The Secret Shortcut

10 best books like The Secret Shortcut (Mark Teague): The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Other Words for Home, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune, The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear, Hello Lighthouse, The Rabbit Listened, The Good Egg, Wolf!, Sweeping Up the Heart

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Author	William Joyce
ISBN	1442457023

Morris Lessmore loved words.
He loved stories.
He loved books.
But every story has its upsets.
Everything in Morris Lessmore’s life, including his own story, is scattered to the winds.    
But the power of story will save the day.    .

Other Words for Home

Author

Jasmine Warga

I am learning how to be
sad
and happy
at the same time.

Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati...

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Author	Natalie Goldberg
ISBN	1590303164

For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice--"it...

Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune

Author	Roselle Lim
ISBN	1984803255

At the news of her mother's death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn't spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant neighborhood of San Francisco's Chinatown that she remembers...

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Author	Don Wood
ISBN	0859536599

5 Superbly Cute ★'s


I loved this book so much, it was definitely one of my most favorites as a child :) I wanted it read to me over and over again. Being an adult now, I love that I can read all my favorites to my little niece and still appreciate them just as much as I did back then. I just loved the...

Hello Lighthouse

Author	Sophie Blackall
ISBN	0316362387

On the highest rock of a tiny island
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...

The Rabbit Listened

Author

Cori Doerrfeld

A universal, deeply moving exploration of grief and empathy

With its spare, poignant text and irresistibly sweet illustrations, The Rabbit Listened is a tender meditation on loss.

When something terrible happens, Taylor doesn't know where to turn. All the animals are sure they...

The Good Egg

Author	Jory John
ISBN	0062866001

In this follow-up to Jory John and Pete Oswald’s popular picture book The Bad Seed, meet the next best thing: a very good egg, indeed!

The good egg has been good for as long as he can remember. While the other eggs in his carton are kind of rotten, he always does the right, kind, and courteous thing....

Wolf!

Author	Becky Bloom
ISBN	0531301559

Wolf, by Becky Bloom and illustrated by Pascal Biet is a fable about a hungry wolf who just needs food. In order to get food from the farm, he must impress the cow, duck and pig by reading and being educated because they are too into their books to pay attention to the wolf. He goes to school and learns to read...

Sweeping Up the Heart

Author	Kevin Henkes
ISBN	0062852574

A novel about loss, loneliness, and friendship that tells the story of the spring break that changes seventh-grader Amelia Albright's life forever.

Amelia Albright dreams about going to Florida for spring break like everyone else in her class, but her father--a cranky and stubborn English...

Pie in the Sky

Author

Remy Lai

When eleven-year-old Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he’s landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn’t speak English, and he's often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao.

To distract himself from the...

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

Author	Barry Wittenstein
ISBN	0823443310

Much has been written about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington. But there's little on his legendary speech and how he came to write it. Find out more in this gripping book with illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was once asked if...