The Story of Diva and Flea

10 best books like The Story of Diva and Flea (Mo Willems): Harriet the Invincible, Project Mulberry, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, The Princess in Black, Leroy Ninker Saddles Up, The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party, Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, Lola Levine Is Not Mean!, The Secret Subway, Diamond Willow

Harriet the Invincible

Author	Ursula Vernon
ISBN	0803739834

Sleeping Beauty gets a feisty, furry twist in this hilarious new comic series from the creator of Dragonbreath

Harriet Hamsterbone is not your typical princess. She may be quite stunning in the rodent realm (you'll have to trust her on this one), but she is not so great at trailing around the...

Project Mulberry

Author	Linda Sue Park
ISBN	0440421632

Julia Song and her friend Patrick want to team up to win a blue ribbon at the state fair, but they can't agree on the perfect project. Then Julia's mother suggests they raise silkworms as she did years ago in Korea. The optimistic twosome quickly realizes that raising silkworms is a lot tougher than they...

Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay

Author	Susan Hood
ISBN	1481430955

From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.

Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...

The Princess in Black

Author

Shannon Hale

Who says princesses don’t wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!

Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when . . . Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! A big...

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up

Author	Kate DiCamillo
ISBN	0763663395

Yippie-i-oh! Saddle up for the first in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from Kate DiCamillo’s New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books.

Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn’t have is a horse — until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it’s...

The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party

Author	Shannon Hale
ISBN	0763665118

Inconvenient monster alarms, a sparkly array of princess guests, and spot-on slapstick pacing make for a party readers will celebrate.

Today is Princess Magnolia’s birthday party, and she wants everything to be perfect. But just as her guests are arriving . . . Brring! Brring! The monster...

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras

Author	Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN	1419716476

A picture book biography of José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852–1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons, much to the amusement of the local population but not the politicians. He continued to draw cartoons throughout much of his life, but he is...

Lola Levine Is Not Mean!

Author	Monica Brown
ISBN	0316258369

Lola loves writing in her diario and playing soccer with her team, the Orange Smoothies. But when a soccer game during recess gets "too competitive," Lola accidentally hurts her classmate Juan Gomez. Now everyone is calling her Mean Lola Levine!

Lola feels horrible, but with the help of her...

The Secret Subway

Author

Shana Corey

From an acclaimed author and a New York Times Best Illustrated artist comes the fascinating, little-known—and true!—story of New York City’s first subway.

New York City in the 1860s was a mess: crowded, disgusting, filled with garbage. You see, way back in 1860, there were no subways,...

Diamond Willow

Author	Helen Frost
ISBN	0374317763

There's
more to me than
most people
see.

Twelve-year-old Willow would rather blend in than stick out. But she still wants to be seen for who she is. She wants her parents to notice that she is growing up. She wants her best friend to like her better than she likes a certain boy. She wants,...

Princess Cora and the Crocodile

Author	Laura Amy Schlitz
ISBN	0763648221

A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Medalist join forces to give an overscheduled princess a day off and a wicked crocodile a day "on."
Princess Cora is sick of boring lessons. She's sick of running in circles around the dungeon gym. She's sick, sick, sick of taking three baths a day. And her parents...

Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny

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...

Piper Green and the Fairy Tree

Author	Ellen Potter
ISBN	0553499246

From award-winning author Ellen Potter comes a charming new chapter book series where kids, lobster boats, and a hint of magic are part of everyday life.
 
There are three things you should know about Piper Green:
1. She always says what’s on her mind (even when she probably shouldn’t).
...

What Was the Great Chicago Fire?

Author	Janet B. Pascal
ISBN	0399542388

Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series.

On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything...

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

Author	Chris Barton
ISBN	1580892973

A cool idea with a big splash.

You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the...

Flutter and Hum / Aleteo y Zumbido: Animal Poems / Poemas de Animales

Author	Julie Paschkis
ISBN	1627791035

This is a book of poems by Julie Paschkis. All the poems are about animals. The poems are written in both English and Spanish. Because the poems are simple and they are about a wide variety of interesting animals, they would appeal to younger children. Many of the poems are alliterative or rhyming and they...