The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
10 best books like The Tale of Ginger and Pickles (Beatrix Potter): Morgan and Me, Dear Laura: Letters from Children to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Fur Family, Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest, Julius, The High Hills, My Goodnight Book, Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten, Valentine Mice!, Babar and Zephir
| Author | Stephen Cosgrove |
| ISBN | 0843148713 |
Sharing life lessons and memorable morals, the Serendipity books are a seasoned favorite with children and parents alike. So, journey to the magical, mystical land of Serendipity with these four cherished editions featuring newly revised text from the author.
The princess and Morgan both...
| Author | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| ISBN | 0060262745 |
Children of all ages, from all over the world, have read and loved the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. And until Laura's death in 1957, hundreds and hundreds of children wrote to Laura to tell her how much they enjoyed her pioneer stories and how much they loved her for writing them. These letters...
| Author | Margaret Wise Brown |
| ISBN | 0060518987 |
There was a little fur family
warm as toast
smaller than most
in little fur coats
and they lived in a warm wooden tree.
The Little Fur Family tells the story of a little fur child's day in the woods. The day ends when his big fur parents tuck him in bed "all soft and warm," and sing...
| Author | A.A. Milne |
| ISBN | 0525447105 |
This book is intended for the young reader to read. And by young reader I mean those old enough to be interested in Winnie the Pooh. I have a hard time believing this.
First, logistically this book is not suited for the young reader. It is tiny. The print is tiny. The pictures would not keep the young...
| Author | Syd Hoff |
| ISBN | 0060224916 |
First sentence: Davy went to Africa. His father was going to catch an animal for the circus.
Premise/plot: Mr. Smith is looking to bring back an animal for the circus. His son, Davy, is there to help. In fact, it is Davy who finds Julius, a gorilla, who is super-excited about belonging to the circus....
| Author | Jill Barklem |
| ISBN | 0689830912 |
When Wilfred Toadflax learns that the mice of Brambly Hedge will be sending a delivery of blankets to the voles living in the nearby High Hills, the young mouse - fired up by stories of daring adventurers like Sir Hogweed Hoarhound - pleads to be allowed to accompany the mission. But his roadside exploration...
| Author | Eloise Wilkin |
| ISBN | 0307122581 |
When I was a wee girl, this was one of my FAVORITE books, and I requested it often (probably every day). For the first time in over 30 years, I found and read a copy. Even as an adult I can understand the appeal of this book, and I imagine it was no hardship for my parents to read it over and over and over and, well,...
| Author | Joseph Slate |
| ISBN | 0142500054 |
Miss Bindergarten, the world's best kindergarten teacher, is getting ready for another milestone. Tomorrow she and her class will have been together for 100 days. To celebrate, each student must bring "100 of some wonderful, one-hundred-full thing!" At night, while the students go to work assembling...
This is a cute Valentine's story, but it lacks something in the rhythm when we read it aloud. I think it's because you'd have to read it too quickly and skip through the illustrations too fast in order to get the narrative's rhyming rhythm. Otherwise, it's a fun little story with adorable illustrations....
| Author | Jean de Brunhoff |
| ISBN | 0394805798 |
Bright blue shiny boards with a colorful picture of Zephir in a boat are in good condition. Corners show some slight wear (see image). Endpapers have grey elephants on bright yellow. Interior pages (40) are fine with no extraneous marks or inscriptions. Not ex-libray and no remainder marks. Printed...
| Author | Dashka Slater |
| ISBN | 0618723943 |
When a tiny sea serpent tumbles from the bathtub faucet, a little girl finds an unexpected friend. As rainy day after rainy day passes, the two sing songs, take baths, and talk about the sea.
But little girls live on land, and a growing sea serpent needs wave upon wave of water.
Here’s a story...
| Author | Kathleen N. Daly |
| ISBN | 0307020738 |
This book turned out to be unintentionally hilarious... but only because it was horrifying.
The story starts out with a bear family out in their sleigh. Things quickly devolve from there, though, starting with Papa Bear cracking his whip at the poor horse, Hubert... who it's stated loves pulling...
| Author | Mercer Mayer |
| ISBN | 0803728832 |
Following the re-release of the first three books in this beloved series, here are the final three classic wordless tales in attractive, low-priced hardcover editions. A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, the first book in this series, launched Mercer Mayer's distinguished career over twenty-five years ago,...
Q Is for Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game
| Author | Mary Elting |
| ISBN | 0618573895 |
This contemporary classic, celebrating its twenty-fifth year in print, is no ordinary alphabet book. Why is “Q” for “Duck”?
Because a duck quacks, of course. Even the youngest readers will delight in the riddle-like text and lively, humorous illustrations.
Now in vivid full color...
A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln
| Author | David A. Adler |
| ISBN | 0823408019 |
Our sixteenth president, whom some say was our greatest, was born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky. As a boy he helped his father clear land and even built a boat that he floated to New Orleans. As president, he led the country through the Civil War, and wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, setting all...
The Adventures of Buster Bear
| Author | Thornton W. Burgess |
| ISBN | 0486275647 |
When Buster Bear comes to live in the Green Forest, the amiable bully stirs up quite a commotion, for bears haven't lived in the forest for years. And sure enough, before long Buster has a series of run-ins with Little Joe Otter, Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Farmer Brown's Boy, and even a stubborn metal...
