The Show Must Go On!
10 best books like The Show Must Go On! (Kate Klise): My Happy Life, Bowling Alley Bandit, Dory and the Real True Friend, The Quirks: Welcome to Normal, Like Bug Juice on a Burger, Lulu Walks the Dogs, Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever, The One and Only Stuey Lewis: Stories from the Second Grade, Chews Your Destiny, The Legend of Diamond Lil
| Author | Rose Lagercrantz |
| ISBN | 1877467804 |
This book is soooo cute!
Although "My Happy Life" is a chapter book, the chapters are short and packed full of illustrations. The story is
written from the viewpoint of a little girl just starting kindergarten. She lives with her Dad (her mother has passed away) and she likes to count the...
| Author | Laurie Keller |
| ISBN | 0805090762 |
As Mr. Bing's new pet "doughnut dog," Arnie couldn't be happier. When Mr. Bing joins a bowling league, Arnie gets to go along to practices and competitions. But then Mr. Bing starts rolling gutter balls. Someone or something is behind the madness. Arnie, together with his team of goofball friends,...
| Author | Abby Hanlon |
| ISBN | 0525428666 |
The star of Dory Fantasmagory is heading to school. Her older siblings, Luke and Violet, warn her to leave her imaginary friend, Mary, at home—or better yet, leave her whole imagination at home! Dory is determined to behave like a “regular old girl who never gets in trouble,” but on her very...
| Author | Erin Soderberg |
| ISBN | 1599907895 |
Molly and her family have moved around for years. Every time they think they've found a home, one of the Quirks slips up and sends them packing - because the Quirk family is a bit, well, quirky. Each family member has a magical power that makes them unique, and highly unusual.
Mom can control minds; Grandpa...
| Author | Julie Sternberg |
| ISBN | 1419701908 |
I hate camp. I just hate it. I wish I didn’t. But I do. Being here is worse than bug juice on a burger. Or homework on Thanksgiving. Or water seeping into my shoes. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, Eleanor is off to summer camp. At first she’s excited to carry on the...
| Author | Judith Viorst |
| ISBN | 1442435798 |
This is the second collaboration between Judith Viorst and Lane Smith featuring a little girl named Lulu.
Have I mentioned that I love Judith Viorst's books? I've read several of her children's books with our girls and I've read all of her books about the decades of a woman's life. She is such...
| Author | Kate DiCamillo |
| ISBN | 0763634972 |
All righty, then! Celebrate the tall and short of a marvelous friendship with a new Bink and Gollie adventure.
Gollie is quite sure she has royal blood in her veins, but can Bink survive her friend’s queenly airs — especially if pancakes are not part of the deal? Bink wonders what it would...
| Author | Jane Schoenberg |
| ISBN | 0374372926 |
So what if Stuey isn't the world's best reader, is only allowed to trick or treat around one block, doesn't get to play on his soccer dream team, and has to put up with the most annoying girl on the planet. Somehow Stuey always makes life work and when he puts his mind to it, he can survive anything—even second...
| Author | Rhode Montijo |
| ISBN | 1423157400 |
Yurgh.
The premise of this was pretty ok -- little girl gets gum stuck in her hair, becomes gum girl, saves the day. The build-up and crime-stopping was really sloppily/dully done, the weirdly scolding but not really actually moralizing tone of the narration, and the overabundance of slightly-too-complicated-for-the-story...
| Author | Doreen Cronin |
| ISBN | 0061779962 |
The Legend of Diamond Lil, second book in the illustrated J.J. Tully mystery series, is perfect for elementary-school kids who love adventure and animals. New York Times bestselling author Doreen Cronin brings the same wonderful humor to the JJ. Tully whodunits that she did to her beloved picture...
| Author | Hilary McKay |
| ISBN | 1407117920 |
This review also appears on my blog, Read-at-Home Mom.
Lulu and the Dog from the Sea is Hilary McKay’s second adventure about a young animal lover whose compassion for animals in need often leads her into trouble. Set during the summer, this story takes place at the beach, where Lulu and her...
| Author | James Preller |
| ISBN | 1250018862 |
This is a quick, just spooky enough read aimed for young readers. Author James Preller's take on the classic scary story `Bloody Mary' is nicely balanced. When I first looked at this book in the store for my nephew, I thought it was a collection of stories, but it's a very short novel. It will probably take...
| Author | John Himmelman |
| ISBN | 0805099700 |
Introducing Isabel, aka Bunjitsu Bunny! She is the BEST bunjitsu artist in her school, and she can throw farther, kick higher, and hit harder than anyone else! But she never hurts another creature . . . unless she has to.
This series of brief stories about Isabel's adventures are a beguiling combination...
| Author | Ray O'Ryan |
| ISBN | 1471116832 |
Get to know Galaxy Zack—and his new home planet!
In Hello, Nebulon!, Zack makes the big move from Earth. He is already nervous about starting school and making new friends, but it only gets worse when he dreams that his classmates are slimy aliens with tentacles, pizza comes covered in gross...
| Author | Benjamin Chaud |
| ISBN | 1452114242 |
New York Times Notable Children's Book
"Sweet" has new meaning in this richly illustrated, immersive picture book about two bears on a big-city adventure. Papa Bear is searching for Little Bear, who has escaped the den. Little Bear is following a bee, because where there are bees, there is...
Tyrannosaurus Rex wants breakfast. He stomps and he roars and he gnashes his teeth―and he scares all the other dinosaurs right out of the forest.
Only Edna, the very first chicken, is unafraid. She won't let that bully T. rex push her around! But will Edna's mighty beak and terrible flapping...
| Author | Sara Varon |
| ISBN | 1596439203 |
From Sara Varon (Robot Dreams, Bake Sale) comes New Shoes, a heartwarming graphic novel about a donkey on a quest to make the perfect pair of shoes.
Francis the donkey is the best shoemaker in the village. He uses only the finest materials: coconut wood for the soles, goat’s wool for the insoles,...
| Author | Elise Broach |
| ISBN | 0805091904 |
In this Masterpiece Adventure from bestselling author Elise Broach, James is going on vacation for a week. His best friend, Marvin the beetle, has to stay at home. Without James to keep him company, Marvin has to play with his annoying cousin, Elaine. Marvin and Elaine quickly find themselves getting...
| Author | Geronimo Stilton |
| ISBN | 1338032887 |
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The chief of the Micekings is bound and determined to make Geronimo a "true macho mouseking" and enlists the aid of Max Musclepaw, who has an inordinate number of Miceking helmets to his credit. They decide to sail with Olaf and go off on an adventure...
| Author | Zachariah OHora |
| ISBN | 0805090029 |
Bernard loves curling up to go to sleep. But there is one little problem. Bernard snores…LOUDLY! So loudly that he keeps all of the otters awake during naptime. So loudly that Grumpy Giles tells Bernard to move his snoring somewhere else!
Sad and lonely, Bernard tries sleeping in...
| Author | Emily Bearn |
| ISBN | 0316027030 |
Deep inside the broom cupboard of Rose Cottage, two mice live in great style.
Tumtum and Nutmeg lead cozy and quiet lives, secretly looking after Arthur and Lucy, the disheveled human children of the cottage, never dreaming that so many exciting adventures will soon find them. But when evil...
