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10 best books like The Story of Fish and Snail (Deborah Freedman): Building Our House, And Tango Makes Three, Another, The Watermelon Seed, Moo!, Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, Going Down Home with Daddy, Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, The Matchbox Diary

Building Our House
AuthorJonathan Bean
ISBN0374380236
In this unique construction book for kids who love tools and trucks, readers join a girl and her family as they pack up their old house in town and set out to build a new one in the country. Mom and Dad are going to make the new house themselves, from the ground up. From empty lot to finished home, every stage...
And Tango Makes Three
AuthorJustin Richardson
ISBN0689878451
This true story about two penguins who live in the Central Park Zoo has been creating quite a controversy. I heard about the book this morning on The View (yes, I do inevitably end up watching four women squabbling on tv when I don't have to work, and controversies like this are the reason I keep going back!)....
Another
AuthorChristian Robinson
A 2019 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019!

In his eagerly anticipated debut as author-illustrator, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Christian Robinson brings young readers on a playful, imaginative...
The Watermelon Seed
AuthorGreg Pizzoli
ISBN1423171012
With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids will love.
With...
Moo!
AuthorDavid LaRochelle
ISBN0802734103
When Cow gets her hooves on the farmer's car, she takes it for a wild ride through the country. Moooo! But a bump in the road brings this joy ride to a troublesome end. Moo-moo. . . Has Cow learned her lesson about living life in the fast lane? Moo?

Pairing two talented creators who managed to tell...
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
AuthorEllen Levine
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream...
Going Down Home with Daddy
AuthorKelly Starling Lyons
ISBN1561459380
I pick the books I review based on a complicated set of criteria that only makes sense to me. Often it has to do with a number of different factors, one of which is whether or not the children’s book in question relates to my own life at all. As I type this, I am gearing up for a trip to New Orleans. My mother and...
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
AuthorBob Shea
ISBN1423159527
and why shouldn't he???



is there anything more majestic than a unicorn?? not much. and say you are just a goat:



you are bound to be jealous of a unicorn, especially one that rolls up flaunting his magic and making everyone swoon with cupcakes and joy.



but...
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
AuthorEric Litwin
ISBN0061906220
Don't miss the first and bestselling book in the beloved Pete the Cat series!

Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other big messes!

But...
The Matchbox Diary
AuthorPaul Fleischman
ISBN0763646016
Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman and Bagram Ibatoulline tell a breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations.

"Pick whatever you like most. Then I’ll tell you its story."
When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual...
Ribbit!
AuthorRodrigo Folgueira
ISBN0307981460
A group of frogs are living happily in a peaceful pond, until they discover a surprise visitor: a little pink pig. Sitting contentedly on a rock in the middle of their pond, the pig opens his mouth and says: RIBBIT! The frogs are bewildered at first, and then a bit annoyed—"What did that little pig just...
What Do You Do with an Idea?
AuthorKobi Yamada
ISBN1938298071
This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who's ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult....
A Parade of Elephants
AuthorKevin Henkes
ISBN0062668285
New York Times– bestselling and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes follows five joyful elephants as they march from dawn to dusk. Where are they going? Read and find out!

An ALA Notable Book

This engaging picture book is just right for the youngest reader and is a perfect choice for...
The King of Kindergarten
AuthorDerrick Barnes
ISBN1524740748
A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten.

The morning sun blares through your window like a million brass trumpets.It sits and shines behind your head--like a crown. Mommy says that today, you are going to be the King of Kindergarten!

Starting kindergarten...
The Snatchabook
AuthorHelen Docherty
ISBN1402290829
A brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud rhyming text about books and the joy of reading in the vein of New York Times bestsellers It's a Book, How Rocket Learned to Read, and Dog Loves Books.

Where have all the bedtime stories gone?

One dark, dark night in Burrow Down, a rabbit named Eliza...
Sophie's Squash
AuthorPat Zietlow Miller
ISBN0307978966
This is a beautiful children’s book about a little girl, Sophie, who chooses a squash from a farmer’s market. This squash is the perfect size to hold, to bounce on her knee, to put a face on with marker, to fall in love with. The squash begins to become freckled and less bouncy, and in an effort to heal...
Stop, Train, Stop! a Thomas the Tank Engine Story
AuthorWilbert Awdry
ISBN0679858067
Natalie took the board book version of this out and we then discovered we had the hard cover here at home. The hard cover has several additional pages of text and illustrations, mostly about what happens on the inside of the train. It does fill the book out a little. I remember thinking I might have missed...
The Pigeon Has to Go to School
AuthorMo Willems
I can't believe that I was looking forward to a children's book! But it is about our favourite pigeon .
The Night Library
AuthorDavid Zeltser
ISBN1524717983
The Polar Express meets The Night at the Museum in this fantastical picture-book adventure about the magic of books and libraries, perfect for book lovers of all ages!

After a young boy goes to sleep upset that he's getting a book for his birthday, he's visited in the night by Patience and Fortitude,...
Just Read!
AuthorLori Degman
ISBN1454925728
These kids all love to read—alone or together, on a bus or in a parade. And every time they open a book, they open up a whole new world, too!

“A delightful tribute to reading anything and everything all the time. . . . There’s something for everyone.” —Booklist
“A chipper, colorful...
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