Skinnybones
10 best books like Skinnybones (Barbara Park): The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, The Elevator Family, The Monster Garden, The Ghosts of Mercy Manor, Horrible Harry at Halloween, Ida Early Comes over the Mountain, Me and You, Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!, Roxie and the Hooligans, Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes
| Author | Daniel Pinkwater |
| ISBN | 0689828896 |
Henrietta is no Turkey. When Arthur Bobowicz is sent out to bring home the family's Thanksgiving turkey, he returns instead with Henrietta -- a 266-pound chicken with a mind of her own. Thus begins the hilarious chain of events that has kept readers in stitches since Henrietta first pecked her way onto...
| Author | Douglas Evans |
| ISBN | 0440416507 |
WHAT’S THE STRANGEST HOTEL ROOM YOU’VE EVER STAYED IN? WHATEVER IT IS, THE WILSON FAMILY CAN TOP IT. BECAUSE FOR THREE DAYS, THEY LIVE IN AN ELEVATOR.
For the Wilson family, only the best will do! So when they arrive at the San Francisco Hotel and discover that there are no available rooms,...
| Author | Vivien Alcock |
| ISBN | 0618003371 |
Frankie isn't exactly sure what her scientist dad does in his top-secret laboratory, but her neighbors tease her that it must be something awful -- like developing germ warfare. So when Frankie's older brother steals a bit of mysterious goo from their father's lab, she makes sure she gets some to conduct...
The Ghosts of Mercy Manor
| Author | Betty Ren Wright |
| ISBN | 0590436023 |
Now she believes in ghosts. . .
Gwen is determined not to like her new foster family. But surprisingly, she quickly feels at home with the warm comfortable Mercys.
Yet as Gwen begins to feel part of the family, she realizes that a terrifying secret lurks in the Mercy home. It is haunted...
| Author | Suzy Kline |
| ISBN | 0141306750 |
Horrible Harry and his classmates all love Halloween. Everyone wears a costume to school-even Miss Mackle. Every Halloween Harry shocks his classmates with his scary costume. In kindergarten he was a bloody Count Dracula, in first grade he was the Loch Ness Monster, and in second grade he was a slithering...
| Author | Robert Burch |
| ISBN | 0140345345 |
This book is a re-read from my childhood. I actually understand the book much better about a quarter century later. I can see why Ida Early is the Mary Poppins of the mountains in Georgia during the Depression. Ida Early comes to the Sutton house the summer after the mother died to take care of the house and...
| Author | Anthony Browne |
| ISBN | 0374349088 |
A small bear goes for a stroll in the park with his parents, leaving their bowls of porridge cooling on the kitchen table. Meanwhile, a girl with golden hair is hopelessly lost in a big, frightening city when she comes across a house with the door left invitingly open. Inside are three bowls of porridge...
| Author | Stephen Manes |
| ISBN | 0440227909 |
I made sure this was fiction before checking it out from my library when I was a kid. Even then I was wary of self-help books making specious claims. :)
This is about a kid named Milo who is intrigued by the title of a book called Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days. He's got a lot of problems at home...
| Author | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| ISBN | 1416902449 |
Do not panic.
Lord Thistlebottom's Book of Pitfalls and How to Survive Them has taught Roxie Warbler how to handle all sorts of situations. If Roxie's ever lost in the desert, or buried in an avalanche, or caught in a dust storm, she knows just what to do. But Lord Thistlebottom has no advice...
Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes
| Author | Paula Danziger |
| ISBN | 0698116879 |
This book is about a boy who is looking forward to his birthday thats coming up soon.He stopped being his usual self to get things he need for his upcoming birthday.Ex:sweets, birthday invitaion,and etc. You must think he's crazy for needing sweets but this is because his mother doesn't let the family...
| Author | Max Kornell |
| ISBN | 0399252576 |
Everything in Owen's world is just peachy-till his parents bring home a bear named Gary-without even asking! Gary changes everything: he takes up way too much space and makes a mess of all of Owen's toys. Gary means well, though, and eventually Owen starts to see that there are some good things about having...
| Author | Sean Bryan |
| ISBN | 1559707984 |
Ahhh! A sequel. Oh my word! How perfect. I saw this in my co-workers pile of books for storytime. So we read it together. And it was fabulously hilarious. So glad the kids will get the sequel.
2/13/13 & 2/14/13: Part of the "Odd Friends" valentine-ish theme. Can't believe I haven't read this...
| Author | Robert Kimmel Smith |
| ISBN | 0440442079 |
It's tough for eleven-year-old Ned to stop eating. At four-feet-eight inches tall he weighs one hundred and nine pounds, and he keeps growing--wider. When his pareents send him to a summer diet camp, he and his bunkmates can't quite give up their old habits. The joys of candy and doughnuts are so appealing...
| Author | J.C. Phillipps |
| ISBN | 0670010928 |
The happiest day of Wink's life was when he was accepted to the Summer Moon School for Young Ninjas. He is sure that he will be a great ninja. Silence is the fi rst lesson and everyone is very very silent . . . except for Wink. Stealth is the second lesson and everyone is very very stealthy . . . except for Wink....
Marshall Armstrong Is New to Our School
| Author | David Mackintosh |
| ISBN | 1419700367 |
Marshall Armstrong is new to school and definitely stands out from the crowd, with his pale skin, perpetual hats, and special “space food” lunches that come in silver wrappers. He doesn’t play sports, and he doesn’t watch television. So when he invites everyone in class over for his birthday...
| Author | Andrew Clements |
| ISBN | 0689845251 |
For Hart Evans, being the most popular kid in sixth grade has its advantages. Kids look up to him, and all the teachers let him get away with anything -- all the teachers except the chorus director, Mr. Meinert. When Hart's errant rubber band hits Mr. Meinert on the neck during chorus practice, it's the...
| Author | Anna Quindlen |
| ISBN | 0670869619 |
Quindlen's tomboy character Kate dives into the world of fairy tales in this adorable fractured tale.
Kate is in fourth grade and loves baseball. One day Aunt Mary gives her a baseball glove, but it is no ordinary glove. It is magical, and it will grant its wearer a wish.
Kate wishes to...
| Author | Betsy Byars |
| ISBN | 0142405922 |
Mystery is in Herculeah Jones’s blood. How could it not be, with a father on the police force and a mother who’s a private eye? So when Herculeah notices a man hanging around the "Dead Oaks" mansion, she can’t resist doing some investigating of her own. Legend has it the old estate was the site of a...
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 0380728028 |
Strider has a new habit. Whenever we stop, he places his paw on my foot. It isn't an accident because he always does it. I like to think he doesn't want to leave me.Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run; because of Strider, Leigh Botts finds himself...
| Author | Kimberly Willis Holt |
| ISBN | 0805081976 |
It's not easy being the middle child, especially when your dad is a Navy Chief. Meet Piper Reed, a spunky nine-year-old who has moved more times than she can count on one hand. From Texas to Guam, wherever Piper goes, adventure follows, inspired by her active imagination, free-wheeling spirit, and a...
The Toothpaste Millionaire
| Author | Jean Merrill |
| ISBN | 0618759255 |
Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a step-by-step production plan with help from his good friend Kate MacKinstrey. By the time he...
