The Gunniwolf
10 best books like The Gunniwolf (Wilhelmina Harper): A Particular Cow, Flossie and the Fox, The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story, Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen, Welcome to the Bed and Biscuit, Tico and the Golden Wings, It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale, Red-eyed Tree Frog, Marguerite Makes a Book, Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 0152002502 |
Cow’s Saturday morning stroll begins calmly enough. But when she suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of a particular pair of bloomers, all heck breaks loose--and soon she's also on the wrong side of the mailman, a group of kids, a wedding party, and, well, pretty much everyone else in town.
With...
| Author | Patricia C. McKissack |
| ISBN | 0803702507 |
Flossie and the Fox is an interesting take on Little Red Riding Hood. This is the tale of Flossie from Tennessee who is entrusted to take eggs to the McCutchin farm because a fox is scaring the hens. On her trip to the farm, Flossie meets the fox who introduces himself to Flossie as the fox...the only thing...
| Author | Rebecca Hickox Ayres |
| ISBN | 0823415139 |
Poor Maha! Her jealous stepmother makes her do all the housework while her selfish stepsister lazes about.
Since Maha's father is away fishing most of the time, there is no one to help or comfort her. All that begins to change when Maha finds a magical red fish. In return for sparing his life, the...
| Author | Marissa Moss |
| ISBN | 0689863292 |
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
An ILA Teachers’ Choice
A Read Aloud/Comstock Honor Book
An ALA Amelia Bloomer Project Book
For as long as she could remember, Jackie Mitchell’s father had told Jackie she could be good at whatever she wanted, as long as she worked at it. Jackie...
Grampa's menagerie of pets are rubbed the wrong way when a needy little critter arrives in this lighthearted chapter book.
Grampa Bender wouldn't be able to run the Bed and Biscuit animal boardinghouse without the help of Ernest the pig, Gabby the mynah bird, and Milly the cat. In fact, the three...
| 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 | Margot Zemach |
| ISBN | 0374436363 |
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...
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Category: Nature
In a tropical rain forest in Central America, a red-eyed tree frog spends the...
Now in many ways Bruce Robertson's Marguerite Makes a Book does a truly wonderful job with both meticulous detail and engagement showing and demonstrating how a hand-painted (illuminated) Mediaeval book is (or more to the point how such a tome generally was) created, was made (and indeed also why these...
| Author | Emily Arnold McCully |
| ISBN | 0590374877 |
This is the kind of a story that could have come from the minds of Disney's finest writers and animators during the days when Disney feature films were just about the biggest thing in show business. The quality is that high.
Beautiful Warrior is the story of two Chinese girls whose lives seem unconnected,...
| Author | Jean Van Leeuwen |
| ISBN | 0810983265 |
Rumor has it that Mrs. Farmer is making chicken soup, so the chickens are on the run—except for poor Little Chickie, who has a bad cold. No matter where she hides—the hayloft, a milk pail, or the sheep pen—her sneezes give her away. She is sure to be found soon!
The unbeatable mother-son...
| Author | Diane Stanley |
| ISBN | 0698117670 |
"A rip-roaring tale featuring a big-hearted sheriff, a high-spirited heroine, and a happily ever after ending, all told in the tongue-rattling twang of the Old West."--School Library Journal
Sweetness is the littlest orphan at mean, old Mrs. Sump's orphanage. When she escapes, Mrs. Sump...
| Author | Amy Young |
| ISBN | 0142402729 |
Once there was a ballerina named Belinda. Belinda loved to dance, but she had two big problems: her left foot and her right foot. When people made fun of her, Belinda decided to give up dance forever. But what will she do without it? With her determination and spirit, she finds a way to continue doing what...
| Author | Becky Bloom |
| ISBN | 0531301559 |
Wolf, by Becky Bloom and illustrated by Pascal Biet is a fable about a hungry wolf who just needs food. In order to get food from the farm, he must impress the cow, duck and pig by reading and being educated because they are too into their books to pay attention to the wolf. He goes to school and learns to read...
| Author | James Howe |
| ISBN | 0763624047 |
The subtle dance of friendship - from holding your tongue to knowing what to say - is played out in three sweetly humorous tales about an unlikely, likable pair.
Catina wants to be a famous writer. Houndsley is an excellent cook. Catina thinks Houndsley is a wonder. Houndsley thinks Catina is...
| Author | Diane Redfield Massie |
| ISBN | 0060517840 |
There’s a new addition to the zoo: a baby beebee bird, who likes to stay awake at night when the rest of the zoo wants to sleep. The baby beebee bird keeps the other animals up with his incessant “beebeebobbibobbis”, before settling down to snooze when the sun comes up. The animals can’t take it!...
| Author | David LaRochelle |
| ISBN | 0525478442 |
4.5 STARS
I loved almost everything about this book! The illustrations are absolutely wonderful; they have a retro '50s feel while also managing to be very hip (in one illustration, the mom appears to be doing yoga or something). The little boy is just so darn cute and earnest in his desire for...
| Author | Steve Jenkins |
| ISBN | 0618152431 |
Steve Jenkins details the many interesting and unique defense mechanisms animals use to escape from danger in this nonfiction/informational picture book. The cut out paper collages as the illustrations are interesting and beautifully done. It was one of the first things that caught my eye about...
| Author | Nancy Tafuri |
| ISBN | 0060825146 |
1. This book did not receive any awards
2. PreK - 1st Grade
3. This is an adorable book about a little baby Swan who un-cracks from its eggshell, looking for its parents. All of the neighboring birds and animals are wondering who owns the little baby. The parents swans then come in and are surprised...
| Author | Helen Ketteman |
| ISBN | 0590255061 |
Bubba is bossed around the family ranch by his wicked step-daddy and his nasty stepbrothers, Dwayne and Milton. Bubba never complains, though. He's a real cowboy - tough as leather (and cute as a cow's ear).
When Miz Lurleen, the purtiest rancher in Texas, decides to throw a ball to find herself...
| Author | Sheena Knowles |
| ISBN | 0064434834 |
In this sequel to the popular Edward the Emu, Edward and his mate Edwina are the proud parents of ten little emu eggs. "Don't get depressed. I'll find a job, you stay on the nest," says Edwina to her stunned mate. And so Edwina sets out to find a job in this lighthearted offering from down under. Rhythmic,...
What happens when the three little pigs are so horrid they even drive their own mother crazy? She sends them away to make their own homes. The first little pig steals straw from the cows in the field to build his house and the second little pig takes the twigs from the birds to build his house. The third little...
Chicky Chicky Chook Chook
| Author | Cathy MacLennan |
| ISBN | 1905417403 |
What a great read-aloud, sing-aloud, shout-aloud book this is, with its fun-to-imitate animal sounds and rhythmic rhyme. Bright yellow chicks, golden bees, and striped kitty-cats play in the warm sunshine, clucking and buzzing and skitty-scatting. Then they rest, snoozy-woozy. But what is this?...
| Author | Michael O. Tunnell |
| ISBN | 0688128785 |
Nowadays it's no big deal for a girl to travel seventy-five miles. But when Charlotte May Pierstorff wanted to cross seventy-five miles of Idaho mountains to see her grandma in 1914, it was a very big deal indeed. There was no highway except the railroad, and a train ticket would have cost her parents a...
| Author | Kenneth Oppel |
| ISBN | 0060753722 |
Max is the cook's dog. And because he is also the king's taster, Max gets to feast on...
French Fries!
Rose Pudding!
Cheese Pie!
Pizza!
No wonder Max loves his job. Who wouldn't want to dine on these delicious dishes?
The new king, that's who.
And...
