The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook
10 best books like The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook (Shirley Hughes): Little Bear's Trousers, You And Me, Little Bear, The Seven Silly Eaters, Full, Full, Full of Love, Erandi's Braids, Chato and the Party Animals, The Baby's Catalogue, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Thy Friend, Obadiah, The Bear That Heard Crying
| Author | Jane Hissey |
| ISBN | 0099265435 |
Little Bear’s Trousers by Jane Hissey
One morning, Little Bear wakes to find his trousers missing, so he goes from one stuffed-animal friend to another in search of them. Each time, he's one step behind, finding that his trousers has been used and passed along to different toys. Sailor tried them...
| Author | Martin Waddell |
| ISBN | 0744544599 |
A beautifully told story about the close relationship between a father bear and his son.
You could read this book with two views in mind; friendship, sharing and playing or the strong bond children have with a loved one. The story can also be read with the theme of father and son in mind.
I read this...
| Author | Mary Ann Hoberman |
| ISBN | 0152024409 |
Five stars thanks to Marla Frazee's illustrations. I loved her work in All the World and am now a devoted fan. Her illustrations of family life just make me feel so happy! I am at once flooded with sweet memories of my own childhood and full of dreams for when I have kids of my own. She creates families and home-life...
| Author | Trish Cooke |
| ISBN | 0763618519 |
Warm, welcoming illustrations spice up this rhythmical ode to the joys of family and food -- full, full, full of pleasures for all.
For the youngest member of an exuberant extended family, Sunday dinner at Grannie’s can be full indeed -- full of hugs and kisses, full of tasty dishes, full to...
| Author | Antonio Hernandez Madrigal |
| ISBN | 0698118855 |
The yellow dress Erandi wants for her birthday will look beautiful with her long, thick braids. But Mama's fishing net is full of holes, and there isn't enough money to buy both a new net and a birthday dress. The only solution lies with the hair buyers from the city. But Mama's hair isn't nearly as beautiful...
Chato and the Party Animals
| Author | Gary Soto |
| ISBN | 0399231595 |
Chato, the coolest cat in el barrio, loves to party--but not his best buddy, Novio Boy. Birthday parties always make him blue. "I'm from the pound," he tells Chato. "I don't know when I was born. I never knew my mami. I never even had a birthday party, or nothing."So Chato plans the coolest surprise party...
| Author | Janet Ahlberg |
| ISBN | 0140503854 |
This paperback edition of the bestselling picture book The Baby's Catalogue by the iconic British husband and wife picture book team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo!, is filled with easily recognizable objects - perfect for your baby or toddler!
Mums and Dads, breakfasts and bedtimes,...
| Author | Judi Barrett |
| ISBN | 0689801041 |
In this charming sequel to the classic Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Kate and Henry eagerly await Grandpa's return from a vacation that his postcard says has been one of the best and most unusual ever. Thinking about that postcard Kate drifts off to sleep that night and...
"With Henry as...
| Author | Brinton Turkle |
| ISBN | 0140503935 |
An interesting story about a seagull that befriends or follows around a little boy, Obadiah. Everyone notices and teases him and the boy doesn’t like it, but when the bird is not there, Obadiah misses him.
I didn’t think the artwork was especially Caldecott worthy. The story is simple and...
| Author | Natalie Kinsey-Warnock |
| ISBN | 0140558543 |
This is a true story set in New Hampshire. The author is a distant relative of Sarah Whitcher, the little girl whom the story is about.
Sarah is just three years old when she wanders off by herself and becomes lost in the woods. A rescue team was sent out to look for her to no avail. A man comes to town and...
| Author | Wilhelmina Harper |
| ISBN | 0525467858 |
Wilhelmina Harper's The Gunniwolf is a classic-beloved by readers, storytellers, and teachers. Unavailable for years, it is back with fabulous new illustrations by Barbara Upton, perfect for our time. Its vibrant, rhythmic read-aloud text-sprinkled with dialect-tells the story of Little Girl,...
| Author | Diane Stanley |
| ISBN | 0698117670 |
"A rip-roaring tale featuring a big-hearted sheriff, a high-spirited heroine, and a happily ever after ending, all told in the tongue-rattling twang of the Old West."--School Library Journal
Sweetness is the littlest orphan at mean, old Mrs. Sump's orphanage. When she escapes, Mrs. Sump...
This whole series of James Herriott books illustrated by Ruth Brown are lovely picture books. "Bonny's Big Day" tells the story of an old retired farmer, Mr. Skipton, who has lovingly granted his elderly draft horses a beautiful retirement on his property. When Dr. Herriott comes to tend to Dolly's...
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 0060579218 |
Jimmy and Janet are twins, but that doesn't mean they are just alike.
When we first meet Jimmy, he wants to dig a real hole. He likes to use a real, grown-up shovel. While he's working, his sister, Janet, pretends to be a bird! She likes to use her imagination. But the twins both like silly jokes,...
| Author | Howie Schneider |
| ISBN | 0873587650 |
Well I read this book when I was around nine years old this was my favorite. This is story has a wonderful life lesson about how some time pets can be hard to deal with they are a amazing part of the family. This story is about a puppy that has a biting a issue, and bites things that you wouldn't believe. The parents...
| Author | Michael O. Tunnell |
| ISBN | 0688128785 |
Nowadays it's no big deal for a girl to travel seventy-five miles. But when Charlotte May Pierstorff wanted to cross seventy-five miles of Idaho mountains to see her grandma in 1914, it was a very big deal indeed. There was no highway except the railroad, and a train ticket would have cost her parents a...
Baby Brains: The Smartest Baby in the Whole World
| Author | Simon James |
| ISBN | 0763625078 |
Simon James's story about the smartest baby in the world will have little ones howling with laughter and may have big ones smiling wryly with self-recognition.
It's never too early to start bringing up the smartest baby in the whole world. So thinks the expectant Mrs. Brains, who reads to the baby...
| Author | Bill Peet |
| ISBN | 0395313813 |
I am loving Bill Peet’s stories and I will look for more of them. He is so playful and he has that Disney flavor. He was an artist at the Disney studios for most of the big movies there and worked on them. He has a good ear for dialogue and his artwork is so playful and fun.
We see Zildy, a witch, as a character...
| Author | Michael Coleman |
| ISBN | 0439250013 |
When a tortoise named Shelley decides she wants to stay awake and see what winter is like instead of hibernating with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tortoise say, "Ridiculous!" Shelley is determined though, and sets out to explore the snow and the cold. As she travels from the duck pond to the hilltop, she finds...
| Author | Steven Kellogg |
| ISBN | 0140546499 |
Shout it once! Shout it twice!
Friends forever! Skog and mice!
Since its publication in 1973, The Island of the Skog has been a favorite of children everywhere-and of the author himself! We're delighted to remind you of this beloved book on its thirtieth birthday.
Jenny and her...
| Author | Jill Murphy |
| ISBN | 0744560004 |
A Quiet Night In, by Jill Murphy, is a story from The Large Family series. In this story it is Mr Large’s birthday. Mrs Large decides to prepare a meal and to send their children to bed. However, Mr Large is very tired, so he eats his dinner on the sofa. The children insist on being read a bedtime story. Both...
Pooh Goes Visiting (Carousel Book)
| Author | A.A. Milne |
| ISBN | 0525443371 |
'Pooh goes visiting' by A.A Milne, is a great example of what a children's book should be. Milne shows examples of how you can use words and pictures blended together, for children to follow along with when they are reading by themselves or with an adult. For instance, from the first page, we as a reader...
| Author | Kate McMullan |
| ISBN | 0060092904 |
From Kate and Jim McMullan, the popular creators of I Stink! and I’m Dirty!—now a streaming animated series—comes a raucous tribute to a tireless harbor hero. This time a tugboat proves that even the smallest of us can be MIGHTY!
When big ships get to the harbor, they need me! 'Cause I'm...
| Author | Gyo Fujikawa |
| ISBN | 0760734003 |
William Blake, Kate Greenaway, Emily Dickinson: the writers in this charming anthology of 200 poems—first published in 1969—are among literature’s most beloved. And Gyo Fujikawa’s appealing illustrations depict children of all races sweetly interacting, as well as an engagingly rendered...
