The Invisible Friend

10 best books like The Invisible Friend (Lois Walfrid Johnson): Mara, Daughter of the Nile, The Year At Maple Hill Farm, Ember Rising, The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids, Beatrice's Goat, A Perfectly Kept House is the Sign of A Misspent Life, Daisy Comes Home, Freedom Summer, The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual: Essential Gardening Know-how for Keeping (Not Killing!) More Than 160 Indoor Plants, Master of the Phantom Isle

Mara, Daughter of the Nile

Author	Eloise Jarvis McGraw
ISBN	0140319298

Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds herself playing the dangerous role of double spy for two arch enemies - each of whom supports a contender for the throne of Egypt.

Against her will, Mara finds herself falling in love with one of her masters,...

The Year At Maple Hill Farm

Author	Alice Provensen
ISBN	0689845006

This is a book about farm animals, and what happens during one year on a farm.
In January, the cows stay in the barnyard, and the chickens don't lay many eggs. By March, you can tell spring is coming: the barn is filled with baby animals. Month by month, the animals at Maple Hill Farm sense the changing...

Ember Rising

Author	S.D. Smith
ISBN	0999655329

*zips lips against spoilers* *realizes I won’t be able to speak at all* *unzips lips*

I’ll just have to try to keep the spoilers out because OH MY WORD I went into this blind and was repeatedly gobsmacked by the twists and turns and reveals. O.o. :D

The first 60% of the book was sooo...

The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids

Author	Sarah Mackenzie
ISBN	0310350328

Connecting deeply with our kids can be difficult in our busy, technology-driven lives. Reading aloud offers us a chance to be fully present with our children. It also increases our kids’ academic success, inspires compassion, and fortifies them with the inner strength they need to face life’s...

Beatrice's Goat

Author	Page McBrier
ISBN	0689869908

More than anything, Beatrice longs to be a schoolgirl. But in her small African village, only children who can afford uniforms and books can go to school. Beatrice knows that with six children to care for, her family is much too poor. But then Beatrice receives a wonderful gift from some people far away...

A Perfectly Kept House is the Sign of A Misspent Life

Author	Mary Randolph Carter
ISBN	0847833658

How to live creatively with collections, clutter, work, kids, pets, art, etc... and stop worrying about everything being perfectly in its place.

For all those who choose to live "imperfectly" with the messy things they love, this book shows how to do so creatively, happily, and with considerable...

Daisy Comes Home

Author

Jan Brett

The Barnes & Noble Review
Legendary author and illustrator Jan Brett transforms Scandinavian illustrations and stories to explore the beauty and color of China. Inspired by a favorite childhood story, The Story of Ping, Brett writes of six hens in China. Cared for by the young Mei Mei, the...

Freedom Summer

Author

Deborah Wiles

John Henry swims better than anyone I know.
He crawls like a catfish,
blows bubbles like a swamp monster,
but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me.
He's not allowed.
Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, and they both love...

The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual: Essential Gardening Know-how for Keeping (Not Killing!) More Than 160 Indoor Plants

Author	Barbara Pleasant
ISBN	1580175694

It’s a whole new world of houseplants, so make yourself at home in it! If you love the idea of keeping houseplants, but struggle to care for them, you’ll find solace and invaluable advice in this comprehensive guide from expert gardener Barbara Pleasant. Even experienced houseplant enthusiasts...

Master of the Phantom Isle

Author	Brandon Mull
ISBN	1629726168

Cursed by the Key of Forgetting, Seth has lost all memory of his past—his relationships, his experiences, and who he really is. For now he will align with his new mentor, Ronodin, the dark unicorn, who takes him to the Phantom Isle, the secret gateway to the Under Realm. Though Seth is not formally a prisoner,...