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Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow

10 best books like Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow (Michelle Cuevas): Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's (the Hard Way), Lines, Silent Days, Silent Dreams, Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship, The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again, A Different Pond, The Bad Mood and the Stick, The Library Book

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
AuthorDerrick Barnes
ISBN1572842245
The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great...
The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's (the Hard Way)
AuthorPatrick McDonnell
ISBN0316502464
Bestselling and award-winning artist Patrick McDonnell uses the ABC's to tell a hilarious, high-energy alphabetical adventure.

It starts with an ALLIGATOR and a BEAR chasing a CAT. When a DRAGON (and a chicken and an egg!) join in pursuit, things start to get REALLY interesting. A wild and...
Lines
AuthorSuzy Lee
ISBN1452156654
Wave, Shadow, Mirror, Zoo, and now Lines, which for some time takes Lee's already spare approach to bare bones: Lines, made by skates, for a young figure-skater, and for an artist, perhaps the artist herself. Beginning with the simple line, creation.

And then, one falls, and the artist crumples...
Silent Days, Silent Dreams
AuthorAllen Say
ISBN0545927617
James Castle was born two months premature on September 25, 1899, on a farm in Garden Valley, Idaho. He was deaf, mute, autistic, and probably dyslexic. He didn't walk until he was four; he would never learn to speak, write, read, or use sign language.

Yet, today Castle's artwork hangs in major...
Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship
AuthorDavid Elliott
ISBN0763660744
A hilarious and satisfying tale of literacy, dental hygiene, and friendship from David Elliott and Melissa Sweet that is sure to have readers in stitches from start to finish.


Baabwaa is a sheep who loves to knit. Wooliam is a sheep who loves to read. It sounds a bit boring, but they like it....
The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse
AuthorMac Barnett
After reading a delightful and positive review here I couldn't resist picking up this book. I love children's stories with animals and nature and am a huge fan of wolves and stories featuring mice. The duck was not so important but hey, the duck turned out to be the key player in this story so...

What...
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again
AuthorDan Santat
ISBN1626726825
My name is Humpty Dumpty.
I'm famous for falling off a wall.

(You may have heard about it.)

But that's only half the story...
Because I decided to get back up.
And when I did, something amazing happened.

This story is about my life...
AFTER THE FALL.

Inspiring...
A Different Pond
AuthorBao Phi
ISBN1479597465
A Different Pond by Bao Phi is a children's book about a family who came to America (Minnesota) from Vietnam as refugees.

The story is mainly about Bao and his father's trip to the pond to fetch dinner. During the trip, Bao learns about why his mom and dad have to work so hard for a living as everything...
The Bad Mood and the Stick
AuthorLemony Snicket
ISBN0316392774
I like the idea, a bad mood is passed on, how true. I really like the bad mood cloud, very cute, the illustrations are skilful and interesting, 5 stars for those. The storyline was interesting and we both read this one independently and it kept us engaged and wanting to know what happens. If the scene about...
The Library Book
AuthorTom Chapin
ISBN1481460927
What’s the best way to cure a gloomy day? A trip to the library! Based on the hit song by Tom Chapin and Michael Mark, here is an affectionate, exuberant, uproarious celebration of books, reading, and—SHHH!—libraries!

The rain is pouring, Dad is snoring, and the same old stuff is on TV—boring.

What...
The Antlered Ship
AuthorDashka Slater
An inquisitive fox sets off on a seafaring voyage with a crew of deer and pigeons in this enchanting tale of friendship and adventure.

Marco the fox has a lot of questions, like: how deep does the sun go when it sinks into the sea? And why do birds have such lizardy feet? But none of the other foxes...
Blue Sky White Stars
AuthorSarvinder Naberhaus
ISBN0803737009
An inspiring and patriotic tribute to the beauty of the American flag, a symbol of America's history, landscape, and people, illustrated by New York Times bestselling and Caldecott-honor winning artist Kadir Nelson

Wonderfully spare, deceptively simple verses pair with richly evocative...
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