The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
10 best books like The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean (Alexander McCall Smith): Meet Me at the Moon, The Homeschool Liberation League, When Stella was Very, Very Small, Zapato Power: Freddy Ramos Takes Off, Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear, Sable, The Quest of the Warrior Sheep, The No. 1 Car Spotter, The Phantom of the Post Office, Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House
| Author | Gianna Marino |
| ISBN | 0670013137 |
A heartwarming love story between mother and child
When Mama Elephant must leave Little One to ask the skies for rain, the young elephant is worried. Who will care for Little One? Who will sing Mama's special songs? When will she return?
Mama is very reassuring - Little One will hear...
The Homeschool Liberation League
| Author | Lucy Frank |
| ISBN | 0803732309 |
After a summer at Wilderness Camp, thirteen year-old Katya decides that she absolutely cannot go back to school. At school she can’t eradicate invasive alien plants, go on foraged-food-finding missions, or just be herself. Her parents, despite being “school kind of people,” are willing to...
| Author | Marie-Louise Gay |
| ISBN | 0888999062 |
In this book in the Stella and Sam series, Marie-Louise Gay has gone back in time to answer the questions often asked by the children who read and love the books.
Where does Stella get her wild ideas? How big is Stella's imagination? What did Stella look like when she was small? How did Stella...
| Author | Jacqueline Jules |
| ISBN | 0807594806 |
One day Freddie Ramos comes home from school and finds a strange box just for him. What's inside? ZAPATO POWER-shoes that change Freddie's life by giving him super speed! But what will Freddie do with his fast new skills? Weird things are happening at the Starwood Park Apartments where he lives, and his...
| Author | Lensey Namioka |
| ISBN | 0440409179 |
Everyone in the Yang family is a talented musician except for nine-year-old Yingtao, the youngest Yang. Even after years of violin lessons from his father, Yingtao cannot make beautiful music.
Now that his family has moved from China to Seattle, Yingtao wants to learn English and make new...
| Author | Karen Hesse |
| ISBN | 0805057722 |
“Sable” is the story of a girl and a dog. I like stories that involve animals and this is no exception.
The story takes place somewhere in the country. It is at Tate’s (the main character) home (possibly a ranch or a farm) (Tate is the main character in the story) where a scrawny dog appears....
OH MY GRASS!
When Sal the sheep is bonked on the head by an unidentified falling object, it can only mean one thing: Lord Aries, the Sheep of all Sheepdom is in trouble, and the sheep posse must save him.
Little do the sheep know that the mysterious object is actually a cell phone dropped...
| 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 | Kate Klise |
| ISBN | 0547519745 |
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR FAN IS A PHANTOM?
The talented trio at Spence Mansion loves getting fan mail. But when a strange letter arrives saying that the end is near, it's clear something sinister is afoot. Even worse, the Ghastly Post Office is preparing to close, which will make it difficult to...
Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House
| Author | Haven Kimmel |
| ISBN | 0689874022 |
This is a difficult book to review, because even after a waiting period, I can't tell you if I even liked the book or not. The back of the book is misleading, the summary describes things that are basically just the last five pages of the book.
The basic plot is that a spastic child named Kaline is...
| Author | Claudia Mills |
| ISBN | 0374306575 |
Riley O’Rourke is writing his report on President Teddy Roosevelt in preparation for the fourth-grade biography tea, but he has a far more important goal: to get a saxophone so he can take instrumental music. His mother can’t afford to rent him a sax, and he’s sure he’ll never save up enough...
| Author | Michael D. Beil |
| ISBN | 0375867406 |
Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann are back in an all-new Red Blazer Girls caper. In the third installment, Sophie is nose to fist with her arch-rival, Livvy, all while taking care of movie-star Nate Etan's dog, when Father Julian hires the Blazers to help him authenticate a painting. Mayhem and...
| Author | Alison McGhee |
| ISBN | 0545033489 |
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian's summer has its routine. She spends the days with her dog, visits her hip young neighbor Enzo, and twice a week tries to win the meerkat from the claw machine at the local hardware store. She's also gifted with the art of knowing what will happen and keeps a list of skills she...
| Author | Tim Winton |
| ISBN | 0140347348 |
Author: Tim Winton
Illustrator: Stephen Michael King
First Published: 1991
Tim Winton:
Tim Winton is one of those Australian-Authors-Everyone-Should-Know. He's a name in Australian literature. And he writes Big Concept books. "Cloudstreet", published in 1991, is a chronicle...
| Author | Mélanie Watt |
| ISBN | 1554532876 |
In this uproarious sequel to Chester, the battle of the picture-book makers continues. Which author-illustrator will come out on top -- Chester or Melanie Watt -- is anybody's guess! This time, there's no denying (in Chester's mind) that he's the star of the show. His already outsize ego has ballooned...
| Author | Brenda A. Ferber |
| ISBN | 0374399328 |
Cara Segal is a born worrier. She figures her worrying works like a whisper in God's ear – if Cara's concerned about car crashes, kidnappings, or murders, she lets God know, and he always
spares her. But Cara never thought to worry about a fire. And one night while she's sleeping at a friend's house,...
| Author | Adam Stower |
| ISBN | 0545373239 |
First thought: "That is the cutest little girl I have ever seen."
Second thought: "That is the cutest doggy bear I have ever seen."
This book is adorable. Seriously. Supremely cute without being overly cute.
Lily looks out her window one morning to see a big, brown, fuzzy doggy...
What if every clue points in the wrong direction?
Friday Barnes has been deported to Switzerland! With their in-school detective gone, Highcrest Academy has descended into chaos. Someone's fired all the teachers!
The Headmaster claims it wasn't him, and suspicion soon turns to...
| Author | Grace Cavendish |
| ISBN | 1862304211 |
When the Court clockmaker, Mr Urseau, is found dead in his workshop - a dagger in his chest and a key clutched in his hand - rumours start flying. Was the murderer his young assistant? Or maybe his wife? Both could be after Urseau's private treasure. And where is the key from? What is it for? Lady Grace, Queen...
| Author | Michael Morpurgo |
| ISBN | 0007339666 |
The heart-lifting, heartbreaking new story by Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller. In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it got...
How Not to Start Third Grade
| Author | Catherine Hapka |
| ISBN | 0375839046 |
Will should be excited to start third grade. But his little brother, Steve, is starting kindergarten. The same laugh-out-loud writing and hilarious illustrations that brought us How Not to Babysit Your Brother now portray the tribulations and embarrassments of starting school with a very troublesome...
The Adventures of Caterwaul the Cat: Feline Pie
| Author | Damon Plumides |
| ISBN | 1937084191 |
Original fairy tales are delightful, and The Adventures of Caterwaulis just that, filled with humorous dialogues and phrases that will keep the reader spellbound.
Caterwaul the cat jumps from the frying pan into the fire when he escapes the clutches of the Witch of Red Moon Forest and moves...
| Author | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
I borrowed this book from my mom a few weeks ago for a primary lesson I was teaching (because I am a rebel and don't always follow the recommended lesson plans) and then just read it straight through today, because...I could.
The pictures are wacky, definitely old school, and all done by different...
| Author | Jerry B. Jenkins |
| ISBN | 0842383522 |
THE NOOSE IS TIGHTENING
I think I maybe liked Pursued even better than Taken(book 1)? Maybe that is just 'cause I've read book one a dozen times, but I love when the kids go back to school in Pursued and all the conversations about what everyone thinks happened. We are also introduced to the cousins...
