The Islander
10 best books like The Islander (Cynthia Rylant): Song for a Whale, Mercy Watson to the Rescue, Love, Ruby Lavender, Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest, Feathers, All the Water in the World, Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad, Zoom, Re-Zoom, Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina
In the spirit of modern-day classics like Fish in a Tree and Counting by 7s comes the story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him.
From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech...
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
| Author | Kate DiCamillo |
| ISBN | 0763622702 |
To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig — she's a porcine wonder. And to the portly and good-natured Mercy, the Watsons are an excellent source of buttered toast, not to mention that buttery-toasty feeling she gets when she snuggles into bed with them. This is not, however, so good for the Watsons'...
| Author | Deborah Wiles |
| ISBN | 0152054782 |
Ruby Lavender and Miss Eula are a pretty good team, for a couple of chicken thieves. What other granddaughter-grandmother duo could successfully drive the getaway car for chickens rescued from a journey to the slaughterhouse, paint a whole house shocking pink, and operate their own personal secret-letter...
What a strange feeling to read a book and feel like it was written with me in mind. I picked this one up on a whim. I love stories with mediaeval settings, have a soft spot for tales of Robin Hood, and the title character shares my name -- my chosen name. To be honest, I wasn't expecting much. I had never heard...
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| ISBN | 0399239898 |
"Hope is the thing with feathers," starts the poem Frannie is reading in school. Frannie hasn't thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more holy. There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new...
All the Water in the World
| Author | George Ella Lyon |
| ISBN | 1416971300 |
The role of the public library has changed so often over the last century or so that its latest incarnation as a supporter of public education turns out to be one of the more logical connections you'd expect from this essential institution. Suddenly public libraries around the country are purchasing...
| Author | Henry Cole |
| ISBN | 0545399971 |
A young girl's courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story. When a farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding in the barn, she is at once startled and frightened. But the stranger's fearful eyes weigh upon her conscience, and she must make a difficult choice. Will she have the courage to help him?...
| Author | Istvan Banyai |
| ISBN | 0140557741 |
As seen on the SERIAL podcast, season 2, episode 1 ("Dustwun")!
Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. But if you think you know where you are, guess again. For nothing is ever as it seems in Istvan Banyai's sleek, mysterious landscapes of pictures...
After reading Zoom, I was interested in looking at Re-zoom. I didn’t think another book could be made using the same idea and still be good. I’m glad I did! I liked the second book just as much as the first. I still think that it is such a great and creative concept for a children’s book. The illustrations...
Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina
| Author | Rodman Philbrick |
| ISBN | 0545342384 |
Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
Zane Dupree is a charismatic 12-year-old boy of mixed race visiting a relative in New Orleans when Hurricane...
