Saved by the Boats: The Heroic Sea Evacuation of September 11

10 best books like Saved by the Boats: The Heroic Sea Evacuation of September 11 (Julie Gassman): The Word Collector, Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, Halloween, Seven and a Half of Tons of Steel, Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream, Freedom in Congo Square, The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark, Most People, How to Read a Book

The Word Collector

Author	Peter H. Reynolds
ISBN	0545865026

Some people collect stamps.
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,...

Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey

Author	Maira Kalman
ISBN	0142403628

The John J. Harvey fireboat was the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboatof its time, but by 1995, the city didn't need old fireboats anymore. So the Harvey retired, until a group of friends decided to save it from the scrap heap. Then, one sunny September day in 2001, something so horrible happened that...

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Author	Lindsay Mattick
ISBN	0316324906

Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. In 1914, during World War I, Captain Harry Colebourn, a Canadian veterinarian on his way to serve with cavalry units in Europe, rescued a bear cub in White River, Ontario. He named the bear Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg,...

Halloween

Author	Jerry Seinfeld
ISBN	0316706256

Seems like a lot of celebrities are writing children's books these days.

I guess the name recognition helps out when it comes to picking up the book. But, as many children's stories tell us, it's what's on the inside that matters most.

Which is why I'm a bit frustrated with Jerry Seinfeld's...

Seven and a Half of Tons of Steel

Author	Janet Nolan
ISBN	1561459127

There is a ship, a navy ship. It is called the USS New York. It is big like other navy ships, and it sails like other navy ships, but there is something special about the USS New York. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the governor of New York gave the Navy a steel beam that was once inside one of the...

Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream

Author	Deloris Jordan
ISBN	0689834195

Michael Jordan.
The mere mention of the name conjures up visions of basketball played at its absolute best. But as a child, Michael almost gave up on his hoop dreams, all because he feared he'd never grow tall enough to play the game that would one day make him famous. That's when his mother and father...

Freedom in Congo Square

Author	Carole Boston Weatherford
ISBN	1499801033

Chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2016, this poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human’s capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom’s heart.

Mondays,...

The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark

Author	Carmen Agra Deedy
ISBN	1561452084

Without the yellow star to point them out, the Jews looked like any other Danes.
For centuries, the Star of David was a symbol of Jewish pride. But during World War II, Nazis used the star to segregate and terrorize the Jewish people. Except in Denmark. When Nazi soldiers occupied his country, King...

Most People

Author	Michael Leannah
ISBN	0884485544

Michael Leannah wrote Most People as an antidote to the scary words and images kids hear and see every day. Jennifer Morris’s emotive, diverting characters provide the perfect complement to Leannah’s words, leading us through the crowded streets of an urban day in the company of two pairs of...

How to Read a Book

Author

Kwame Alexander

A stunning new picture book from Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet! This New York Times bestselling duo has teamed up for the first time to bring you How to Read a Book, a poetic and beautiful journey about the experience of reading.

Find a tree—a

black...