Space Case

10 best books like Space Case (Edward Marshall): Harry the Dirty Dog, Jumanji, Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China, Nobody Hugs a Cactus, Jamberry, Room on the Broom, Shake Dem Halloween Bones, Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat, Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story, Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator!

Harry the Dirty Dog

Author	Gene Zion
ISBN	0060268654

Gene Zion cunningly disguised one of the great existential questions of our age in this Dirty Harry book.



Do you feel lucky?

This is a book about identity:

Am I white (with black spots)
or black (with white spots)

About change and transition:

Do...

Jumanji

Author	Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN	0395304482

What an entertaining story! I first read this as a child, then I watched the movie with Robin Williams and fell in love all over again. But it was in my sophomore year at college when I was taking a course on "Reading in the Elementary School," and had to pull together a portfolio of books, that I chose this...

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

Author	Ed Young
ISBN	0399216197

"Not for the faint-hearted, Lon Po Po (Grandmother Wolf), is a tale of a menacing danger and courage....(Young's) command of page composition and his sensitive use of color give the book a visual force that matches the strength of the story and stands as one of the illustrator's best efforts." --Booklist"Absolutely...

Nobody Hugs a Cactus

Author	Carter Goodrich
ISBN	1534400907

Celebrated artist and lead character designer of Brave, Ratatouille, and Despicable Me, Carter Goodrich, shows that sometimes, even the prickliest people—or the crankiest cacti—need a little love.

Hank is the prickliest cactus in the entire world. He sits in a pot in a window that faces...

Jamberry

Author	Bruce Degen
ISBN	0694006513

This bestselling classic features a berry-loving boy and an endearing rhyme-spouting bear. The fun wordplay and bright paintings with lots of details for young readers to explore make Jamberry a perennial favorite, and this board book edition is a great stocking stuffer.

A small boy and...

Room on the Broom

Author	Julia Donaldson
ISBN	0142501123

The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand!  Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom.  But is there room on the broom for so many...

Shake Dem Halloween Bones

Author	W. Nikola-Lisa
ISBN	0618070346

It's Halloween night. The city is quiet. The city is still. But as the lights go down, the music comes up - and the guests start to arrive at the hip-hop Halloween ball! And oh, what a party it is. Told in hip-hop rhyming text, L'il Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, Tom Thumb, and all of their fairy-tale friends...

Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat

Author	Doreen Cronin
ISBN	1442465549

Will the barnyard animals trick—or treat—Farmer Brown? Find out in this Halloween tale from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of Click, Clack, Moo.

Farmer Brown does not like Halloween. So he draws the shades, puts on his footy pajamas, and climbs into bed.

But do you...

Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story

Author	Mark Edward Kelly
ISBN	1442458240

A #1 New York Times bestseller

“This little mouse may well inspire some big dreams.” —Kirkus Reviews

“In this picture book based on the space shuttle Endeavor…Meteor is one of the smallest mice, but the most hardworking…the values of being small, useful, solving problems,...

Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator!

Author

Mo Willems

6½ stories about 2 surprising friends.

Having a stuffed alligator for a best friend can be surprising.

Sometimes Amanda surprises her alligator with books. Sometimes Alligator surprises Amanda by eating them.

But what happens when Amanda brings home a special—and...

The Littlest Pumpkin

Author	R.A. Herman
ISBN	0439295440

Text-to-Teaching Connection
This book has a wonderful message, the littlest pumpkin dreams of becoming a jack-o'-lantern. She thinks her dream won't come true after the pumpkin patch closes on Halloween night, but in the end she has a wonderful surprise.

I would read this book before...

Too Many Pumpkins

Author	Linda White
ISBN	0823413209

What can you do with too many pumpkins?

Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl when pumpkins were often the only food her family had. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard, she shovels dirt over the pieces and forgets about them. But those slimy...

Scaredy Squirrel at Night

Author	Mélanie Watt
ISBN	1554532889

Scaredy never sleeps --- sleep might mean bad dreams about dragons, ghosts, vampire bats and polka-dot monsters. Our wide-eyed hero has a plan: stay awake all night, every night. Between counting stars, playing cymbals and making scrapbooks, he does a good job of avoiding dreamland.

With...