The House That Crack Built
8 best books like The House That Crack Built (Clark Taylor): Tail of the Moon, Volume 1, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen, The Day the Crayons Quit, Tough Boris, The Paperboy, If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't!, A Different Pond
| Author | Rinko Ueda |
| ISBN | 1421507641 |
Sometimes it seems like Usagi is hopeless. Sure, she's good with healing herbs, but she's the granddaughter of the leader of a prestigious ninja village and she's such a klutz that she's never made it out of the kiddie class. Finally frustrated with Usagi's lack of progress, her grandfather sends her...
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
| Author | John Steptoe |
| ISBN | 0688040454 |
A Caldecott Honor and Reading Rainbow book, this memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for introducing children to the fairy tale as well as the history, culture, and geography of the African nation of Zimbabwe.
Inspired by a traditional African folktale, this is the story of Mufaro,...
| Author | Michelle R. McCann |
| ISBN | 1582460981 |
Why am I still alive? Why was I spared?
One night in 1944, Luba Tryszynska’s questions were answered when she found fifty-four children abandoned behind the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Luba knew if the Nazis caught her she could be executed.
But they are someone’s children....
| Author | Drew Daywalt |
| ISBN | 0399255370 |
Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: We quit!
Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown. Blue needs a break from coloring all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange...
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 0152018913 |
I didn't really like this book at first. But it fit well for our pirate book club parties. Then after I read it for the tenth (or so) time, I discovered that I really liked the tender story told in the pictures and not in the actual words. We read it twice and Coco's book club party. First, just reading it, and...
| Author | Dav Pilkey |
| ISBN | 0531071391 |
This book encourages me to stay in bed. We see that early morning time it’s still dark and the paperboy gets up out of bed and starts work. It looks brutal. He gets home when the sun is coming up and goes back to bed for some ‘z’s.
Dav does a wonderful job at showing what it’s like in the early...
| Author | Elise Parsley |
| ISBN | 0316376574 |
Note to self: If your teacher tells you to bring something from nature for show-and-tell, she does not want you to bring an alligator! But nothing will stop Magnolia, who's determined to have the best show-and-tell of all--until her reptilian rapscallion starts getting her into some major trouble....
| Author | Bao Phi |
| ISBN | 1479597465 |
A Different Pond by Bao Phi is a children's book about a family who came to America (Minnesota) from Vietnam as refugees.
The story is mainly about Bao and his father's trip to the pond to fetch dinner. During the trip, Bao learns about why his mom and dad have to work so hard for a living as everything...
