Sparkling Steps

8 best books like Sparkling Steps (Sue Bentley): Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride, The Princess in Black, Bink & Gollie, Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime, How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning, Iggy Peck, Architect, Unicorn Crossing, Mercy Watson Fights Crime

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride

Author	Kate DiCamillo
ISBN	0763623326

Mr. and Mrs. Watson's porcine wonder, Mercy, loves nothing more than a ride in the car. It takes a fair amount of nudging and bribing and a "You are such a good sport, darling" to get the portly pig out of the driver's seat, but once the convertible is on the road, Mercy loves the feel of the wind tickling her...

The Princess in Black

Author

Shannon Hale

Who says princesses don’t wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!

Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when . . . Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! A big...

Bink & Gollie

Author

Kate DiCamillo

Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls — one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Setting out from their super-deluxe tree house and powered by plenty of peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes (for Gollie), they share three comical adventures involving painfully bright socks,...

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!

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How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning

Author	Rosalyn Schanzer
ISBN	0688169937

Ben Franklin was the most famous American in the entire world during colonial times. No wonder! After all, the man could do just about anything. Why, he was an author and an athlete and a patriot and a scientist and an inventor to boot. He even found a way to steal the lightning right out of the sky.

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Iggy Peck, Architect

Author

Andrea Beaty

A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing

Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun.

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Unicorn Crossing

Author	Dana Simpson
ISBN	1449483577

Time flies in this fifth volume of Phoebe and Her Unicorn! Follow the lovable duo as they experience somewhat-spooky Halloween parties, ecstatic snow days, and looming summer reading assignments. Although the journey of growing up can sometimes be difficult, along the way Phoebe and Marigold discover...

Mercy Watson Fights Crime

Author	Kate DiCamillo
ISBN	0763625906

The beguiling porcine wonder turns bucking bronco to snare a robber in this hilarious new addition to the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series.

Leroy Ninker is a small man with a big dream: he wants to be a cowboy, but for now he's just a thief. In fact, Leroy is robbing the Watsons' kitchen right this...