The Ship's Cat
10 best books like The Ship's Cat (Richard Adams): Time at the Top, The Weaving of a Dream, Catundra, Sheep on a Ship, Hero Cat, The Little Kitten, The Serpent Slayer: And Other Stories of Strong Women, The Ark, Clifford's Kitten, King Arthur and His Knights
| Author | Edward Ormondroyd |
| ISBN | 1930900198 |
It's strange enough when Susan Shaw disappears without a trace on a wintry March afternoon. It's stranger still when her uninformative note is found in the hallway of her apartment building, along with a black cat that no one has seen before. And it's strangest of all when she suddenly appears again,...
| Author | Marilee Heyer |
| ISBN | 0140505288 |
A retelling of the Chinese folktale "The Chuang Brocade"
The Weaving of a Dream is the story of a widow who provides for her sons by creating intricate brocades. One day, she trades a brocade for a beautiful painting of a palace. She then spends years lovingly recreating the scene in brocade only...
| Author | Stephen Cosgrove |
| ISBN | 0843176849 |
Beware: Overanalyzation of a children's book ahead.
I grew up on these books, they were some of the first that I ever read by myself. Now that we're looking to expand our little family, I thought it was about time to re-read these precious books, in preparation for bed-time stories.
The...
| Author | Nancy E. Shaw |
| ISBN | 0395643767 |
Genre: poetry
Reading Level: lower elementary
Sheep on a ship is a poetry book. I️t tells the story of some sheep pirates and how they make it through their journey. The author uses words with similar sounds to make the story flow. This is smart especially when the audience is young readers....
| Author | Eileen Spinelli |
| ISBN | 0761452230 |
Five tiny kittens cry for their mama, as smoke begins to fill the abandoned warehouse that has been their home. But Mother Cat has left her cozy heap of kittens to go in search of food. Determined to save her babies, Mother Cat dashes into the burning building and follows the sounds of frightened mewing....
| Author | Judy Dunn |
| ISBN | 0394858182 |
So I made a mistake a few weeks ago. I read the little guy The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye. As he told me the following week, probably on the suggestion of his parent's, it was too mature. I'm not so sure about that. Death sucks there's no doubt about that but it strikes at any age. To make amends I have been keeping...
| Author | Katrin Hyman Tchana |
| ISBN | 0316387010 |
I've just read this quickly before sending it to my niece. I'm disappointed that the prose doesn't sparkle. Tchana is a pedestrian stylist and there are certainly better-written folktales. But the content is fabulous. The 'princesses' are bright, curious, patient, physically courageous, thoughtful,...
| Author | Margot Benary-Isbert |
| ISBN | 0152039015 |
This is one of my favorite books of all time! I love the rich descriptions, whether of the natural beauty of the countryside or of the little rooms the refugee family stays in after the war, and the characters are so well-portrayed that I feel I truly know them and have grown to love them so much. This is a story...
| Author | Norman Bridwell |
| ISBN | 0590442805 |
It's a question every pet owner struggles with at some point in their pet-owning career: Is it time to get my pet a pet?
This is what Emily Elizabeth asked herself one morning as she filled Clifford's water bowl. Was he ready? Was it time?
She decided to ask him a series of questions to discover...
| Author | Maude L. Radford Warren |
| ISBN | 1599151944 |
Maude Radford Warren's King Arthur and His Knights is actually very similar to The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...). Being that both books are retellings of the Arthurian Saga, that much is to be expected, of course, but if you choose...
| Author | Babette Cole |
| ISBN | 0099650819 |
*OCD/ germaphobia warning - This book deals with hygiene issues, and made me compulsively over-wash my hands as a child as a form of OCD*
Despite the warning I give, don't be put off! Although this book needs to be handled with care, especially around children who are susceptible to every day...
| Author | Joan Aiken |
| ISBN | 0152060820 |
Arabel Jones and her raven companion, Mortimer, return in this second collection of short stories, following the initial title, Arabel's Raven. In Mortimer's Tie, Mortimer's quest to find a diamond eventually wins the Jones family a free cruise. But will Mortimer's penchant for disaster ruin their...
| Author | Gwen Dandridge |
| ISBN | 0989315789 |
In the last throes of the 14th century, Islamic Spain is under pressure from Castile and Aragon. Ara, the twelve-year old daughter to the Sultan, finds herself in the center of a political intrigue when her eunuch tutor is magically transformed by the evil Wazir.
Can a little girl save her friend...
| Author | Paul Gallico |
| ISBN | 0140026819 |
I read this first when I was a teenager. When I met my husband many years later I firmly believe this book had a role in me falling in love with him. So I will always be grateful for that. These days when superficial perfection is so much in the forefront of the modern media - this book should be compulsory reading...
| Author | Hudson Talbott |
| ISBN | 0743232909 |
The Tony Award-winning musical, now adapted into a lavishly illustrated book Into the Woods is the imaginative account of what happens when the lives of new and old fairy-tale characters dramatically and humorously come together. Cinderella, Jack (of bean-stalk fame), Little Red Ridinghood, and...
| Author | Paul Galdone |
| ISBN | 0899197965 |
A popular story about three preciocious felines who are sent out to play by their mother. In their games, they lose the mittens they have been provided. Returning with their heads hung low, the kittens learn that unles the items are found, no pie awaits them. Newly found mittens allow the three to have...
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts
| Author | Hilaire Belloc |
| ISBN | 0960577637 |
у цьогорічному різдвяному епізоді «доктора хто» дванадцятий доктор (мій улюблений. я за ним сумуватиму) на коментарі першого доктора час від часу робить...
And Then it Happened: Book Three
| Author | M. Wade |
| ISBN | 0973117826 |
Welcome to Books For Boys, publisher of the popular "And Then It Happened" book series by M & L Wade. Books For Boys writes quality, high-interest books for students in grades 3 - 6.
Since its publication in the fall of 2003, this best selling series has been entertaining students across...
Every Day On Earth: Fun Facts That Happen Every 24 Hours
| Author | Steve Murrie |
| ISBN | 0545297060 |
Discover all of the amazing things that can happen around the world in just one day!
You already know all of the amazing things that can happen in just one minute on Earth, so think of what could happen in a whole day! Your taste bud cells are replaced at a rate of 50,000 a day. Almost 40,000 trees are...
Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak
| Author | Deborah Ellis |
| ISBN | 0888996454 |
In a rehabilitation center for disabled children, twelve-year-old Nora says she loves the color pink and chewing gum and explains that the wheels of her wheelchair are like her legs. Eleven-year-old Mohammad describes how his house was demolished by soldiers. And we meet twelve-year-old Salam,...
| Author | Hazel Muir |
| ISBN | 1780871449 |
"Science in Seconds" explains 200 of the most important concepts in various branches of science. The book uses easily understood language and clear illustrations for each concept, making it ideal for those with little or no experience in the sciences. Readers can gain a preliminary understanding...
Miracle on 10th Street and Other Christmas Writings
| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
| ISBN | 0877885311 |
With every new book or article I read by her, Madeleine L'Engle shows why she has always been one of my very favorite authors. This collection spans writings from a wide variety of sources on Christmas memories, devotionals, poetry and short stories. Her faith based writing is more powerful than any...
| Author | Jerry Pinkney |
| ISBN | 0803735332 |
Young children all know the Mother Goose rhyme of the kittens who have lost their mittens, but they've never seen it illustrated with so much energy, beauty, and flair. Preschoolers will delight in these cuddly kittens as they frolic outside in the falling leaves, get their whiskers sticky while eating...
