The Tailypo: A Ghost Story
10 best books like The Tailypo: A Ghost Story (Joanna Galdone): A Stone Sat Still, Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China, Inkling, The Wall in the Middle of the Book, Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp, Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore, How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read?, Goldfish on Vacation, Pokko and the Drum, Just Because
| Author | Brendan Wenzel |
| ISBN | 1452173184 |
I simply loved this book because it has the potential for different perspectives of how and when we read it. It will be different for the children. They will enjoy the illustrations and the various animals and flora depicted in relation to the stone. And as for adults, I feel this book describes a home to...
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
| Author | Ed Young |
| ISBN | 0399216197 |
"Not for the faint-hearted, Lon Po Po (Grandmother Wolf), is a tale of a menacing danger and courage....(Young's) command of page composition and his sensitive use of color give the book a visual force that matches the strength of the story and stands as one of the illustrator's best efforts." --Booklist"Absolutely...
| Author | Kenneth Oppel |
| ISBN | 1443450286 |
Ethan’s dad is a comic artist whose greatest creation, the mutant superhero Kren, brought him fame and glory. But after his dad’s string of successful books, a tragedy strikes the family and now his dad is completely stuck.
If only artistic talent were hereditary. Ethan is stuck on a graphic-novel...
The Wall in the Middle of the Book
| Author | Jon Agee |
| ISBN | 0525555455 |
A foolish knight is certain that his side of the wall is the safe side in this meta picture book.
There's a wall in the middle of the book, and our hero—a young knight—is sure that the wall protects his side of the book from the dangers of the other side—like an angry tiger and giant rhino, and...
| Author | Carol Diggory Shields |
| ISBN | 0763606960 |
BOOMALACKA BOOMALACKA! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!--in paperback! (ages 4-8)
What did the dinosaurs do for fun? What really happened when the Jurassic gang wanted to let off some steam? They danced, of course! They rocked and rolled; they twirled and tromped! They had themselves a Dinosaur Stomp!...
| Author | Alvin Schwartz |
| ISBN | 0064441709 |
For folk tales and scary stories, especially ones taken from legends that have been making the rounds for many years, Alvin Schwartz is always my guy. He proved his ability at shaping and retelling tales of terror in his Scary Stories trilogy, crafting versions of legends that still give me goosebumps...
How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read?
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0439569842 |
This extremely little short book (only 6 pages!!!) is written in the same style as Jane Yolen & Mark Teague's other dinosaur book collaborations together, such as HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT? and HOW DO DINOSAURS GET WELL SOON? The book was created as a promotional item to teach kids to have good...
| Author | Sally Lloyd-Jones |
| ISBN | 0385386117 |
From a New York Times bestselling author and a rising-star illustrator comes a humorous tale based on an amazing-but-true story about the summer a city fountain was used as a goldfish pond.
H, Little O, and Baby Em are stuck in the city for the summer with only their pet goldfish--Barracuda,...
| Author | Matthew Forsythe |
| ISBN | 1481480391 |
The biggest mistake Pokko’s parents ever made was giving her the drum. When Pokko takes the drum deep into the forest it is so quiet, so very quiet that Pokko decides to play. And before she knows it she is joined by a band of animals —first the raccoon, then the rabbit, then the wolf—and soon the entire...
| Author | Mac Barnett |
| ISBN | 0763696803 |
This book is full of imagination! When my youngest daughter and I started reading it, I wasn't sure about it because as the child in the story asks questions, her father gives her absurd answers in return. But then we were laughing...and then we were talking...and then we were reading it all over again....
You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood
| Author | Aimee Reid |
| ISBN | 1419736175 |
A heartwarming picture book that celebrates the work of Mister Rogers and carries on his legacy of kindness
Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities, but before he was the man who brought us Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was just little Freddie Rogers. Though...
