Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems

10 best books like Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems (Joyce Sidman): Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, Frédéric, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, All the World, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, Snow, Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet, A Child's Calendar, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
AuthorMac Barnett
ISBN0763662291
With perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen dig down for a deadpan tale full of visual humor.

Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find . . . nothing....
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
AuthorJen Bryant
ISBN0802853021
When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie’s notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie’s words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So he went off to medical school and became a doctor -- one of the busiest men in town!...
Frédéric
AuthorLeo Lionni
ISBN2211065899


I thought I knew where this story was headed and then was totally surprised! Frederick and his family live in a rock wall near an abandoned barn. While Frederick’s counterparts spend the seasons gathering food in preparation for the hard winter, Frederick spends his days not working....
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
AuthorCarole Boston Weatherford
ISBN0786851759
This is a powerful story about Harriet and slavery. It does a good job talking about slavery and how bad it was without being too much for kids. Harriet made 19 trips into the South and freed around 300 people. That is pretty incredible. She was in constant conversation with God. She was the most successful...
All the World
AuthorLiz Garton Scanlon
ISBN1416985808

The artwork in this poem is beautiful. I love how the sky and the sea seem to roil and roll. This is more a poem than a story. It is little scenes of a family and things they do together and each thing they are doing seems to be all the world. It appears this family is on vacation together, possibly. It looks...
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
AuthorPhilip C. Stead
ISBN1596434023
Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl.

But one day—"Ah-choo!"—he woke up with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected...
Snow
AuthorUri Shulevitz
ISBN0374370923
Snow is a 1998 New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year and a 1999 Caldecott Honor Book.

"It's snowing, said boy with dog.
"It's only a snowflake," said grandfather with beard.

No one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with...
AuthorDavid McLimans
ISBN0802795633
Feast your eyes on these amazing creatures before they disappear. This stampede of wild animals, from Chinese Alligator to Grevy's Zebra, are so rare, they're all endangered. David McLiman's bold and playful illustrations transform each letter into a work of art, graphically rendered with animal...
AuthorJohn Updike
ISBN0823417662
One of the first major award-winning titles to feature an interracial family, A Child's Calendar combines the star power of John Updike and Trina Schart Hyman.

Celebrate the little moments that make each month special in this Caldecott Honor book, featuring twelve poems about a family and...
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
AuthorMarla Frazee
ISBN0152060200
When James and Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house, it turns out that their free time spent staying inside, eating waffles, and playing video games is way more interesting than nature. But sometimes things work out best when they don't go...
Noah's Ark
AuthorJerry Pinkney
ISBN1587172011
For 40 days and 40 nights rain poured from the heavens, enveloping the world. Only Noah had been warned by God of the great floodand only Noah could save life on earth. This powerful story of salvation has fascinated people of all ages for centuries. Now, four-time Caldecott Honor-recipient Jerry Pinkney...
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
AuthorBarbara Kerley
ISBN0439114942
The Barnes & Noble Review
A masterful blend of artistic skill, scientific prowess, and impassioned theatrics lay at the core of Waterhouse Hawkins. A man of pure determination, he created the first life-size models of dinosaurs! This brilliant book is a fantastic nod to the genius of one man,...
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