The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau

10 best books like The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau (Jon Agee): Millions of Cats, The Night Gardener, Bear Came Along, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, Interrupting Chicken, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, Battle Bunny, We Don't Eat Our Classmates, The Amazing Bone, Meet Wild Boars

Millions of Cats
AuthorWanda Gág
ISBN0142407089
Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman who were very lonely. They decided to get a cat, but when the old man went out searching, he found not one cat, but millions and billions and trillions of cats! Unable to decide which one would be the best pet, he brought them all home. How the old couple came...
The Night Gardener
AuthorTerry Fan
ISBN1481439782

The Night Gardener is about the impression and long lasting effects magic and art can make on a soul and a community. Long after the “ooohs” and “aaahh”s fade away—the hope and energy of a creation or magical moment remain. Magic is out there for all to see, feel, find, and change us!

A...
Bear Came Along
AuthorRichard T. Morris
ISBN0316464465

I didn’t know what my picture book world was missing until….

…this sweet read came along! :)

One curious Bear gets the fun rolling with a log ride down the river! Along the way, Bear meets all kinds of new friends and survives all kinds of twists and turns. Jump aboard and see!

Richard...
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
AuthorTom Angleberger
ISBN0810984253
IT TAKES THE WISDOM OF YODA TO SURVIVE THE SIXTH GRADE

Meet Dwight, a sixth-grade oddball. Dwight does a lot of weird things, like wearing the same T-shirt for a month or telling people to call him "Captain Dwight." This is embarrassing, particularly for Tommy, who sits with him at lunch every...
Interrupting Chicken
AuthorDavid Ezra Stein
ISBN0763641685
Awarded a 2011 Caldecott Honor!

A favorite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken’s habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head.

It’s time for the little red chicken’s bedtime story —and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt....
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
AuthorPhilip C. Stead
ISBN1596434023
Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl.

But one day—"Ah-choo!"—he woke up with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected...
AuthorJon Scieszka
ISBN1442446730
Encourage creativity with this wildly entertaining picture book mash-up from the minds of Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett.

Alex has been given a saccharine, sappy, silly-sweet picture book about Birthday Bunny that his grandma found at a garage sale. Alex isn't interested - until he decides...
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
AuthorRyan T. Higgins
ISBN1368003559
Penelope the dinosaur starts school, but it’s hard to make friends when her classmates are so delicious!

It’s the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can’t wait to meet her classmates. But it’s hard to make human friends when they’re so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope...
The Amazing Bone
AuthorWilliam Steig
ISBN0374403589
This is about Pearl the Pig. She is having the best spring afternoon ever. She is enjoying life after school walking all over until she comes to rest in the forest listening to the sounds and looking at the soft spring colors. She finds a bone that talks, it really talks and it’s smart. She and the bone decide...
Meet Wild Boars
AuthorMeg Rosoff
ISBN0805074880
"If you share your treats with Morris he will stomp on them with his beastly feet. STOMP STOMP STOMP. Naughty Morris."
Are you daring enough to befriend this dastardly bunch of boars?
Meet Wild Boars! Or maybe you better not. After all, they are dirty and smelly, bad-tempered and rude. They might...
The Boy Who Loved Words
AuthorRoni Schotter
ISBN0375836012
Words. Selig loves everything about them--the way they tast on his tongue (tantalizing), the sound they whisper in his ears (tintinnabulating!), and--most of all--the way they stir his heart. And he collects them voraciously, the way others collect stamps or seashells.

But what to do with...
The Bad Mood and the Stick
AuthorLemony Snicket
ISBN0316392774
I like the idea, a bad mood is passed on, how true. I really like the bad mood cloud, very cute, the illustrations are skilful and interesting, 5 stars for those. The storyline was interesting and we both read this one independently and it kept us engaged and wanting to know what happens. If the scene about...
This Was Our Pact
AuthorRyan Andrews
ISBN1626720533
Ryan Andrews's This Was Our Pact is an astonishing, magical-realist adventure story for middle-grade readers.

It's the night of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival, when the town gathers to float paper lanterns down the river. Legend has it that after drifting out of sight, they'll soar off...
Robinson
AuthorPeter Sís
ISBN0545731666
The school is having their costume party and Peter wants to be a pirate like all his friends. They always play pirate together so it seems fitting that they would be pirates together but mother suggests to Peter that he be Robinson Crusoe, the hero from his favorite story. Crusoe is also a great adventurer...
Snow Pumpkin
AuthorCarole Lexa Schaefer
ISBN0517800160
The author-illustrator team of the celebrated picture book The Squiggle team up again to tell of a heartwarming and surprising snowy adventure.

No school tomorrow! With a few inches on the ground, Lily is off to the park bright and early to find her friend Jesse and build the season's first snowman....
Archie and the Pirates
AuthorMarc Rosenthal
ISBN0061441643
This book captured our 3 yr old's attention like nothing before. He's already a big Curious George fan so Archie the monkey naturally appealed to him. Yes, you will inevitably think of George while you read this one - but who's to say no one can ever write another book about a clever monkey? Should we never...
The Brand New Kid
AuthorKatie Couric
ISBN0385500300
Ellie McSnelly and Carrie O'Toole were running and laughing-their first day of school was today! And they wondered just what was in store.
Would this be a good year?
Would school be a bore?

Everyone remembers feeling excited and nervous each fall on the first day of school. It's no different...
The Player King
AuthorAvi
ISBN1481437682
From Newbery Award–winning author Avi comes the gripping and amazingly true tale of a boy plucked from the gutter to become the King of England.

England, 1486. King Henry VII has recently snatched the English Crown and now sits on the throne, while young Prince Edward, who has a truer claim,...
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