Shakespeare Stories

10 best books like Shakespeare Stories (Terry Deary): Pinocchio, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, The Penderwicks in Spring, Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, Swallows and Amazons, Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk

Pinocchio

Author	Carlo Collodi
ISBN	0140382623

Outside of religious texts, The Adventures of Pinocchio is the most translated book in the world. It's now printed in over 300 languages and continues to be one of the best-selling books ever published. Surprised? I was. I guess I assumed Disney's movie had long-ago made the book irrelevant. Clearly...

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Author	Judi Barrett
ISBN	0689707495

“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” is a cult classic children’s book by Judi Barrett along with illustrations by Ron Barrett and it is about a magical town called Chewandswallow (chew and swallow, get it?) where food just falls from the sky and provides people with everything they need....

The Penderwicks in Spring

Author	Jeanne Birdsall
ISBN	0375870776

Springtime is finally arriving on Gardam Street, and there are surprises in store for each member of the family. Some surprises are just wonderful, like neighbor Nick Geiger coming home from war. And some are ridiculous, like Batty's new dog-walking business. Batty is saving up her dog-walking money...

Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth

Author	Barbara Park
ISBN	0679844074

Title: Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth

Author: Barbara Park

Series: Junie B. Jones #3

Rating: ★★★

Summary: Sometimes life is P.U. Junie B.’s having a rough week. First she got punishment for shooting her mouth off in kindergarten. And now she’s in...

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

Author	Jeanne Birdsall
ISBN	0375840907

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager.

The Penderwick sisters are home on Gardam Street...

Swallows and Amazons

Author

Arthur Ransome

Read as part of The Infinite Variety Reading Challenge, based on the BBC's Big Read Poll of 2003.

Swallows and Amazons, despite it being a popular old-fashioned children's book that almost every adult in England would have read, has never been on my radar and I don't think I'd ever even heard...

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business

Author	Barbara Park
ISBN	0679838864

I got this out of the library for my 4yo on a classmate's mom's recommendation.

My 4yo loved it, I hated it. I expect it would be fine for a slightly older kid who would get the "humor", but for my 4yo it was just exposing her for the first time to a bunch of inappropriate stuff.

Specifically:

The...

Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime

Author	Barbara Park
ISBN	0375800395

Barbara Park’s New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for more than twenty years. Over 60 million copies in print and now with a bright new look for a new generation!

Meet the World’s...

Pickles to Pittsburgh

Author	Judi Barrett
ISBN	0689801041

In this charming sequel to the classic Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Kate and Henry eagerly await Grandpa's return from a vacation that his postcard says has been one of the best and most unusual ever. Thinking about that postcard Kate drifts off to sleep that night and...

"With Henry as...

Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk

Author	Jane Sutcliffe
ISBN	1580896383

When Jane Sutcliffe sets out to write a book about William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, in her own words, she runs into a problem: Will's words keep popping up all over the place! What's an author to do? After all, Will is responsible for such familiar phrases as "what's done is done" and "too much...

The Penderwicks at Point Mouette

Author	Jeanne Birdsall
ISBN	0375858512