The E.L. Konigsburg Collection
10 best books like The E.L. Konigsburg Collection (E.L. Konigsburg): Clementine, Friend of the Week, Wish You Were Eyre, Toliver's Secret, Flora's Very Windy Day, Iris and Walter, Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance, The Trouble with May Amelia, The Naming of Tishkin Silk, Tico and the Golden Wings, There's Going to Be a Baby
Clementine, Friend of the Week
| Author | Sara Pennypacker |
| ISBN | 1423113551 |
Clementine has been picked for Friend of the Week, which means she gets to be line leader, collect the milk money, and feed the fish. Even better, she'll get a Friend of the Week booklet in which all the other third grade kids will write why they like her. Clementine's best friend Margaret has all sorts of...
| Author | Heather Vogel Frederick |
| ISBN | 1442430648 |
The book club says bon voyage to Concord and bonjour to France!
It’s a dream come true for Megan, who’s jet-setting to Paris for Fashion Week with Gigi. Meanwhile, back in Concord, Mrs. Wong decides to run for mayor, so Emma and Stewart team up to make her campaign a success. Jess and Cassidy...
| Author | Esther Wood Brady |
| ISBN | 0679848045 |
I read this book aloud to my children. It is an historical fiction adventure set in New York in the 1700s.
Ten year-old Ellen Toliver is a meek and mild girl, who is often bullied by another girl named Dicey. Grandfather encourages Ellen to stand up for herself and talk back to Dicey, but Mother...
| Author | Jeanne Birdsall |
| ISBN | 0618986766 |
When Flora and her pesky little brother, Crispin, are whisked away by a swirling and swooping wind, she gets the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to give her brother away. With tempting offers from a dragonfly, the man in the moon, and even the wind itself, she will find it difficult to choose. But...
| Author | Elissa Haden Guest |
| ISBN | 0152056440 |
When I arrived at my current library two years ago, the first question I received that stumped me was a request for the Iris and Walter books. I knew a lot of kids’ books, even then, but somehow none of the libraries I’d worked in prior to my current position had this series, so I had to admit to the nanny...
In the spirit of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES comes this delightful turn-of-the-century journal of a feisty, imaginative young girl who is finding her voice and the courage to make it heard.
It’s the year 1901, and fourteen-year-old aspiring writer Mable Riley is on her way to fulfilling her dreams,...
| Author | Jennifer L. Holm |
| ISBN | 1416913734 |
May Amelia Jackson captured readers' hearts in the Newbery Honor Book Our Only May Amelia. Now, after over ten years, Jennifer Holm is bringing this beloved character back in a beautiful way. The Trouble with May Amelia is a gorgeously written story that's as heartbreaking as it is funny. May Amelia...
| Author | Glenda Millard |
| ISBN | 0733313140 |
Griffin Silk is an uncommon sort of boy, from an uncommon sort of family. The warm, loving home he shares with his father, grandmother and five big sisters (The Rainbow Girls) is marked by the aching absence of his mother and baby sister. Where have they gone and will they be coming home again? When Griffin...
| Author | Leo Lionni |
| ISBN | 0394817494 |
As a child, the German version of Leo Lionni's Tico and the Golden Wings (Tico und die goldenen Flügel) was a personal favourite which I repeatedly requested as a read-aloud (I have always loved birds and how Tico attains his golden wings and how he then disposes of them in a charitable manner and is again...
| Author | John Burningham |
| ISBN | 0763649074 |
In a first-time creative pairing, two of the world's most treasured picture book creators offer a truly delightful book for new-siblings-to-be.
When is the new baby coming? What will we call it? What will he do? We don't really need a baby, do we? With sensitivity and wit, John Burningham follows...
| Author | Karen Day |
| ISBN | 0385738994 |
School's out! That means Lucy is off to her favorite place: Pierson Point, Maine, where she spends summers with her family. And as she tries to forget her worries about starting middle school and about Dad's new girlfriend, Lucy can't get there soon enough. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself,...
| Author | Johanna Hurwitz |
| ISBN | 0590418211 |
Lucas Cott is one of the smartest kids in Mrs. Hockaday's third grade -- but he is also the most rambunctious. Lucas doesn't mean to be the class clown, so he promises to try to behave, even though it doesn't sound like much fun. With the best intentions, Lucas still manages to cause the unexpected when he...
| Author | Michele Weber Hurwitz |
| ISBN | 0385908024 |
Eleven-year-old Calli Gold is the quiet third child in a family of loud overachievers. In fact, the family motto is Be Gold. Calli's sister is on an ice-skating team, and her brother's a basketball star. Her parents are sure she has a hidden gift for something. They just have to figure out what it is! But...
| Author | Linzi Glass |
| ISBN | 0061797162 |
Twelve-year-old Bree Davies is devastated when her beloved Border Collie, Danny, goes missing after her mom leaves the gate open to their Santa Monica home. In her search to find Danny, Bree is thrust into the world of animals in need. With the help and guidance of animal rescuer Rayleen, Bree's heart...
| Author | Eileen Spinelli |
| ISBN | 0375858709 |
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The grand opening of the Dancing Pancake isn't the only new thing in Bindi's life: new friends, a new apartment, maybe even a cute new crush? But there are other changes, like her dad's move to a new...
| Author | Atinuke |
| ISBN | 1610670515 |
When I discovered the amazing, remarkable, one-of-a-kind, never before seen Anna Hibiscus books by Atinuke last year I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. It just didn't seem possible. A contemporary early chapter book set on the continent of Africa? To understand how rare this was visit your local...
| Author | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| ISBN | 0385736169 |
From Newbery Award winner Phyllis Reynolds Naylor comes a witty tale of the Wild West filled with comical cliffhangers and featuring a cast of plucky orphans and dastardly villains.
Emily Wiggins is poor and timid, without a drop of self-confidence. When she is unexpectedly orphaned,...
When ten-year-old girl Allie learns that her family will be moving from their two-family home to their very own house in the country, she's hesitant until she finds out they will be living on a street with the magical name of Strawberry Hill. That changes everything! From her struggle to find a new best...
Sacagawea: American Pathfinder
| Author | Flora Warren Seymour |
| ISBN | 0689714823 |
This is a great read for children, and appropriate for even 4 or 5 year olds as a read aloud while likely still very interesting to children in all elementary school grades. I loved this book as a child, and revisiting it was the same lovely experience again. (Spoilers ahead). The book is mostly about Sacagawea's...
| Author | Steven Kroll |
| ISBN | 0761452974 |
Written by Steven Krull and illustrated by Vincent Nguyen, Jungle Bullies as the title explains, looks at the topic of bullying using a range of animals as the characters/main plot. The story sets out with an elephant wanting to bathe in the pond, but finding that the pond is already taken up by a hippo,...
Just Grace and the Double Surprise
| Author | Charise Mericle Harper |
| ISBN | 0547370261 |
In this seventh installment in the Just Grace series, any day now Grace’s best friend in the whole world, Mimi, is going to be getting a brand-new sister. Grace is really excited, plus nervous, plus worried, plus happy all mixed together. But both Grace and Mimi are in for a surprise when they find out...
| Author | Ellen Miles |
| ISBN | 0545275725 |
From the bestselling author of THE PUPPY PLACE.Mia and Michael Battelli want a pet more than anything. And a cuddly cat or kitten would be perfect for their small brownstone apartment. But their parents aren't sure Mia and Michael are ready for the responsibility.
Then Mia spots a tiny calico...
