The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon: Four Magical Stories

10 best books like The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon: Four Magical Stories (Crockett Johnson): The Big Orange Splot, Cartoon History of the Universe I, Vol. 1-7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great, The Silver Crown, Airborn, Westmark, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and everywhere in between), Old Turtle, How To Read Water: Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea, We Are (Not) Friends

The Big Orange Splot

Author	Daniel Pinkwater
ISBN	0590445103

This was my very, very favorite book as a...oh, who am I kidding. This IS my very, very favorite book!! It about creativity! It is about expression! It is about going against the grain, but not just for the sake of rebellion, but rather to remain true to yourself--even if you've been hiding it for much of...

Cartoon History of the Universe I, Vol. 1-7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great

Author	Larry Gonick
ISBN	0385265204

This is a really fun—and actually quite comprehensive—historical overview. It's very handy as sort of a quick-reference guide and/or as a supplemental companion to the reading of primary source history texts. (I found it to be fabulously helpful along these lines with respect to Herodotus.)

A...

The Silver Crown

Author	Robert C. O'Brien
ISBN	0689871252

Ellen awakens one morning with a mysterious silver crown on the pillow beside her. What magic powers it possesses she has not yet discovered, but the sudden changes in her life are unmistakable: her house is burned down, her family has disappeared, and a man in a dark uniform is stalking her. Can Ellen...

Airborn

Author	Kenneth Oppel
ISBN	0060531827

Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets...

Westmark

Author	Lloyd Alexander
ISBN	0141310685

When Theo agrees to print a traveling showman's pamphlet, he only thinks of the money it will bring in. Instead, it sets off a chain reaction that results in the smashing of the press and the murder of his master. Caught on the wrong side of the law, Theo must flee the city. Soon, he has teamed up with the traveling...

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

Author	Donald J. Sobol
ISBN	0553157248

I could say that I loved the Encyclopedia Brown series as a kid, but that wouldn't be entirely accurate. I wanted to *be* Encyclopedia Brown. When you're the nerdy kid on your block, and you discover a character who is the smartest kid in school, kind of popular despite that fact, can not only stand up to...

How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and everywhere in between)

Author

Mei-Ling Hopgood

A tour of global practices that will inspire American parents to expand their horizons (and geographical borders) and learn that there’s more than one way to diaper a baby.Mei-Ling Hopgood, a first-time mom from suburban Michigan—now living in Buenos Aires—was shocked that Argentine parents...

Old Turtle

Author	Douglas Wood
ISBN	0439309085

Experience the wisdom of Old Turtle, the bestselling fable that explores society, the environment, and the spirituality they share.
Who is God?
Is He a wind that is never still?
Is He a rock that never moves?
Is He high above or here among us?

Venerable Old Turtle answers quietly:...

How To Read Water: Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

Author

Tristan Gooley

The book includes over 700 clues, signs and patterns. You'll learn how to:Interpret ponds like a PolynesianSpot dangerous water in the pitch black with the help of a clock faceRead the sea like a VikingForecast the weather from wavesFind your way with puddlesDecipher wave patterns on beachesDecode...

We Are (Not) Friends

Author	Anna Kang
ISBN	1542044286

My family reads all the Goodreads-award-nominated picture books every year. This is book #5 (of more than 20) of 2019, and some of us liked it pretty well. A book for younger children about the continual dance of who are friends/best friends/not friends and all those feelings.

Lyra (12): 3....

A Tiger Like Me

Author	Michael Engler
ISBN	1542044561

Life is more fun when you’re a tiger like me!

A little boy—um, no, a tiger!—tells us all about what he gets up to on an ordinary day: how he wakes up in his tiger den, what he eats for breakfast at his feeding spot, and how little tigers feel when they are wide awake, hungry, thirsty, or in the...