The Big Balloon Race
10 best books like The Big Balloon Race (Eleanor Coerr): Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, Amelia Bedelia, Days with Frog and Toad, Understood Betsy, The Titanic: Lost and Found, Meet Molly: An American Girl, The Fire Cat, Red Sails to Capri, The King's Equal, Gooney Bird Greene
| Author | Peter Roop |
| ISBN | 0613535189 |
Wow, this one takes me back. I remember "watching" this book on Reading Rainbow as a child. Even reading it now, I can still "hear" the seafaring music that played in the background. I had no idea it took place in Maine (my home state), though I guess it shouldn't surprise me. It's a story of a girl who has to...
| Author | Peggy Parish |
| ISBN | 0064441555 |
Once upon a school day, I think when I was in second grade (so this would have been pre-1980, I believe), we went on our bi-weekly library outing. The librarian had us sit in front of her in the storytime area and whipped this book out. She read it to us.
That may have been when I realized my love for wordplay.
I...
| Author | Arnold Lobel |
| ISBN | 0064440583 |
Frog and Toad enjoy spending their days together. They fly kites, celebrate Toad's birthday, and share the shivers when Frog tells a scary story. Most of all, they have fun together—every day of the year.
Days with Frog and Toad is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their...
| Author | Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
| ISBN | 1887840133 |
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to her "horrid Putney cousins." But when her aunt can no longer care for her, Elizabeth Ann must leave her sheltered life to live in the wilds of Vermont with those distant relatives.
In the beginning,...
| Author | Judy Donnelly |
| ISBN | 0394886690 |
Titanic. Just the name evokes tales of the doomed ship that have captivated people of all ages for more than 100 years.
Early readers will enjoy this exciting account of the world's most famous disaster-at-sea and the discovery of it's remains many years later.
Step 4 books are perfect...
Meet Molly: An American Girl
| Author | Valerie Tripp |
| ISBN | 0937295817 |
I used to love these books when I was a kid. Felicity was my particular favorite, though, with Molly ranking somewhere behind Samantha and Addy, and possibly also behind Kirsten. Sorry, Molly. But at any rate, I think I can safely point to the American Girls series as being the catalyst for my lifelong...
| Author | Esther Averill |
| ISBN | 0064440389 |
Pickles the fire cat to the rescue!
Pickles is a young cat with big paws who wishes to do big things with them! When he's adopted by the local firehouse, Pickles works hard to be a good fire cat. He learns to jump on a fire truck. He learns to help put out a fire, and he even helps out in a rescue.
Beginning...
| Author | Ann Weil |
| ISBN | 0140328580 |
The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something exciting was going to happen. It was the biggest and most beautiful ship fourteen-year-old Michele had ever seen. Sailing on the ship were three men who would come to stay at Michele's parents' inn. The men...
| Author | Katherine Paterson |
| ISBN | 0060224975 |
A dying king makes his son his heir — on one condition: the vain Prince Raphael must marry a woman who is his equal in beauty, intelligence, and wealth. A search throughout the kingdom appears to be fruitless until the lovely Rosamund appears at the palace. She is intelligent and wealthy, as well as beautiful...
| Author | Lois Lowry |
| ISBN | 0440419603 |
Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining “absolutely true” stories.
There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What other new kid comes to school...
| Author | Elizabeth George Speare |
It's the time of the American Revolution and new Americans like Matt and his family are heading out to colonize areas of virgin territory.
Matt and his father head to Maine territory to stake their claim, which involves declaring their land, building a home and planting crops. Once they've...
