The Great Pet Escape
10 best books like The Great Pet Escape (Victoria Jamieson): Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, Secret Coders, Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles (Children's Story Books, Sea Turtle Gifts, Moon Books for Kids, Children's Environment Books, Kid's Turtle Books), Swing it, Sunny, Dragons Beware!, Razzle Dazzle Unicorn, Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, Unidentified Suburban Object, Little Cat's Luck
Author | Ben Hatke |
ISBN | 1626722668 |
Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone — carried into another realm by an ogre.
When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy’s captor through the portal, they are ready for anything... except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power...
Author | Gene Luen Yang |
ISBN | 1626720754 |
Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Eni are going to solve the mystery of Stately...
"Delivers an eloquent environmental message while demonstrating how kids can change the world through teamwork and perseverance." — School Library Journal
A triumphant story of environmental activism, community, and friendship: Acclaimed activist Philippe Cousteau and renowned...
Summer's over and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of . . . middle school. When her Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine. But the truth? Sunny is NOT having the best time.
Not only is the whole middle school thing confusing...
Author | Jorge Aguirre |
ISBN | 1596438789 |
Claudette is such a breath of fresh air. She is so much fun and her sidekicks happen to be the best sidekicks ever.
We start out with Claudette and Maria separated by Maria's parents as Claudette is such a bad influence on her. The city is attacked and Claudette's father goes out on his own to retrieve...
Author | Dana Simpson |
ISBN | 1449477917 |
Get ready to be bedazzled!
Dana Simpson's Phoebe and Her Unicorn is back with more sparkles than ever! In this fourth volume, join in the adventure as Phoebe and Marigold confront messy rooms, trouble at school, and a nasty case of “Sparkle Fever.” Follow the pair back to Camp Wolfgang,...
Author | Ben Clanton |
ISBN | 1101918713 |
if i'm being honest, this doesn't really stand up to my other five star ratings, even my five star ratings specific to other children's picture books.
but sometimes it's just about what you need at a particular time, and this book brought a goofy smile to my face when i really really...
Author | Chris Barton |
ISBN | 1580892973 |
A cool idea with a big splash.
You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the...
Unidentified Suburban Object
Author | Mike Jung |
ISBN | 0545782260 |
The next person who compares Chloe Cho with famous violinist Abigail Yang is going to HEAR it. Chloe has just about had it with people not knowing the difference between someone who's Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. She's had it with people thinking that everything she does well -- getting good grades,...
Author | Marion Dane Bauer |
ISBN | 1481424882 |
From Newbery Honoree Marion Dane Bauer comes a heartwarming novel in verse that's a companion to the "wholly satisfying&" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) Little Dog, Lost.
When an indoor calico cat named Patches spots a golden autumn leaf fluttering past her window, she can't help...
Author | Ben Hatke |
ISBN | 1626720800 |
Another very impressive book by Ben Hatke.
Not just a delightfully good graphic novel that will be a delight for kids, but this one has a *very* minimal verbal content, which is exceptionally hard to pull off.
That said, the lack of a strong textual component means that this book is readable...
Salem Hyde just isn’t like other kids. For one thing, she’s stubborn, independent, and impulsive. For another, she’s a witch. Salem acts first and thinks later—which means most of her thinking involves coming up with excuses!
Good thing she’s been assigned an animal companion, Lord...
Author | Jennifer L. Holm |
ISBN | 0385370032 |
A bust-your-gut-laughing graphic-novel anthology with original contributions from the most beloved names in the genre! * Jennifer Holm & Matthew Holm * Jarrett J. Krosoczka * Dav Pilkey * Dan Santat * Raina Telgemeier * Dave Roman * Ursula Vernon * Eric Wight * Gene Yang *
Wowza! Calling...