The Tales of Olga Da Polga
10 best books like The Tales of Olga Da Polga (Michael Bond): Woof!, Claude at the Beach, Mrs. Harkness and the Panda, Hairy Maclary Scattercat, Clifford and the Halloween Parade, Hurry Home, Candy, Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands, A Mama for Owen, How the Whale Became and Other Stories, The Peppermint Pig
| Author | Allan Ahlberg |
| ISBN | 0140386696 |
"There was once a boy who turned into a dog. The boy's name was Eric Banks; he was ten years old. The dog he turned...
Claude at the Beach
| Author | Alex T. Smith |
| ISBN | 1561457035 |
| Author | Alicia Potter |
| ISBN | 0375844481 |
But soon the young Mrs. Harkness would inherit an expedition from her explorer husband: the hunt for a panda. She knew that bringing back a panda would be hard. Impossible, even. But she intended to try.
So...
| Author | Lynley Dodd |
| ISBN | 0140505806 |
Her stories, and illustrations, are just the stuff a childhood should be full of! The stories are not only simple stories that most kids can - and will - relate to, but they are written in a delightful manner that makes...
| Author | Norman Bridwell |
| ISBN | 0439098343 |
| Author | Meindert DeJong |
| ISBN | 0064400255 |
Didn't feel a lot of depth. Some insights are nice, though. such as the description of Candy learning to play for the first time as a grown dog, how he took it so seriously.
The pictures by Sendak didn't quite reveal his genius, imo, but they are enjoyable....
| Author | Louise Borden |
| ISBN | 0689845022 |
In 1941 Piet, a young Dutch boy from Sluis, gets the assignment of a lifetime: He must skate along the frozen canals of...
| Author | Marion Dane Bauer |
But after the rain stops, Owen befriends Mzee, a grayish brown tortoise. He plays with him, snuggles...
| Author | Ted Hughes |
| ISBN | 0571202004 |
This volume of Ted Hughes’s ‘creation’ stories was first published in 1963, and has now been published in paperback with a bright modern cover.
There are eleven stories averaging eight pages each and each story tells of how and why a particular animal behaves as it does.
The...
| Author | Nina Bawden |
| ISBN | 0140309446 |
If 'The Peppermint Pig' (1975) by Nina Bawden was a book for adults, I would have rated it much higher. I am impressed by its nostalgic beauty...
| Author | Philippa Pearce |
| ISBN | 0140302069 |
Young Ben Blewitt is desperate for a dog. He’s picked out the biggest and best dogs from the books in the library—and he just knows he’s going to get one for his birthday. Ben is excited when the big day arrives, but...
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0603032605 |
| Author | Sarah Garland |
| ISBN | 1847802613 |
| Author | Giles Andreae |
| ISBN | 1843626098 |
| Author | Dick King-Smith |
| ISBN | 0744577225 |
| Author | James Herriot |
| Author | Laurence Anholt |
| ISBN | 0764138553 |
They arrive at their destination, and for this little girl...
| Author | Joyce Lankester Brisley |
| ISBN | 0753453347 |
| Author | Art Baltazar |
Like the previous trade paperbacks, Tiny Titans: Field Trippin' is composed of several individual mini-stories ranging from two to...
| Author | Barry Hutchison |
| ISBN | 0007315155 |
Kyle hasn't seen Mr Mumbles in years. And there's a good reason for that: Mr Mumbles doesn't exist.
But now Kyle's imaginary friend is back, and Kyle doesn't have time to worry about why. Only one thing matters:...
| Author | Jonathan London |
It’s spring, and a litter of baby river otters emerges from a den . . . to play! Follow the otters through the seasons as they chase one another,...