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The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas

10 best books like The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas (Tony Wilson): Too Tall Houses, I'm Not., Crafty Chloe, The Three Ninja Pigs, The Princess Who Had No Kingdom, No Bears, The Princess and the Pig, Fairly Fairy Tales, "Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate, The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece

Too Tall Houses
AuthorGianna Marino
ISBN0670013145
Good friends learn a small but important lesson

Owl and Rabbit are good friends and live in two small houses next to each other. They are perfectly happy . . . until Rabbit's garden gets in the way of Owl's view. So Owl builds his house a little taller. Only that blocks the sun from Rabbit's vegetables....
I'm Not.
AuthorPam Smallcomb
ISBN0375861157
Evelyn is lots of things. Circus performer. Antarctic explorer. I'm not.

Here is the perfect book for children who feel like their outgoing friend is oh-so-talented . . . and they're not. Our shy narrator lists all the things that her best friend, Evelyn, is good at—from jumping on the bed...
Crafty Chloe
AuthorKelly DiPucchio
ISBN1442421231
Fancy Nancy meets Martha Stewart in Crafty Chloe, the adorable DIY star of a new picture book series!

When another girl has already purchased the most perfect birthday gift for Chloe’s friend Emma, Chloe decides she’ll make a present—something you can’t buy in a store. But crafting...
The Three Ninja Pigs
AuthorCorey Rosen Schwartz
ISBN0399255141
Practice makes perfect in this kick-butt fractured fairy tale.

Why does this wolf think he can come to town and blow all the houses down? These three little pigs just aren't going to take it from that bully anymore! The first starts aikido lessons---he'll make mincemeat out of that wolf! His...
The Princess Who Had No Kingdom
AuthorUrsula Jones
ISBN1846160421
A bedraggled Princess wanders around looking for her kingdom but can't find it. In the meantime, she delivers packages. (view spoiler)[A king and a variety of other leading nobility fall in love with her at a ball and have a food fight among themselves, so she marries a jester. Tres modern. (hide spoiler)].
No Bears
AuthorMeg McKinlay
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Ruby has decided to craft her own story since she is tired of all the books about bears. It needs to be a story with funny things, exciting things and maybe even a giant but no bears, not one! As the book progresses the illustrations...
The Princess and the Pig
AuthorJonathan Emmett
ISBN0802723349
There's been a terrible mix-up in the royal nursery. Priscilla the princess has accidentally switched places with Pigmella, the farmer's new piglet. The kindly farmer and his wife believe it's the work of a good witch, while the ill-tempered king and queen blame the bad witch-after all, this happens...
Fairly Fairy Tales
AuthorEsmé Raji Codell
ISBN1416990860
Parents and children love to play "question" games: Would you eat spaghetti made with gummy worms? Would you wear your clothes backwards all day? Sometimes the answer is "yes" and sometimes it's "no"--but the fun is in the asking. Gifted writer and educator Esme Raji Codell has writtten a book that incorporates...
"Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate
AuthorBob Graham
ISBN0763614521
The Barnes & Noble Review
A little girl's dream comes true -- twice -- in this outstanding picture book from gifted author/illustrator Bob Graham. After her cat, Tiger, dies, Kate needs another companion to love, someone to keep her feet warm at night. "Let's get a pup!" she proclaims as she...
The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece
AuthorAnthony Manna
ISBN0375866914
Once upon a time in Greece, fate left a young girl an orphan. Her stepmother was so hateful that she counted every drop of water the orphan drank! But with the help of Nature's blessings, the orphan was showered with gifts: brilliance from the Sun, beauty from the Moon, gracefulness from the Dawn—and...
Follow Follow
AuthorMarilyn Singer
ISBN0803737696
Once upon a time, Mirror Mirror, a brilliant book of fairy tale themed reversos - a poetic form in which the poem is presented forward and then backward – became a smashing success. Now a second book is here with more witty double takes on well-loved fairy tales such as Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid.

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Jangles: A Big Fish Story
AuthorDavid Shannon
ISBN0545143128
Bestselling storyteller David Shannon instantly hooks readers with this stunning, highly entertaining tour-de-force--his best book ever!

Breathtaking oil paintings bursting with energy pull
readers along into Big Lake, the home of Jangles, the
biggest fish anyone has seen....
Goldilocks and Just One Bear
AuthorLeigh Hodgkinson
ISBN0763661724
In this award-winning author/illustrator’s witty sequel to the traditional Goldilocks story, Little Bear is all grown up and Goldilocks is a distant memory. One day, Little Bear wanders out of the woods and finds himself lost in the Big City. Will he find the city too noisy? Too quiet? Or just right?...
Imagine
AuthorAlison Lester
ISBN0395669537
This isn't so much a story as a series of imaginative scenarios: children playing, creating worlds in their collective imaginations, turning bunk beds into tents and fishbowls into the ocean. The corresponding text consists of a beautifully-worded, poetic ode to the scene they've created through...
Little Red: A Fizzingly Good Yarn
AuthorLynn Roberts-Maloney
ISBN0810957833
In the spirit of "Cinderella: An Art Deco Love Story," Lynn and David Roberts give the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood a new, fun historical twist.
Little Red is happily taking a basket of ginger ale to his grandmother when he stops to gather apples in the woods. Who should grab his red cape, but...
Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds)
AuthorGeoffrey Kloske
ISBN0689866194
What parent hasn't skipped over words or lines or paragraphs when reading aloud at bedtime? If that's you, you're sure to get a kick out of this book. Parts of it required a certain cultural literacy (that is, familiarity with the original stories) to fully appreciate the humor, and my boys might not all...
Charley's First Night
AuthorAmy Hest
ISBN0763640557
Two of our most beloved picture book creators team up to tell a classic story of a child, his new puppy, and a first night home.

On Charley’s first night, Henry carries his new puppy in his old baby blanket all the way to his house. He shows Charley every room, saying, "This is home, Charley." He...
Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN1590788672
Have you ever wondered what all of those fairy-tale characters were thinking? In this magical forest, everyone has something to say. The princess claims it wasn't the "silly pea" that kept her awake--it was that crazy pile of mattresses--while the pea complains that the princess snores. Snow White...
When Blue Met Egg
AuthorLindsay Ward
ISBN0803737181
One cold winter day, Blue returns to her nest to find something wonderful: Egg! Or rather a snowball she mistakes for an egg. Blue puts Egg in a pail and sets off to look for Egg's mother. But as the winter winds down and the temperature goes up, Blue is in for a sad surprise. Not to worry, though. In this sweet...
Robot Zombie Frankenstein!
AuthorAnnette Simon
ISBN0763651249
Perfect for high-energy story times, this cumulative tale is a madcap mash-up featuring robots, shapes in motley amalgamation, and . . . pie!

Squares, rectangles, ovals, triangles, and other colorful shapes are sorted and arranged into - two robots! But why stop there? Shape by shape, costume...
Night Knight
AuthorOwen Davey
ISBN0763658383
Bedtime becomes an unforgettable k-nightly adventure!

Come on a bedtime adventure with one little knight as he rides through forests to reach his bedroom, battles crocodiles to brush his teeth and climbs the tallest tower to get into bed. This exciting and imaginative bedtime tale is told...
Jack and the Baked Beanstalk
AuthorColin Stimpson
ISBN0763655635
"Fee-fi-fo-fummy, I'm always counting money!"

Jack and his mom run a little café, but business has dried up and they're nearly broke. So when Jack comes home with only an old can of baked beans in return for their last few pennies, his mother throws it out the window. Overnight it grows into...
Little Red Hot
AuthorEric A. Kimmel
ISBN1477816380
Little Red Hot loves red hot chili peppers. She eats them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When her grandmother catches a cold, Little Red makes her a hot pepper pie that will “knock those cold germs right out of her.” But before Little Red shares her pie with Grandma, she meets Señor Lobo – and...
Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?: And Other Notorious Nursery Tale Mysteries
AuthorDavid Levinthal
ISBN0375841954
Break-in at the Three Bears family home? It could only be one dame. Wicked witch gone missing from her candied cottage? Hansel and Gretel claim it was self-defense. Did Humpty Dumpty really just fall off that wall, or was he pushed? Here are five fairy-tale stories with a twist, all told from the point...
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