The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
10 best books like The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk (Jan Thornhill): When We Were Alone, The Glass Town Game, Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor, A Million Dots, The No. 1 Car Spotter, Giant Squid, Cakes in Space, Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille, Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness, The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse
| Author | David Alexander Robertson |
When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long braided hair and beautifully colored clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about...
| Author | Catherynne M. Valente |
Charlotte and Emily must enter a fantasy world that they invented in order to rescue their siblings in this adventurous and fiercely intelligent novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
Inside a small Yorkshire...
| Author | Robert Burleigh |
| ISBN | 1481416006 |
Filled with gorgeous illustrations by acclaimed artist Raúl Colón, this illustrated biography shares the story of female scientist, Marie Tharp, a pioneering woman scientist and the first person to ever successfully map the ocean floor.
Marie Tharp was always fascinated by the ocean....
| Author | Andrew Clements |
| ISBN | 0689858248 |
It's a long way to
a million, right?
Of course it is.
But do you really know
what a million looks like?
If you'd like to see -- actually see, right now, with your own eyes -- what a million looks like, just open this book.
Be prepared to learn some interesting things along...
| Author | Atinuke |
| ISBN | 1610670515 |
When I discovered the amazing, remarkable, one-of-a-kind, never before seen Anna Hibiscus books by Atinuke last year I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. It just didn't seem possible. A contemporary early chapter book set on the continent of Africa? To understand how rare this was visit your local...
| Author | Candace Fleming |
| ISBN | 1596435992 |
The giant squid is one of the most elusive creatures in the world. As large as whales, they hide beyond reach deep within the sea, forcing scientists to piece together their story from those clues they leave behind.
An injured whale's ring-shaped scars indicate an encounter with a giant squid....
| Author | Philip Reeve |
| ISBN | 0192734563 |
So, here we have a book with a very suspicious title,
Cakes In Space
- the phrase "Oh really?" tends to get uttered, or just "What?", whenever I've mentioned it to anyone. That's the type of book it is too, weird and instantly intriguing, coming straight out of left field, or whatever passes for left in...
| Author | Jen Bryant |
| ISBN | 0449813371 |
An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille—a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.
Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to...
| Author | Donna Janell Bowman |
| ISBN | 1620141485 |
William -Doc- Key had a special way with animals. Growing up enslaved in Tennessee, Doc was sent to plantations around the state to care for sick and wounded animals. When the Civil War ended and Doc was freed, he began to dream of breeding a winning racehorse. But those dreams were dashed when his colt...
After reading a delightful and positive review here I couldn't resist picking up this book. I love children's stories with animals and nature and am a huge fan of wolves and stories featuring mice. The duck was not so important but hey, the duck turned out to be the key player in this story so...
What...
| Author | Molly Bang |
| ISBN | 0545805414 |
In this brightly illustrated narrative, readers will learn about the constant movement of water as it flows around the Earth and the sun's important role as water changes between liquid, vapor, and ice. From sea to sky, the sun both heats and cools water, ensuring that life can exist on Earth. How does...
| Author | Joanne Schwartz |
| ISBN | 1554988713 |
A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator...
