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10 best books like The Emperor and the Kite (Jane Yolen): Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China, Rain Makes Applesauce, Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, Fly High, Fly Low, Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book, It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale, The Moon Jumpers, The Treasure, Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
AuthorEd Young
ISBN0399216197
"Not for the faint-hearted, Lon Po Po (Grandmother Wolf), is a tale of a menacing danger and courage....(Young's) command of page composition and his sensitive use of color give the book a visual force that matches the strength of the story and stands as one of the illustrator's best efforts." --Booklist"Absolutely...
Rain Makes Applesauce
AuthorJulian Scheer
ISBN0823400913
The stars are made of lemon juice...
...and rain makes applesauce.
Elbows grow on a tickle tree...
...and rain makes applesauce.
Oh, you're just talking silly talk.

This is a book of silly talk. It doesn't pretend to be anything else. And yet it is an extraordinary creation,...
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
AuthorJoyce Sidman
ISBN0618135472
From spring’s first thaw to autumn’s chill, the world of the pond is a dramatic place. Though seemingly quiet, ponds are teeming with life and full of surprises. Their denizens—from peepers to painted turtles, duckweed to diving beetles—lead secret and fascinating lives. A unique blend...
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
AuthorPeter Spier
ISBN0440408296

This is an old Folk song that Peter set to a story. It’s also a Nursery Rhyme. I remember just reading it in that huge volume previously. Peter Spier wrote this in ’61 when they would do every other page in black and white to save money. Peter went back in his later years and colored the rest of the book...
Fly High, Fly Low
AuthorDon Freeman
ISBN0142408174
Fly High, Fly Low, a Caldecott Honor book, tells the story of two San Francisco birds who hatch some eggs in a very unconventional place--the letter "B" in the sign on top of the Bay Hotel. But what happens when the sign is taken down? Told with Freeman's typical humor and simplicity, the book features breathtaking...
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book
AuthorMuriel L. Feelings
ISBN0140546529
This alphabet book gives a nice introduction to Swahili and the predominant language of Africa. The first thing I noticed was that it seemed easy to pronounce the words as they sound the way they are spelled. It could be they are the easy words. The next thing I noticed was the Lion King named characters...
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale
AuthorMargot Zemach
ISBN0374436363
Once upon a time a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut.

Because they were so crowded, the children often fought and the man and his wife argued. When the poor man was unable to stand it any longer, he ran to the Rabbi for help.

As he follows...
The Moon Jumpers
AuthorJanice May Udry
ISBN0060284609
Magic. This book is a delight and stunning. It conveys that magic feeling of how right the world can be as a child on a lovely evening with friends and a feeling of freedom.

Maurice Sendak is once again the illustrator. He must have illustrated every other book out at the time. He was one busy bee....
The Treasure
AuthorUri Shulevitz
ISBN0374479550
Three times a voice comes to Isaac in his dreams and tells him to go to the capital city and look for a treasure under the bridge by the royal palace. Feeling a little foolish perhaps, but determined to see for himself if the dream is true, Isaac sets out on his long journey. What he finds makes a surprising...
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
AuthorElphinstone Dayrell
ISBN0395539633
I enjoy how this is told like you might see a village play acting out the story. The players all wear amazing headgear as the characters of the Sun, Moon and Water. It is a simple and straight forward telling of this legend of the Sun and Moon in the Sky.

Sun and Water are friends and Sun always goes...
Hildilid's Night
AuthorCheli Duran Ryan
ISBN0689805381
Lovely Pencil drawings!

A beautiful picture book of pencil drawings for beginning readers and above.

Hildilid does not like the night. She is trying to get rid of the night all night long in various and silly ways. The sun comes up and she is so tired she misses it and goes to bed.

The...
Mice Twice
AuthorJoseph Low
I don’t like the artwork here. It is very different than anything we have seen, but I don’t think that makes it Caldecott worthy. I do think the story is funny and well done.

Cat wants to eat mouse so he invites him over for dinner and bring a friend. Mouse is too smart for this and brings dog. It’s...
Umbrella
AuthorTaro Yashima
ISBN0140502408
I love Taro Yashima’s work. I need to know more about Taro; are they a boy or girl? How do they come up with these ideas. They are incredible. This is the most details I have seen Taro give in their work. It looks like they use crayons with regular materials to create the art.

This is about a girl who...
The Desert Is Theirs
AuthorByrd Baylor
ISBN0689711050

You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again. The Desert People know. so do the animals. Both love the land, and "share the feeling of being brothers in the desert, of being desert creatures together." Byrd Baylor's spare, poetic text and Peter...
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