The Charles Addams Mother Goose

7 best books like The Charles Addams Mother Goose (Charles Addams): The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, Witches in Training, Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp, Superstitious, The Children We Remember, Dismantled, The Other Side

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

Author	Dan Santat
ISBN	0316199982

This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when he is overlooked time and again, he sets off on an incredible journey to the bustling city, where he finally meets his perfect match and-at long last-is given...

Witches in Training

Author	Sam Davies
ISBN	1684152887

In a world where magic is an ordinary part of daily life, two young apprentice veterinarians pursue their dreams of caring for supernatural creatures. 

Have you ever wondered where witches' cats go when they pull a claw? Or what you do with a pygmy phoenix with a case of bird flu? Nan and Clarion...

Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp

Author	Jerry Stanley
ISBN	0517880946

I was surprised at how this book affected me. I thought it would just be a nice, quick lesson in the Dust Bowl migration. It turned out to be a lesson in humanity.

Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp is very short. The first half gives the historic background and...

Superstitious

Author	R.L. Stine
ISBN	0446603503

Seldom do I say this, but I hated this book. I had a passing familiarity with the Goosebumps series, which I thought was great for kids, so I was willing to give Stine's adult novel a try.

If only I could get those hours back, and the money I spent.

Stine apparently thought you can "adultify"...

The Children We Remember

Author	Chana Byers Abells
ISBN	0064437779

This powerful photographic essay of few words describes the lives and tragic deaths of Jewish children in the holocaust and those who survived.
It consists of photos from the archives at Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs and Rememrance Authority in Jerusalem, Israel.
It shows pictures of...

Dismantled

Author	Jennifer McMahon
ISBN	0061689335

The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Island of Lost Girls and Promise Not to Tell returns with a chilling novel in which the secrets of the past come back to haunt a group of friends in terrifying ways.

Dismantlement = Freedom
Henry, Tess, Winnie, and Suz banded together...

The Other Side

Author	Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN	0399231161

Clover's mom says it isn't safe to cross the fence that segregates their African-American side of town from the white side where Anna lives. But the two girls strike up a friendship, and get around the grown-ups' rules by sitting on top of the fence together.

With the addition of a brand-new author's...