the mysterious Monsieur Zabocat -- a...

The Desert Is Theirs

Author	Byrd Baylor
ISBN	0689711050

You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again. The Desert People know. so do the animals. Both love the land, and "share the feeling of being brothers in the desert, of being desert creatures together." Byrd Baylor's spare, poetic text and Peter...