The Cow Who Climbed a Tree
10 best books like The Cow Who Climbed a Tree (Gemma Merino): My Heart, Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug, Snappsy the Alligator, Poor Little Guy, Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion, The Circus Ship, Little Owl Lost, The Lion Inside, Have You Seen Elephant? (Gecko Press Titles), The Slightly Annoying Elephant
| Author | Corinna Luyken |
| ISBN | 0735227934 |
From the author-illustrator of The Book of Mistakes comes a gorgeous picture book about caring for your own heart and living with kindness and empathy.
My heart is a window. My heart is a slide. My heart can be closed...or opened up wide.
Some days your heart is a puddle or a fence to keep...
Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug
What a precious picture book!
The illustrations are wonderful, the dialogue is snappy and humorous, and I think it wonderfully touched on mental health.
Basically the little dudes friend - Stegosaurus - is sad and Rex goes to a lot of dino’s to try and learn how to hug so he can cheer...
| Author | Julie Falatko |
| ISBN | 0451469453 |
Snappsy the alligator is trying to go about his very ordinary day when a pesky narrator steps in to spice up the story with slanderous claims. Is Snappsy making crafty plans? Is he prowling for defenseless birds and soft, fuzzy bunnies? Is Snappsy a big, mean alligator who’s obsessed with snack foods...
| Author | Elanna Allen |
| ISBN | 0525428259 |
With the cheeky twist of Jon Klassen’s This Is Not My Hat and the graphic appeal of Mo Willems, Poor Little Guy will leave kids giggling…and begging for rereads!
What do you do when you're so tiny that the bigger ocean creatures think you might even taste adorable?
An itsy-bitsy,...
Yum! The lovely Alex serves up a sweet treat fairy tale. A hungry lion. A little girl. A box of doughnuts…? Gorgeous proof that a perfect picture book can look even more tempting than a sweet shop window. Worried about wolves? Don’t make Little Red laugh. She’s not even scared of hungry lions. After...
With stunning artwork and a rhyming text, the illustrator of the Mercy Watson books tells a tale of human-animal connection full of humor and heart.
When a circus ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, the poor animals are left on their own to swim the chilly waters. Staggering onto a nearby...
| Author | Chris Haughton |
| ISBN | 0763650226 |
From a debut author-illustrator! What if a little owl fell from his nest? A reassuring story for the very young told with whimsy and simple, vibrant artwork.
Uh-oh! Little Owl has fallen from his nest and landed with a whump on the ground. Now he is lost, and his mommy is nowhere to be seen! With...
| Author | Rachel Bright |
| ISBN | 1408331594 |
This is such a great read! An inspiring book which could most certainly inspire so many children to face their fears and 'find their roar'. A little mouse is tired of being looked down upon and not being seen as tough enough, so wants to learn how to ROAR to be as big and scary as the lion. He seeks the help of...
Have You Seen Elephant? (Gecko Press Titles)
I guess today is the day for elephants! This is the second picture book I've read about them today (the other one being Pete With No Pants by Rowboat Watkins). Have You Seen Elephant?, however, is the stronger of the two, both in story and in illustration.
Even though Elephant warns the boy that...
The Slightly Annoying Elephant
| Author | David Walliams |
| ISBN | 0007493991 |
This book is about a young boy, Sam, who has an elephant unexpectedly turn up on his doorstep. The elephant is annoying and frustrates Sam with his many difficult traits around the house.
I enjoyed reading ‘The Slightly Annoying Elephant’ and I really love the fun, lively illustrations...
There's a Lion in My Cornflakes
| Author | Michelle Robinson |
| ISBN | 1408845601 |
Have you ever collected coupons from a cereal box? Maybe you were saving them up for a book or a toy. Well, when Dan and his brother decide to collect 100 coupons so that they can have their very own lion, they assume the task will be easy enough. How wrong can you be?! A wildly wacky story where anything can...
