The Bog Baby
10 best books like The Bog Baby (Jeanne Willis): Dream Friends, No Fits, Nilson!, Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem, Yes Day!, The Little Red Fish, The Thingamabob, The Little Bit Scary People, Me and My Dragon, Big Bad Bunny, The Best Pet of All
“[Reminiscent] of the classic 'Goodnight Moon' with its haunting, twilight-inflected color scheme.” – The New York Times Book Review
You Byun’s sparkling debut establishes her as a major picture book talent.
Melody has the most wonderful friend in her dreams. They do...
| Author | Zachariah OHora |
| ISBN | 0803738528 |
Nilson and Amelia do everything together. But if one little thing goes wrong, Nilson throws the biggest, most house shaking-est fit ever! Amelia helps Nilson control his gorilla-sized temper by promising him banana ice cream and letting him play with her froggy coin purse. But, sometimes, Amelia...
| Author | Mac Barnett |
| ISBN | 0786849584 |
Fed up with his continued refusal to clean his room and finish his baked peas, Billy Twitter's parents make good on their threat to buy him a blue whale. And so begins a hilariously surreal adventure, as Billy struggles to care for his new 100-foot pet, towing him around town on a skateboard, and disrupting...
| Author | Amy Krouse Rosenthal |
| ISBN | 0061152595 |
No matter how silly the requests, there is one day a year when kids always receive positive answers: Can I have pizza for breakfast? Yes! Can we have a food fight? Yes! Can I stay up really late? Yes! This day is simply called Yes Day and it's the best day of the year.
Amy Krouse Rosenthal's simple...
| Author | Taeeun Yoo |
| ISBN | 0803731450 |
A little boy enters a library with his grandfather and his little red fish at his side. But when he awakes after falling asleep amidst the library shelves, his fish is missing. Could his little friend have disappeared into that red book over there on the shelf? Join us in celebrating this stunning debut...
| Author | Il Sung Na |
| ISBN | 0375961062 |
One day, he found the thingamabob.
He had no idea what it was or where it came from. . . .
So begins the story of a curious elephant and a mysterious red object. But what is it?! When none of his friends can tell him, the little elephant decides to experiment. He thinks: Maybe I can fly with...
| Author | Emily Jenkins |
| ISBN | 1423100751 |
Jenkins, E. (2008). The little bit scary people. Boiger, A. New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children.
Genre: Children’s Picture Storybook (Multicultural)
A young girl comes across some “scary” people throughout her day. A cranky bus driver, a teen kicking a trash can, and...
| Author | David Biedrzycki |
| ISBN | 1580892787 |
This sweet and hilarious story is perfect for the youngster whose heart is set on a new pet.
A dragon might not be the most conventional pet, but this boy is determined. He argues his case to Mom and Dad with wit and charm, detailing the many benefits of dragon ownership: A dragon is the perfect bully...
| Author | Franny Billingsley |
| ISBN | 1416906010 |
At home,
in the Mouse House,
Baby Boo-Boo gets no respect.
Just look at her name:
Baby Boo-Boo.
She's no baby!
The word drives her wild in a big, bad way.
And here's Mama Mouse calling, always calling after her,
"Baby! Where are you, Baby?"
...
| Author | David LaRochelle |
| ISBN | 0525478442 |
4.5 STARS
I loved almost everything about this book! The illustrations are absolutely wonderful; they have a retro '50s feel while also managing to be very hip (in one illustration, the mom appears to be doing yoga or something). The little boy is just so darn cute and earnest in his desire for...
It's Ida's first day of school. She carries her new lunch box and a long, blue string with her special friend Dotty attached to it. A big, colorfully spotted pal with horns, Dotty just happens to be invisible. On that first day of school, Ida and Dotty find out there are plenty of other imaginary friends...
| Author | Peter McCarty |
| ISBN | 0805069348 |
Alone in his room, Jeremy draws amonster. But then themonster wants lunch! As his creation takes over, Jeremy begins to wonder how he will ever get rid of themonstrous nuisance.He entertains his unwanted guest all day, but enough is enough. Jeremy finally draws him a bus ticket out of town!
With...
| Author | Katie Cleminson |
| ISBN | 1423121090 |
For Eva, a young girl with a lively imagintation, a seemingly ordinary box becomes a portal to a magical, wonder-filled world. Eva wishes for a pet. She reaches into her magic box and pulls out Monty. But he's not quite what she had in mind. (He's a polar bear.) What else might be in the magic box? A colony...
| Author | Mies van Hout |
| ISBN | 1935954148 |
Clear, strong lines and radiant colors that seem to smile at the reader characterize Mies van Hout’s drawings. In Happy, Mies shows all the emotions a young child encounters. Each double page spread is devoted to one fish, showing a particular emotion with its name in lettering that expresses the...
One Busy Day: A Story for Big Brothers and Sisters
| Author | Lola M. Schaefer |
| ISBN | 1423171128 |
The siblings from One Special Day return a little bit older in this follow-up picture book. Mia wants to play with her older brother Spencer, but he’s too busy playing on his own. So Mia starts being busy herself. She paints pictures, dances, explores caves, makes mudpies, and builds castles. Slowly...
An Amazing Snowman (Frozen)
لمحبي فروزن
ولكن ليس مجرد إعادة لقصة الفيلم
وإنما عن نظرة أولاف الإيجابية للحياة
وكيف يرى الجمال في كل التفاصيل حوله.
Bogart and Vinnie: A Completely Made-up Story of True Friendship
| Author | Audrey Vernick |
| ISBN | 0802728227 |
When Vinnie, a crazy-happy dog, gets lost while visiting a nature preserve with his family, he finds comfort in the company of Bogart, a big, lazy rhinoceros. Vinnie loves his new friend, but Bogart would rather just take a nap. A friendship soon blossoms-even if Vinnie's definition of "friendship"...
| Author | Ciara Gavin |
| ISBN | 0385754736 |
A huggable picture-book debut about a bear who doesn’t quite fit—perfect for fans of Karma Wilson’s Bear Snores On and Philip C. Snead & Erin Stead’s Bear Has a Story to Tell.
When Bear wakes up one spring, he goes in search of a new home. And he thinks he’s found the perfect place....
Tell Me About Your Day Today
A boy and his favorite stuffed animals share their days with one another in this cozy bedtime picture book from Mem Fox.
There was once a boy who loved bedtime.
What could be more wonderful than sharing bedtime with beloved friends? The little boy in this gentle and fun story loves to...
| Author | Alison Murray |
| ISBN | 0763668265 |
Charming illustrations highlight a child’s day at school — with a surprise canine visitor — in this twist on a nursery rhyme about the hours of the day.
Hickory, dickory, dare, Dogs aren’t allowed in there. A sneaky peek through . . . Then a hullabaloo! Hickory, dickory, dare.
Zack...
| Author | Nina Laden |
| ISBN | 0316208167 |
From bestselling author Nina Laden and bestselling illustrator Renata Liwska comes an enchanting, imaginative story for fans of They All Saw a Cat.
Does a feather remember it once was a bird? Does a book remember it once was a word? A boy is swept away to a world where fantasy and reality come together...
| Author | Sonja Wimmer |
| ISBN | 8415241348 |
Luna is passionate about words. She loves their light and becomes tickled with laughter from them. But one day she realizes that, little by little, the beautiful, gorgeous, and fun words are disappearing from the world—so she decides it's time to act. A poetic tale about the magic of words, this delightful...
| Author | Alex T. Smith |
| ISBN | 0823423301 |
As an adult I really enjoyed reading this book, so this is definitely something I would read to my students. I thought this would be a predictable story, however, I did not accurately guess the ending myself. This is a fun story that tells of a fox, named Foxy DuBois, who invites an egg over for dinner. The...
| Author | Layn Marlow |
| ISBN | 0192720813 |
Hare is always raring to go. He races through the day while the ever-patient Tortoise does his best to keep up. Hare, it certainly seems to Tortoise, has boundless energy. So Tortoise has plans for when it is time for Hare to go to bed - a well-deserved rest with a cup of chamomile tea! And, for the first time...
