The Listeners
9 best books like The Listeners (Gloria Whelan): Cinderhazel: The Cinderella of Halloween, The Runaway Mummy: A Petrifying Parody, Fiona's Lace, Noah's Ark, How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?, Too Many Fairies: A Celtic Tale, Seriously, Cinderella Is SO Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as Told by the Wicked Stepmother, The Other Side, Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody
Cinderhazel: The Cinderella of Halloween
| Author | Deborah Nourse Lattimore |
| ISBN | 0439394716 |
Filled with wonderful details and funny mishaps, this spin on the classic Cinderella fairy tale is the perfect Halloween treat.
Cinderhazel is a blond witch who loves dirt more than anything. When her stepsisters and stepmother fly oiff to attend the annual Halloween witches' ball, where...
The Runaway Mummy: A Petrifying Parody
| Author | Michael Rex |
| ISBN | 0399252037 |
"Once there was a little mummy who wanted to run away. ?If you run away, ? said Mother Mummy, ?I will get you! For you are my rotten little mummy!?" A little mummy transforms into a series of incredible monsters in order to run away and assert his independence. His mother keeps coming to ?get? him, but this...
| Author | Patricia Polacco |
| ISBN | 1442487240 |
An Irish family stays together with the help of Fiona’s talent for making one-of-a-kind lace in this heartwarming immigration story from the New York Times bestselling creator of The Keeping Quilt.
Many years ago, times were hard in all of Ireland, so when passage to America becomes available,...
| Author | Jerry Pinkney |
| ISBN | 1587172011 |
For 40 days and 40 nights rain poured from the heavens, enveloping the world. Only Noah had been warned by God of the great floodand only Noah could save life on earth. This powerful story of salvation has fascinated people of all ages for centuries. Now, four-time Caldecott Honor-recipient Jerry Pinkney...
How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?
| Author | Wendell Minor |
| ISBN | 0399246843 |
Every year, giant pumpkin contests take place at fairs across the country—the 2012 record-holder weighed over a ton! The latest craze is to carve the most enormous pumpkins into racing boats. But what’s next? Why not think really big? Award-winning artist Wendell Minor does just that as he imagines...
Too Many Fairies: A Celtic Tale
| Author | Margaret Read MacDonald |
Our pre-school story time crowd enjoyed standing up and doing the actions suggested in this picture book. (There were nearly sixty children in one session and thirty-five in another session. We don't have sign-ups, name-tags, or age-breaks. The littlest ones sit on laps and the others fill our decorative...
Seriously, Cinderella Is SO Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as Told by the Wicked Stepmother
| Author | Trisha Speed Shaskan |
| ISBN | 1404870482 |
Think Cinderella was the sweetest belle of the ball? Think again! In this fun, quirky picture book, discover another perspective of this popular fairy tale. Along with bright, bold illustrations, the bestselling OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY series gives young children a fresh perspective on familiar...
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| ISBN | 0399231161 |
Clover's mom says it isn't safe to cross the fence that segregates their African-American side of town from the white side where Anna lives. But the two girls strike up a friendship, and get around the grown-ups' rules by sitting on top of the fence together.
With the addition of a brand-new author's...
Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody
| Author | Michael Rex |
| ISBN | 0399245340 |
Goodnight monsters everywhere, in this parody romp with its own special twist! "Goodnight tomb. Goodnight goon. Goodnight Martians taking over the moon."
It's bedtime in the cold gray tomb with a black lagoon, and two slimy claws, and a couple of jaws, and a skull and a shoe and a pot full of goo....
